George Wythe High School - Chancellor Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Front Row: John Turner, Laura Kahl. Second Row: Charlotte Hummel, Laurie Beattie, Clarice Clayton, Theresa Spence, Alice Morrell, Sally Shaffer, Carol Cozart, David Merricks, Pam Alley. Third Row: Suzanne McWilliams, Deborah Hall, Carolyn Whitlock, Beverley Dickson, Tommy Johnson, Charles Orchestra Area Competition Brings Regional Musical Talent Extending the hand of friendship and service, members of the Concert Band and the Cadet Band offered their talents to the success of the Central All-Regional Band. Chancellor musicians played an essential role in this area-wide project. The regional competition was composed of two sessions. The first consisted of auditions by six hundred students. After the judging and elimination, especially talented stu- dents were chosen to perform at the second and fi- nal assemblage. As host school, George Wythe was responsible for housing representatives from forty- nine Virginia high schools. During the fall, the Virginia State String Orches- tra, held in Portsmith, Virginia, presented an oppor- tunity for members of the strings section to display their talents. After mid-semester exams, enthusiasm marked preparation as the Concert Band, Orchestra, and Cadet Band concentrated their efforts on the Spring Concerts. Bf Pe? | LT PR ET oe EEE Rei eiMmB ee Bie Re ; : z sf Bechtler, Bob Showalter, Peggy Thompson, Zephia Scarbo- rough, David Hamill, Robert Terry. Last Row: Carolyn Davis, Timmy Snider, Lewis Robben, Jerry Ouska, Bobby Adams, David Overton, Tom Ouska, Mr. Aleo Sica, Tommy Faulkner, Kristen Russell, George Moltz. Orchestra members combine their talents in the rendition of a musical score which features the strings section.

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''Chantones''—Bonnie Andrews, Charmaine Bechtler, Diane Ritchie, and Rita Holt—rehearse lyrics before an assembly. Front Row: Betty Lowry, Pam Goble, Marcy Woodall, Carol Greenley, Bonnie Andrews, Lester Ballard, David Murphy, Bill Harwood, Bill Luton, Rita Holt, Charmaine Bechtler, Betty- anne Fulp. Second Row: Floy Bottoms, Marsha Kettner, Dar- nell Crewe, Brenda Cooke, Jane Johnson, Robert Snell, Chip Coalter, Mike Walker, Bev Holt, Janet Gordon, Virginia Bruce, Donna Squires, Edna Brauer. Third Row: Sharon Call, Choir ‘““Messiah’’ Presentation Is Keynote of Activities Through various presentations, the Concert Choir stimulated community-wide interest in group sing- ing. The choir presented an assembly at Westover Hills Elementary School to introduce the seventh graders to the music program at George Wythe. The Chantones, an organization composed of four choir members, performed for both civic and church organizations in the community. | In Thanksgiving and Christmas assemblies, the chorus enlightened the student body through hymns and carols. The work of the first semester was cli- maxed as three area high schools combined cho- ruses to present the ''Messiah. ’ After the Christmas presentations, the choir turned its attention to preparation for the Spring Concert. In March, Regional Chorus was held at Richmond Professional Institute. The annual compe- tition attracted several talented Chancellors. As the final presentation of the year, the choir performed at baccalaureate services and graduation exercises. Pam Alley, Lyndal Andrews, Elaine Maxey, Rose Merritt, Rob- ert Caldwell, Tom Austin, Arthur Renner, Davis Lowry, James Brown, Michael Cheadle, David Perkinson, Phyllis Blanton, Brenda Williams, Betty Ann Slonaker. Back Row: Barry Now- ell, William Andrews, Jimmy Tucker, Ned Keeton, Charles Binford, Maryetta Payne, Diane Ritchie, Betsy Morgan, Linda Hedgepeth. .

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he Front Row: Graham Yount Moore, First Captain. Second Row: Edward Tyler Martin, Captain Adjutant, Charles Mau- rice, Captain, Douglas Edward Nunnally, Captain, Leonard First Captain Graham Moore and Sponsor Judy Pedersen. Edward Shields, Captain. Back Row: Gene Lee Rudd, Cap- tain, James Franklin Dixon, Jr., Captain, Charles Ray Wat- son, Jr., Ist Lt, Jim Lare2nd LE Cadet Corps Staff Creates Disciplined Cadets Through Training To awaken in the student an appreciation of his obligations as a cit izen of the United States of America'’ was the primary goal of the George Wythe Corps of Cadets, as expressed in its first mission. This end was reached through various class- es in leadership and United States military history in which patriotism, as well as personal honor and moral uprightness, was stressed. Another area of the Corps' leadership training program, which was greatly emphasized by its Com- mandant, Lt. Col. James W. Norwood, was the ov- er-all academic standing of each individual cadet. As a result of this increased stress on the scholastic facet of cadet life, the Corps' academic average improved noticeably. By gr aduation, the cadet had been equipped, through intensive leadership training and extensive competition, to deal with the vicissitudes of life.