Greenville High School - Chrysalis Yearbook (Greenville, ME)

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GIRLS AND BOYS CHOIR GREENVILLE CONSOLIDATED BAND Front Row 41. to r.l: C. Cole, P. Wortman, L. Pratt, C. Breton, R. Dickinson, F Perry, J. Richards, S. Keirstead D. Carrol, G. Spinney, N. Richards, R Murry. H. Parent. Back Row 11. to r.l: D. Clark, J. Hataway. M. Durnbar, H. Gilbert, H. Diehl, R. Diehl, K. Graham, P. Diehl, F. Richards, R. Ryder,

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16 THE CHRYSALIS GIRLS' AND BOYS' CHOIR V The Girls' Choir, which was organ- ized last year, has been continuing with a great deal of activity this year The choir consists of seventeen select ed voices and it works almost exclus- ively with three and four-part music. The material consists of semi-classical and semi-popular selections. Occasion- ally the choir makes use of a classical composition. Last May the choir presented a radio broadcast over Station W.L.B.Z. in Bangor, and it was very Well receiv- ed. The girls are planning another broadcast which will be presented ir May. The choir has made a number of appearances at school this year, in- cluding several assembly programs and the Fall Operetta. From this choir three girls were selected to sing as a trio and they have made a few public appearances. This year a Boys' Choir has been organized and it consists of fourteen with the Girls' group has made voices. Together Choir. this mixed many appearances, both at school and in town. lThis group has working on the material presented at the Musical Revue May 9th. We hope that in the future this mixed group of voices will be able to perform many of the finer . choral works. spent much time GREENVILLE CONSOLIDATED BAND There are about twenty-seven mem-- bers in the band this year under the direction of Miss Winifred Springer. We lost quite a few members this year but new players have entered. Mr. Diehl has been very helpful by giving lessons to band members. The band made a very successful appearance at the Music Festival at Gardiner last year, and received a very good rating for such a young am' small organization. The band also took part in the school fair with parade a few days before the event. The members also played for the memorial Day parade. The first appearance of the band 5h.s year was at the Operetta, The Ubliging Clock, presented by the elementary grades. They also player at the Junior and Freshman speaking contests and again at the Fair. They expect, too, to make a-good presenta- tion at the Music Festival, which is being held at Bangor this year. New caps have been ordered for this eveni and, judging from the caliber of its previous performances, the Band is certain to turn in a good performance.

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18 THE CHRYSALIS JUNIOR EXHIBITION Junior Exhibition, an annual event of the Senior High School, is valuable to the students who participate for the training it gives in the art of speaking before an audience. This year our preliminaries, in which all Juniors participate, were held in January. At that time ten speakers, five girls and five boys, were chosen by the faculty judges to speak at the finals, held on the evening of March 21st. On that occasion three teachers from Monson Academy served as judges and the following winners were chosen: girls, first, Patricia Landerking second, Con- nie Swazeyg boys, first, Lawrence Prattg second, Robert Budden. Suit- able medals have been awarded to the prize-winners as well as to the other speakers in the contest. The names of the first winners in both divisions have been engraved on the Juriior Exhibi- tion cups, on display at the school. FRESHMAN PRIZE-SPEAKING A successful addition to the school activities last year was Freshman Speaking, which has been repeated this year and bids fair to become an annual event much like the Junior Ex- hibition. Preliminaries for this event were held in February and all Freshmen took part, reciting articles from cur- rent issues of The Readers Digest. From these preliminaries ten speakers were chosen to speak at finals held on the evening of April Sth. The judges for the finals were citizens of Green- ville.