Hempstead High School - Equine Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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11 Practicing for the Christmas concerts are Lisa Strong, '83, Doug Sharpe, '86, and Sue Meyer, '84, Photo by Ieff Becker, 21 Iohn Oehrle, director, leads the orchestra during the Commencement concert. Photo by Ieff Becker. 31 During practice, director Iohn Oehrle talks to the musicians. Photo by Ieff Becker. 1 I s,uv' ft. Gr F... Orchestra LF!! ll Busil Making Music by Hillard Salas From the start, the 1982-83 school year was a busy one for the orchestra and its director, Iohn Oehrle. As soon as school began, the orchestra began preparing for All-State tryouts. Four string players, Kim Bartels, '83, Tammy Brehm, '85, Amy Iersild, '85, and Lisa Melsted, '85, were selected for the prestigious orchestra. For Brehm and Bartels, their selections were not their first. Brehm was chosen for her second time, and Bartels' for her fourth. The rest of the year was filled with work in prepara- 112 tion for several concerts given over the winter and spring, a musical, and a music contest. On May 4 and 5, the music department par- ticipated in the annual Tri-Double I music festival, which was held in Clinton. During those two days, long practice sessions were held, ending with a concert on May 5. The final concert of the year, and the last for fifteen seniors, was given on May 24. At the concert, the seniors were honored for their musical contributions to Hempstead. Z - vs ..-' ' ' .y Vl 2 l ' ci! K e it 4- all Qu- K ISL 41 Laura Gage, '83, Sue Hoeweler, '85, and Heidi Olson, '86, practice for orchestra's winter concert. Photo by Ieff Becker. L

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Trouble in River Cit by Barbara Meyer Meredith Willson's The Music Man was presented by the Hempstead music department on March 11-14 in the auditorium. The musical was performed before three full-house audiences and received four standing ovations. Miss Susan Beasley directed the cast of 137 people, and Iohn Oehrle conducted the 19 piece orchestra. Professor Harold Hill, the Music Man, made his living as a fast-talking travelling salesman. He sold band instruments, books, and uniforms to the people of River City, Iowa, telling them that their boys would stay out of trouble if they were in a band. His original plan was to leave town without following through with the band, but he changed his mind when he unexpectedly fell in love with Marian Paroo, the town librarian and Piano teacher. Mrs. Paroo fMar- ian's motherl wished Mar- ian would encourage the Professor, which she didn't do at first. She did change her attitude, however, after Hill defended the town ruffian, Tommy Djilas, and made Winthrop, her little brother, happy. Tommy liked Zaneeta, Mayor Shinn's daughter, but the Mayor didn't approve. The Professor stuck up for Tommy, though, and did end up changing the mayor's mind about Tommy, to Mrs. Shinn's great surprise. Hill made Winthrop happy by giving him his new trumpet. The musical concluded with the boys' band entering and delighting the townspeople with their off-key playing to save Professor Hill from being tarred and feathered. sin in 11 How can there be any Sincere? asks Duane Minnis, '83, Scott Wersinger, '84, Ieff Small, '83 and Brett Bordewick, '83, the Quartet. Photo by Dan Heinz. Zlleff Moody, '84, as Charlie Cowell, anvil salesman, talks and bickers with his fellow travelling salesmen on the train. Photo by Dan Heinz.