Fairfield High School - Quill Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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musical Perfection FRONT ROW: S. Swanson, S. Howrey, R. Paul, N. Wolfe, M. Hunt, J. Ulin, B. Blough, L. Bates, M. Ryan. ROW 2: M. C. Shafer, P. Thoma, M. E. Zimmerman, L. Hollander, B. Curtis, D. Bower, B. Brown, K. Smufz, L. Finney, N. Singley. ROW 3: T. Crandall, J. McCabe, M. Johnston, T. Baker, F. Brandl, J. Raymond, N. Rains, B. Reynolds, J. Wood, D. Joss. ROW 4: R. Loomis, R. Langner, B. Kaska, D. Rine- hart, R. Watson, J. Cornick, F. Stever, R. Maple, B. Crandall, R. Johnson. As in The pasT years Fairfield again Took parT in The STaTe Music ConTesT Tor small ensembles and soloisTs in insTrumenTal and vocal music work. Small groups enTering from Fairfield were Nladrigal l, Madrigal ll, Double-Mixed QuarTeT, and The Girls' Trio. Vocal soloisTs enTered were Roberta Paul, KaThy GamraTh, Dana WhiTe, JaneT Miller, and Carole Luckman. Those enfering piano solos were Bob Crandall, Dana WhiTe, and PaT Thoma. Each year an executive council is elecTed from The members of Choir, To decide Themes Tor The annual concerTs, plan The budgeT, and di- recT money-raising proiecTs. lT has been a cusTom ThaT The presidenT be a senior, The vice-presidenT a junior, and The secreTary a sophomore. The council elecTed for The l96O-6l school year was: Jim Cornick, presidenT, Belinda Brown, vice-presidenT, and KenT Vorhies, sec- reTary. This year, Jane Ulin was elecTed To The newly creaTed posT of Treasurer. OTher members of The council were: Donna Buch, Carole Luckman, Tom Crandall, and Barbara CurTis. MosT of The accompanisT's work is done be- hind The scenes, however, The imporTance of Their work is unquesTionable. Their varied responsibiliTies included organ preludes Tor The concerTs, rehearsing wiTh small ensembles, The larger groups, and vocal soloisTs Tor sTaTe conTesT. ACCOMPANISTS: D. Bower, J. A. Harden, M. Switzer, D. Billingsley, P. Thema. 25

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FRONT ROW: S. Dimmitt, J. Swan, N. Whitmore, K. Taylor, J. Hanson, J. Anderson, C. Luckman, B. Riggs, P. Smith. ROW 2: K. Boysel, J. Worley, J. Adkins, R. Smith, D. Cole, K. Gamrath, D. Buch, S. Sherman, l. Watts. ROW 3: D. Denney, T. Stewart, B. Bogner, J. Callison, J. Evans, K. Vorhies, S. Savage, S. Stewart, F. Hunt. ROW 4: K. Norton, H. Stever, D. Martin, L. Dunbar, J. Genkinger, G. Rizor, J. Schuck, B. Mclntire, D. White, R. Wade. Members of the Fairfield High School Vocal Music Department strive continually for admis- sion to the a Cappella Choir. Participation in the Freshman Chorus, Girls' Glee Club, or Mixed Chorus, gives the participant the basic experience which is necessary for Choir mem- bership. Practice is held several hours a week in preparation for public performances. The Choir of l96O-61 launched its musical year by participating in the Southeast-Six Mu- STANDING: J. Cornick. FRONT ROW: D. Buch, J. Ulin, C. Luckman, T. Crandall. ROW 2: B. Brown, K. Vorhies, B. Curtis. 24 sic Festival held at Fort Madison. Choir mem- bers blended their voices in singing two selec- tions for criticism from Professor Charles Math- eson, of Iowa State Teachers College, the guest conductor for the day's activities. Star-studded heavens, symbolizing those which surrounded the earth on the first Christmas, set the scene for this year's annual Christmas Concert. Songs which have embedded them- selves in the American celebration of Christ- mas were presented by the small ensembles. Multi-colored lights, proiected on a white back- drop by Stage Craft Club, portrayed the var- ious phases of the Nativity as the Choir sang traditional carols. The inspired faces of the audience were illum- inated by the Star of Bethlehem, as the lights slowly dimmed, and the Choir concluded the program with the singing of Stille Nacht. Fred Brandl, who lives in Austria, also the homeland of Silent Night's composer, aided the Choir in learning the correct pronunciation of the lyrics. More specialized training was gained by par- ticipating in a small group. These small en- sembles took part in school assemblies and public performances. The real test of the ex- perience gained comes with the participation in music contest.

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ilistnrv nf the Il. 5. ll. i l r I TOP: Come qfuick, Mr. Dillon, come quick! MIDDLE: Revival of Lincoln-Douglas debates. BOTTOM: Oh, don't you remember Sweet Betsy from Pike? 26 The hisTory of The UniTed STaTes of America was broughT To life Through The combined eTTorTs of The vocal music deparTmenT and The STage CraTT club. The inTerludes were wriTTen by Sara How- rey and narraTed by Del Swan. lT's A Grand Old Flag was The opening num- ber sung by The Choir. T776 was relived in The singing of Yankee Doodle, ChesTer, and Skip To My Lou My Darling. FluTe and snare drum combined in playing The SpiriT of '76. Progressing inTo The l82O's, Jump Jim Crow was sung by The Girls' Glee Club. Tom Baker sang Old Man Tucker aTTer a joke TesT wiTh Dave Joss and Jim Evans. AgainsT a background of covered wagons and blue lighTs, Dick RineharT sang SweeT BeTsy from Pike. Bruce MclnTire, acTing as Marshal MaT Dillon, relivecl a scene wiTh his side-kick, ChesTer, played by Tom Crandall. Girls' Glee Club opened The l86O's wiTh Swing Low, SweeT CharioT and LiTTle David, Play Cn Your Harp. Abraham Lincoln and STephen Douglas were made To live again by Bill Kaska and Neal Rains. An old planTaTion TavoriTe Jeanie WiTh The LighT Brown Hair was sung by Jim Cornick. Our American Tlag was spoTlighTed as The Choir sang The BaTTle Hymn of The Repub- lic The pace was sTepped up wiTh Carole Luck- man's song l'm Only A Bird in A Gilded Cage. Gay cloThes and high spiriTs which prevailed in The l800's were revived in The singing of Daisy and There'lI Be A HoT Time ln The Old Town TonighT. A young serviceman iniured in The war, porTrayed by Bob Crandall, sang Break The News To MoTher. A sequence of hill-billy liTe was The Theme Tor The era of l9lO. Anne AusTin and Connie Kiger did a Li'l Abner skiT in panTomine. Dressed in TaTTered cloThes and shoeless, The Madrigal sang BareTooT. Jim Reynolds inTroduced The l92O's wiTh Swan- ee. Symbolic of The music which lives on is The ST. Louis Blues which was sung by Carole Luckman. STephanie BeesTrum and Roger John- son, dressed as Tramps, sang Side By Side. God Bless America, The song ThaT made KaTe SmiTh Tamous, was sung by RoberTa Paul. As uniformed symbols of The armed 'forces were spoTlighTed, The Madrigal ll sang Their various baTTle songs.