Edison Middle School - Wizard Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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THE EDISON SENIOR ORCHESTRA greets you. This 50-piece senior orchestra is now a thing of beauty as well as of harmony. New outfits of white suits, with blue and gold capes and caps and tams make the organization look like a high powered one indeed. These new uniforms made their appearance about spring vacation time. Mr. Boucher has built up a repertoire of concert and operatic numbers which have been presented in many assemblies and evening pro- grams. Much finer ensemble work, better tone quality and more balanced instrumentation are noticed in their playing this year. New instruments are continually being added. THE EDISON SENIOR BAN D, with their white suits, blue and gold capes, white felt caps and everything, looks like a real, sure enough band. And it certainly sounds like a real band too. The repertoire of the band includes all the standard marches, besides overtures and operatic selec- tions. The student body has enjoyed the band in many assemblies and also at the carnival and the festival. A no- ticeable improvement in tone quality, a better blend of in- struments, and a finer spirit of cooperation are evident in the band this year. Mr. Bouched expects a bigger and bet- ter band next year. Boys, here is your chance. THE SENIOR GIRLS' GLEE CLUB is a new organ- ization. This year the music department determined that there should be glee clubs for older boys and girls as well as for seventh graders. It is essential that we have these older students if we are to successfully produce an oper- etta each year. There are now thirty-two members in the senior girls' glee club. We have a very fine accompan- ist in Ruth Landow. We are working hard, under Miss Elliott's direction, to make Edison a school really noted for its music just as Mr. Goulet has so often said he wanted us to be. I THE SENIOR BOYS' GLEE CLUB, under Mrs. An- derson's direction, has had a busy and profitable year. The club has met daily during period six in Bungalow two The major activity of the year was the important part this club of older boys played in the splendid production of Rumpelstiltkin, the first ambitious operetta to be put on at Edison. The other principal appearance of the year for this club was on March 28, when they presented in a regu- lar assembly Cynthia's Strategy, a very funny burlesque. Page Fi f ty-nine

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v 1 N l 1 N 7 w I l , . L w l il l N w - 5 Lg w R w A w l l l P THE JUNIOR ORCHESTRA, like the senior, has shown marked improvement this year. In as much as everyone is required to take at least one semester in the junior orchestra before entering the senior there are some musicians in the junior orchestra who are better than those in the senior organization. It is often very hard to tell which one is playing, because they are both so fine. The junior orchestra has contributed many numbers to assem- bly programs and evening entertainments this year. This junior group receives all the new talent that comes to the school as B7 entrants, and uses it to good advantage. If our music Work continues to grow and improve in the future as it has in the past, under the able direction of Mr. Bou- cher, we shall certainly achieve that goal: To make Edison a musical school. THE JUNIOR BAND is really a beginning instru- ment class. About thirty boys and girls are learning in- struments and will be in the Senior Band or one of the orchestras next semester. Several instruments are fur- nished by the school. Recently fn oboe and bassoon were added to the list. Mr. Boucher points out that most of the Senior Band and Orchester have only been playing instru- ments two years or less THE JUNIOR GIRLS' GLEE CLUB consists of forty members, all interested in their Work and striving for good tone quality. Their fine singing has been enjoyed by many this year in several assemblies and evening programs. We can always be sure of their immediate and cheerful cooper- ation when planning any program. Miss Dye, who is dearly loved by all the girls, is our sponsor. The girls have rather a unique way of grading. Superintendents for each row recommend the grades in co-operation and effort for those in that rom. THE JUNIOR BOYS' GLEE CLUB is the organiza- tion which We formerly called the Boys' Choir. It now boasts a membership of forty-one. At present the member- ship is limited to B7 and A7 boys. All must have unchanged voices, and must be recommended by having a g1'ade of A or B in cooperation and effort. Ralph Knapper has been president both terms this year, and Mrs. Anderson is their director and sponsor. These boys sing three part songs as Well as many unison classics. They have appeared on as- sembly programs at various times and Were a leading fea- ture of the Fathers' Night program of the P. T. A. in March. Page Sixty-one