Fairmont High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Fairmont, MN)

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Chorus Presents Extensive Repertoire Of About six minutes and thirty seconds after ten o'clock on any typical morning in Fairmont High School the seventy-seven members of the Mixed Chorus begin to file into Room 304 for chorus hour. Chattering gaily, they pass out the black folders and hunt for the pieces of music which Mr. Aupperle has selected for the day's practice. After a few minutes Mr.Aupperle sig- nals for order, the pianist strikes middle C, and the chorus begins to go through the warm-up ex- ercises. During a usual day the chorus may practice almost every type of music--a Bach number, the Lord's Prayer, a folk ballad, and a jazzed-up version of My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. Occasionally Mr. Aupperle plays records for the enjoyment or the instruction of the chorus. It is a common occurrence for him to tape-record parts of the chorus' rehearsal, then to play it back to let them hear how they ROBE CUSTODIAN: Marie Nelson tries Sgund. a robe on Barbra McConnaughey. CHORUS ROW I: Joleen White, Judy Hinton, Janice Buchmeier, Delores Babb, Beverly Orr, Alicia Gordon. ROW ll: Joy Rose, Elizabeth Anderson, Mary Mathwig, Colleen Twedt, Sherry Haeckel, Betty Wolff, Nona Larkin. ROW Ill: Sonja Nolte, Joyce Barney, Rita Wolff, Barbara LeBarron, Arleen Meyer, Barbara Edwards, Barbara Bremer. ROWIV: Joyce Schroeder, Sylvia Swanson, Judy Manes, Sally Mann, Mary Ellen Parker, Richard Maday, ROW V: Carole Briese, Roger Mortenson, Bruce Heike, Roger Sorem, Michael Sweet, Thomas Obermeyer, David Carney. ROW VI: Lois Lemke, Belle Flynn, Jean Ettesvold, James Leet, William Jensen, David Kropp, Leon Burrus.

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Color And Variety In F.H.S. Curriculum Orchestral Harmony PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT Jean Cox and NOVELTY SYMPHONY Mary Kay Eddle Susan Nelson Bar Joseph Vondracek rehearsrng, for therr part rn the bara Fancher and Lors Meyer practicrng for The Toy Sym Orchestra s annual Wrnter Concert phony to be presented by the Orchestra at 1ts Wrnter Con cert Chorus In Tralnlng i. SONGS FROM ROOM 304 Mr Aupperle SINGING ALONG TOGETHER Cardrnal photographer snaps part dlrectrng, hrs Mrxed Chorus dunng theu' of the Mixed Chorus busrly pracucrng one of ther: varred selec thrrd hour class uons 61 I' : 1 ' : D' . 1 I - , . ,, . . s ' I I U A Q3 f ,i . i T. . , ,, f L .XX T 'S . - i .

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Programs Designed For Many Occasions The chorus made many appearances this last year. On October 25, 1955, twenty-four mem- bers of the chorus traveled to Mankato to take part in the massed chorus concert given for the Southwest MEA Convention. In the annual Christ- mas concert given by the orchestra and chorus, the Mixed Chorus sang The Song of Christmas by Roy Ringwald, one of Fred Waring's arrang- ers. As has been the custom in recent years, the chorus sang for three half-hour broadcasts from the First National Bank on December 21, 22, and 23. Then on December 23, the chorus traveled around the halls of the school singing Christmas carols for the classes. One of the most important appearances any chorus in this area makes is at the Music Festi- val. This year the Mixed Chorus journeyed to Blue Earth to take part. CHORUS ACCOMPANISTS: Karen Pol lei and Martha Morrison. CHORUS ROW I: Patricia Flynn, Sharyn Smith, JoAnn Carney, Charleen Ziemer, Margaret Knoll, Vera Personius ROW II: Nancy Dufle, Bonnie Johnson, Erlys Gilman, Barbara Timm, Ruth Kakelcley, Rose Marie Craig, Barbra Mc Connaughey. ROW III: Karen Clark,Sharon Uplinger,Claudia Peterson,Karen Pollei, Judy Rich, Nancy Lowe, ROW IV: Thomas Thompson, Gerald Kramer, James Maloney, Jean Cox, Martha Morrison, Beverly Nelson, Michael Tut rle. ROW V: Richard Haroldson, Roger Wesrphal, Richard Kuhns, Jerry Keefe, James Malcolm, Marie Nelson. ROW VI: John Webb, John Schmidt, Charles Mittlestadr, Eugene Struck, Verna Wood. Q3 ,J '77, 'W arc, YF' :rf J 1' 133