Gem Consolidated School - Gems Yearbook (Colby, KS)

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HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC Thls year all eleven hzgh school gzrls and exght hlgh school boys make up the hlgh school muslc department In addztlon to thls Al Chuck and Wayne have been playzng the1r guxtars Durlng the flrst semester we worked mostly on the gypsy operetta Chomta whlch was presented by both boys and gxrls muslc wnth the did of part Of the grade school Due to the wmter s flrst bhzzard December 8 When lt was pre sented however we felt our efforts had been well worth whlle It was hlghly praxsed by members of thzs commumty and others Peggy Lanmng played the part of Chomta Wayne Laurltsen was her true love Shurl Decker her father and the gypsles kmg Estelle Treat her old nurse and duenna Kenneth Poland the Baron Stanescu Ilene Poland the Baroness Stanescu Duane Saddler thezr son and jerry Knudson was a servant Emll There were fme solos choruses and dancmg glrls The speech class deslgned the sets and Mr Beery d1rected the dlalogue The costumes were partlcularly beautlful and colorful The success of thxs operetta was based on everyone domg h1s part whlch however small contrxbuted to the fmal effect Now we are enthuslastzcally workxng on a Negro Mxnstrel whxch we wlll present thls sprlng with axd of the seventh and elghth grades Peggy Lanmng Ilene Poland and Estelle Treat comprxse the glrls tr1o wlth Joyce Laurxtsen slngmg wxth them th1s last semester makzng a quartet These groups wlll furnlsh numbers for our sprmg actlvxtles and at the Baccalaureate and Commencement exerc1ses Usually thls year we have had our music classes dxvlded up for special practlces except for fmal preparatlon for the ooeretta Mrs McArthur has a way of extracting the best work of her students and anyone ln her music classes wlll heartxly agree that she IS a really swell musxc teacher GRADE MUSIC The grade rnuslc department has been falthfully workmg toward Improve ment In smgmg playmg and muszc apprecmatzon The story of Why the Chxmes Rang was presented at Christmas txme The junior Choir Llttle Boys Choxr and the Angel Cholr sang the story as was read by jerry Knudson and pantomxmed by the cast chosen from the grades Ward Munkres and Earl Treat were very effectwe as Pedro and Little Brother The speech class made the stage settxng and Mr McArthur made the staxned glass plcture wmdow The combination of th1s beautiful settlng the good smg mg fme readmg and excellent axccompamment by Estelle Treat caused the true sp1r1t of Chrxstmas to be felt by each chnld and successfully portrayed to a large audlence The study of notes IS started ln the flrst arade by learmng the notes that came to school wlth dlrty faces and those that come to school wlth clean faces The game of Maestro 1s played through the grades to learn kmds of notes names of bass clef and treble clef notes and time values 2.2. . 1 1 1 1 .- . on - I . 1 . 1 . . - n I 1 u n a 1 0 1 1 0 0 . Q I - n 1 - 1 . 1 . . . 1 1 1 U 1 I 1 1 1 1 D . . 1 1 0 1 1 1 , 0 1 1 1 1 Q 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 1 1 Q 1 0 0 . . . . - . . . . . . . 1 1 1 an . 11 1 . o . . . 1 . . .t 1 1 1 e . . a . . 1 . . . . . . . . s 1 ' . . . . 1 1 1 . Q 1 . . . , J . . . U u 11 . . 1 1 1