Emery High School - Eagle Yearbook (Emery, SD)

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Perfection Emphasized in Music The Mixed Chorus, under the direction of Mr. Orrin Townswick, had Forty-Four members. Representatives from each grade in high school met on Tuesdays and Thursdays for practice. A winter concert, scheduled during the Christmas holidays, had to be cancelled due to the weather. The annual Cornbelt Vocal Festival was held in Free- man on Tuesday, March T8, 1969. Only Five of the Cornbelt schools participated in the festival: Spencer, Bridgewater, Freeman, Hanson, and Emery. The day was spent practicing the songs in preparation For the evening concert. Later in the day, each school's cho- rus had a practice session with the guest conductor, Mr. Joseph Noble, head of the music department at Sioux Falls College. The evening concert consisted of six songs by the mass choir in addition to special num- bers presented by each of the five schools. On Saturday, April l2, the Mixed Chorus travelled to Madison For the Regional Vocal Contest. The songs sung by the chorus were With a Voice of Singing and The Water is Wide. A second rating was received on the ' numbers . The Spring Concert was held on Tuesday, May 20, 1969. Sacred and popular songs were sung. Activities such as these increased the community's enioyment of music . Accompanying the various vocal groups were Linda Leitheiser and Connie Hanssen Attending All-State Chorus at Aberdeen on November 8, were J. Glanzer, tenor, J. Jucht, soprano, J. Olinger, alto, and O. Hofer, bass. Vocal and piano soloists attending the contest in Madison on February 26, were D. Edzards, L. Voss, D. Bahmuller, J. Jucht, L. Plucker, J. Olinger, C. Determan, and L. Leith- heiser. Daniel Edzards was the only soloist who received a l rating.

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, 1. K f The Girl's Glee, consisting of fifty-nine girls, met early Friday mornings to rehearse. The-:re's Music in the Air Under the direction of Mr. Orrin Townswick, this group of hardworking girls spent many long hours in the music room. The girls enioyed singing such popular songs as Love is Blue, My Cup Runneth Over, and Yesterday. They also sang the heart-touching song, Edelwiess, from the movie The Sound of Music. I On April lf, 1969, the Girl sGlee iourneyed to Mad- ison for the regional music contest. They sang One God and receiveda lll rating for their efforts. Several num- bers were presented at the annual spring concert. Although the Boy's Glee had only twenty-five mem- bers, they proved their mastery in singing by acquiring a II rating at the regional contest in Madison. The two numbers they chose to sing were Ride the Chariot and John Henry. During the school year, the boys set their shoulders to the wheel and learned to sing some of the difficult songs Mr. Townswick selected. They finished the year by singing some of these numbers at the spring concert. These boys worked an hour every Wednesday afternoon practicing Boy's Glee music. - ... I Y l.