Fairfield High School - Quill Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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The second public producTion oT The year Tor The vocal music deparTmenT was presenTed March I8. Previous To This concerT oT sacred music, which was composed mosTly oT Negro spiriTuals, was The Tollowing organ prelude music: Arioso , .,., ,.,,..,,,......,,.......,,......,.,,,. l-l andel l-lelen l-luTTord Berceuse ,,,....,.s.s..,.,....,.. .....,,,,c.,.,,,, l liinslcy Janice l-layward 0TTerTory ...,...s..,s ,, , ..,,,,,,.,,.,, ,,,,. A gaTa Ann lVlonTgomery Were You There ,,,.. .Negro SpiriTual Ave Maria , s....,,,, ...s,c ,..ss ,ss.... , , L iszT Donna Buch ReTlecTion .,s,.,.....,,,....,.,,,,,..., ,,,,,.,,,, A sper Vernanne RoberTs PounTain Reverie .,,.s,,,,,,,,,,,.,,s,,,,,, FleTcher ChrisTy Russell The combined Freshman and Mixed Choruses be- gan The vocal parT oT The program wiTh The Tollowing spiriTuals: Marching To PreToria , ..... ATrican Folk Song Swing Low, SweeT CharioT ,,., Negro SpiriTual Joshua PoughT de BaTTle . ,,.,.. Negro SpiriTual Ba+Tle l-lymn oT The Republic s,,,,,,s,,,,,,,, ,STeTTe Jacob's Ladder ,, .s.,, Negro SpiriTual Kum Baya ....,,,ss,,...,,....,,,,.... ATrican Follc Song These songs were followed by The Freshman Mixed Chorus singing The nexT Tour selecTions: Nobody Knows buT de Lord .s.. Ruby MacLean SancTus ll-loly is The Lordl ,,.V,. SchuberT-Craig Roclcin' All NighT ...,..,.,,,..... Arr. l-l. R. Wilson Good News .c,...........,.,.........c,,,.....,.. Arr. SmiTh The conclusion oT The TirsT porTion of The pro- gram was songs presenTed by The Girls Glee Club, including: Dona Nobis .,.., ,,,,,,,.. E nglish Folk Tune The Weaver .... ,,,...... A dams-STiclcles Agnus Dei ..,,,s,s,,....,.,,,,,,,..,...... KaTherine Davis LeT Thy l-loly Presence ...,,...,,,.....s..,,,,,.,,. EherT The inTerlude music was provided by The sTudenT organisTs who presenTed The Tollowing numbers: Prelude and Fugue in G Minor ,,,:.,,. Bach Jane WinTer Largo ,, ...........,........,........,,,,,,,,,..... I-landel Eleanor Boos Dawn ..,.,...,....,.,,,,,..........,,... 5 ....,..... Jenlcins Janice Cummings As a climax Tor This religious program, The Fair- Tield l-ligh School a Cappella choir presenTed The Song oT EasTer . Let us break bread together 20 Were you there?

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Highlights uf Vuletide Seusnn KNEELING: T. Cook, J. Del-laan. STANDING: A. Johnson, R. Winter, J. Cum- mings, K. Lisk, C. Russell, J. Winter, L. Beckman, C. Willey, D. Stewart. As fhe curfain rose on fhe evening of December lf? for fhe annual Chrisfmas Vespers, an expec- fancy filled fhe audiforium while fhe audience waifed for fhe beaufiful carols which were fo follow, Four numbers by fhe Freshman Choruses infroduced fhe spirif of Chrisfmas fo fhose af- fending fhe program. Following fheir songs, fhe Choral Readers presenfed fwo selecfions, each of which depicfed some phase of The Chrisfmas sfory. A snowy woodland, complefe wifh evergreens and a finy lighfed house, sef fhe scene for fhe carols of small groups. Colorful winfer clofhing and appropriafe props creafed fhe afmosphere for such songs as Winfer Wonderland , Carol- Noeln, Greensleeves , and Twas fhe Nighf Before Chrisfmasu. The climax of fhe Vespers was meaningfully pre- senfed in fhe choir's inferprefafion of fhe Chrisfe mas sfory. The poise and dignify of fhe choir in ifs robes coupled wifh fhe narrafion by Carol Church held fhe rapf affenfion of fhe audience fhroughouf fhe final sacred numbers. As O Come Emmanuel , l-lasfen Swiffly, l-lasfen Soffly , How Far ls If To Befhlehemu, and Ave Maria were sung, fhe birfh of Jesus was humbly porfrayed. The final sacred selecfion, Silenf Nighfu, was sung fo a hushed audience. As fhe lasf sfrains died away, The choir was silhoueffed againsf fhe lighted backdrop. The audiforium remained silenf as fhe fhoughf and meaning of Chrisfmas remained vividly in everyone's mind. TOP: C. Abbott, J. Johnson, D. Denmead, J. Mitch ell, V. Langner, K. Raymond. BOTTOM: R. Schock J. Johnson, D. Bekel, D. Shepherd, C. Messer, J. Cole P. Lee, B. Smithburg, R. Gamrath, P. Winfrey B. Campbell. 19

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Eustefflilusic SevenTy-Two voices blended during The difficulf and dynamic presenTaTion of The Song of EasTer . This Fred War- ing arrangemenT of fourTeen Negro spirifuals is one of The mosf inspirafional numbers ever To be performed by a Fairfield High School a Cappella choir. A narrafion from The Bible, describing The crucifixion and resurrecTion, was read effecfively by Joe Chezum. Be- Tween These narrafive parfs, Negro spir' ifuals such as l.eT Us Break Bread Toe geTher , They Led lvly Lord Away , and Lord I WanT To Be a ChrisTian were performed. Were You There , sung by Dean Allen, broughf The mean- ing of Easfer closer To The audience by iTs words which signified ChrisT's acfual deafh. By The effecTive lighfing, a huge whiTe cross was shadowed on The beauf Tiful lighfed purple backdrop. This was To represenf The rising of Chrisf and ThaT glorious Easfer Sunday as iT really was. The firsf parT of The program 'vas only a preliminary for The sfirring climax which followed. Powerful spirifufi such as l-lalleluiahlu and GreaT Day , .-.'iTh The aid of The sound effecTs of The TrumpeT Trio, Tympani, and cymbals broughT This sacred concerT To a close. Even Though The music had ended, The message conTained in The sacred songs remained wifhin The minds of everyone. TOP: They led my Lord away MIDDLE: Pilate said, 'I wash my hands ' BOTTOM: C1'ucify Him! Crucify Him!