Findlay High School - Trojan Yearbook (Findlay, OH)

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Music concerts highlight year The orchestra season was filled with many con- certs and activities this year. The orchestra is under the direction of Mr. David Hanson. They started the year off with a Pops Concert, November 15. During the concert the orchestra ac- companied the symphonic choir on the song, Battle Hymn of the Republic. The All-City Orchestra Festival was held January 17, in the gymnasium. This featured the all-city elementary string or- chestra, Glenwood, Don- nell, and Central Junior High orchestras and our orchestra. The orchestra then went to Donnell Junior High on April 16, and played highlights for the student body. The orchestra ended its season with a student body concert, April 29, and a final spring concert, May 20. This year there was a new face in the music department. Mr. Douglas Brokaw became the new band director. From marching season the bands went straight in- to concert music under the direction of Mr. Brokaw, Mr. James Mitchell and Mr. George Amend. The bands started out February 4, with their Bandtasia. The Concert Band and Wind Ensemble were featured. This year both bands participated in the District III Band Contest at Lima Bath High School on March 14. The groups closed their season on May 13, with the Grand Finale Band Concert. Starting below and moving clockwise, Stu Jordan plays his trombone for pep band during a basketball game, Bobbie Tracewell plays her cello at the Pops Concert, and, Kellie Hinkle, Deb Simons, and, Jenny Wachter play their violins at the Or- chestra's Pops Concert in Heminger Auditorium. Concerts 17

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Our choirs sing out The hectic schedule of the choirs did not lessen the quality of each perfor- mance. The concert and symphonic choirs along with Findlay First Edition performed many times throughout the year, ex- citing audiences and pleas- ing their director James Smith. 16 Choir Concerts

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Drama club presents plays Alice In Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, was drama club's first presentation this year and was publicly presented on November 8 and 9. This is a story of how a little girl, named Alice, falls down the White Rabbit's hole and meets a variety of strange people. Immediately befriended by the Cheshire Cat, Alice travels throughout Wonderland searching for her way home. During her search she meets the Queen of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty, the Mad Hatter, Tweedledee and Tweedledum. In the end Alice learns her adven- tures were all part of a dream and Wonderland was not a real place. On January 10 and 11, drama club presented Thurber Carnival. Thurber Carnival is a collection of exerpts from short stories written by James Thurber. Fourteen students per- formed in Thurber Car- nival and each had multi- ple rolls. The performers liked this play a lot because they could be so free with their characters and the motions of their characters. Garth Brown enjoyed the way he could add lines to the monologue if he forgot something. On the other hand Dani McKee liked returning to the stage for a change instead of being in the audience. Exerpts from his short stories included Unicorns in the Garden, Gentlemen Shoppers, Pet Depart- ment, Grant, Macbeth, and Walter Mitfy. 18 Alice In Wonderland