First Chair of America - National Yearbook (Greenwood, MS)

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FIRST CHAIR MEMBERS- UNIVERSITY OE MICHIGAN BAND A l KAI JEAN LaDOUCEUR SARAH JANE BAIRD ROBERT WOJCIAK DON G. WILCOX Oxford, Michigan Gary, Indiana McKees Rocks, Penn. Chicknsha, Oklahoma Oboe Flute Clarinet Alto Clarinet B195 53' I2 if ' RUSSELL B. BEDFORD TERENCE SMALL ARTHUR T. HEGVIK JOHN L. ALEXANDER WALTER M. Old GICCHWICF1, COHH- Adrian, Michigan Poplar, Montana I-lbefw, MISSOIII1 N0ff0lk, Bassoon ContraABass Clarinet Alto Saxophone Corner COfr16f 7 , 'B l if A V7 f ...nv DAVID WHITWELL ROBERT L. HAUSE PETER EKSTROM CHARLES J. GABRION GERALD C- , Edmond, OlCl8l10mH Shelby, North Carolina Muskegon, Michigan Granclville, Michigan WISCONSIN R11P1Cl5, French Horn Trombone Percussion Euphonium Tuba 340

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING FIRST CHAIR OF AMERICA This is the nineteenth year since FIRST CHAIR OF AMERICA was first published in 1940 with a book con- taining 102 pages. FIRST CHAIR OF AMERICA has been published every year since with the exception of the war years. The 1940 edition carried the endorsement and best wishes for success from such outstanding men as GLENN CLIFFE BAINUM, ERNEST S. WILLIAMS, HERBERT L. CLARKE, JAMES C. HARPER, BOB MAKOVSKY, WILLIAM R. WEHREND, L. BRUCE JONES, HAROLD BACHMAN, CLIFFORD P. LILLYA, A. R. McALLISTER, A. A. HARDING, EDWIN FRANKO GOLDMAN, RALPH E. RUSH, H. A. VAN- DERCOOK, and others. The publication was approved by the National Competition Festivals QBand, Orchestra, and Vocalj Association in 1941. In 1941 a National Approval Board was set up to recom- mend outstanding organizations which Qonlyj could be presented in FIRST CHAIR OF AMERICA. The publication has grown to the present 344-page edition and the Twentieth Anniversary edition coming up in 1959 already has all recommendations made for organi- zations and directors to be included. With the publication of the 1959 CTwentieth Anniversary editionj and all following editions the publication will place those directors who have proved to be very outstand- ing in the field of music on a permanently qualified basis and these will take complete precedence in present- ing their organizations on an annual basis. FIRST CHAIR OF AMERICA was set up for exactly this purpose: To honor First Chair members of America's finest High School Bands, Orchestras, and Choruses. After twenty years of sifting information from many sources, some one hundred and fifty directors will be chosen Qsome from almost each statej to receive this honor. Publication infor- mation will be sent only to those selected on this basis. ffm? MARY RAWLS BARRETT Assistant Editor, FIRST CHAIR OF AMERICA Mrs. Barrett has served as assistant editor for this publication since 1952 and has devoted many hours to sifting and arranging material sent in from the many sources. Mrs. Barrett taught for eight years in the schools of Mississippi, has assisted in the management of the Mississippi Lions All-State Band since 1950, and has a great store of knowledge regarding the quality bands, orchestras, and choruses of America. She is being promoted to the position of Editor of FIRST CHAIR OF AMERICA beginning with the 1959 QTwentieth Anniversary, edition-at which time Roy M. Martin, present editor, will assume the title of Consultant of FIRST CHAIR OF AMERICA.