George C Marshall High School - Columbian Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Director Mary Gay Craig conducts Concert Choir in Victoria's Avc Maria as part of the Kennedy Center's Twelve Days of Christmas program. Madrigal Roy Lashbrook, pins one of the two sets of carnations on Carolyn Zimmer as Carol Moore smirks. Wayne Ollweiler and Eari Fox wait around between afternoon performances in the Kennedy Center's Hall of Nations.

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 I Honoring its recognized excellence, an invitation was received for the third year in a row tor Concert Choir to sing in the Kennedy Center's Twelve Days of Christmas. Other outside engagements included concerts at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the National Cathedral and the Shennandoah Conservatory's Pinkham Festival, where the Choir performed Pinkham's Chirstmas Contata for the composer himself. Daily fourth period rehearsals prepared the group for its many concerts, in and out of school. In attempt to change its choir-robe image, Director Mary Gay Craig gave the approximately 85-member group a new uniform; the girls made new Concerl Choir — Bottom row: Kathy Rutter. Judy Cannon. Diane Prosise, Cheryl Cates, Sheila Fitzgerald, Jean Weeks, LuAnn Gilmer. Theresa Mitong, Reese Klein, Jim Clark, Forbe Carlson, Mark Langehough, Reeny Manley, Lori Kellan, Debbie Warhurst, Lee Tschupp, Mike Murphy. |im Saintsing. Butch Thomas; Second row: Julie Fetner. Brenda Anderson, Susan Marshall, Tiare Wilson. Kathy Haines, Susie Cambrey. Carol Eubanks, Tim Houck. Jon Lewis, Ken Morris, Bill Weiser. Mary Lou Tillotson, Marianne Tillotson, Debbie James. Linda Cordon. Peggy Bedford. Steve Redding. Shawn Carlson. James Bademian; Third row: Debbie Robertson, Sandy Via. Kathy Doyel, Becky Reeder, Marti Plaugher, Carolyn Zimmer, Anne Gaskins, Tom Hampton. John Houck. Cary Pechtimaldjian, Greg Bartholomew. Cina Jenkins, Terry Copland, Cheryl Bratsch. Jean Adams, Lou Anne Bradley, Kathy Waller. Ead Cox, David Flagg: Fourth row: Cindy Kern, Eva Dillon, Kathy Whitney. Debbie Rodgers. Janice Lindberg. Allison Chaudet, Scott Pierce, Tom Woodby, Jack Dalby, Mike Welsch, Tom Thayer. Rober Little, Carol Moore, Ellen Williams, Jean Pavlet, Pat Stewart. Lisa 8utler, Don Rellins. Dan Raville. Ben.Sands. school-color dresses and the guys donned white dinner jackets and bow ties. The years climax lay in the annual exchange trip to Dumont, N.J. Ruffled shirts and velvet dresses — the Madrigals' trademark — saw action throughout the area before diverse audiences. The Madrigal Singers performer! at the Washington Cathedral, the Marriott Hotel, a Southwest Washington Church, and even at a Silver Spring shojjping center. New and veteran Madrigals practiced diligently before and after school to learn the sacred, secular, classical and modern music which comprised their many concerts during the year. Constant improvement provided most of the incentive, as well as satisfaction, to keep Marshall's Madrigal Singer going strong. Madrigals — Bottom Row: LuAnne Gilmer. Lori Kellan, Judy Cannon, Tiare Wilson, Gina Jenkins. Carol Moore. Carolyn Zimmer. Debbie James, Kathy Haines, Sheila Fitzgerald, Reeny Manley; Top Row: Steve Redding. Roy Lashbrook, Jim Saintsing, Ben Sands, Scott Pierce, Don Rellins, Jim Clark. Bill Weiver, Sean Carlson, Mike Mur-phy.

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Opportunity to gain experience was given to students through the Mixed Chorus. Provision of training was the emphasis of the choral group, which performed in the Winter, Spring, and Pops, concerts. Work was directed toward polishing the beginners' voices to enable advancement to more sophisticated choral work. Stretching exercises were not the favorite warmups of Pat Murphy and Jean Claude Huret. Eddie Roberts struggles with a sight-reading pas-. sage. Mixed Choir — Bottom Row: Carin Parker, Nancy Rufner, Mary Moretti, Terri Faw, Mark langhough, Cary Wolfe, Pat Murphy, Jean Claude Huret. Phyllis Runyon, Margaret Breeden, Eileen Humber, Ellen Garten, Leigh Harris; Second Row: Emily VaFiadov, Debbie Donovan, Faith Orton, Donna Cordon, Susie Chung, Eddie Roberts, Rene Carlson, Tracy Fullerton, Kevin McGivern, Nicky Nedeau, Carol Carter, Karen Bensenhaver, Lisa Sands; Top Row: Laurie Peed, Diane Hlavin, Trich Nutter, Carol Mathews, Sharon Lockard, Joan Zelinski, Janet Boyd. Vicky Lewis. 94