Heyworth High School - Hey Hi Yearbook (Heyworth, IL)

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MUSIC DEPARTMENT Band This year the band has been exceptionally good. Twenty high school players have practiced every day all year and the seventeen grade school students practice with the high school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In the fall a marching band was formed, which played at the football games and this winter a pep band played at basketball games. Some highlights of the band this year were the formation of a cornet trio in- cluding Virginia Ogden, Alice Kaufman, and Winifred Ensminger, invitational performances at Downs and other high schools, and the playing of selections from South Pacific , Aurora Overture, and John Philip Sousa marches. Glee Club In 1949-1950 the Glee Clubs have averaged about 40 members. The boys club meets -on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the girls meet on Wednesdays and Fridays, with mixed chorus on Friday. This year the glee clubs performed in the Christmas program, the McLean County Musical Festival, and the H. H. S. Concert. Christmas Program Christmas Scenes was the title of our Christmas pro- gram on Sunday, December 18th, 1949. The program opened with the chorus singing O Come :All Ye Faithful . The program consisted of four parts, C13 The Night Before Christmas, 423 White Christmas, 43,1 Noel, and 143 Holy Night Some of the songs were White Christmas, O Holy Night, and the Lord's Pray- er. Soloists were Ann Moberly, Marie Pfiefer, Leonard Gardner, Claire' Nichol- son, Norma Weaver, Betty Keim and Dorothy Gregory. Readers were Beverly Bon- ser and Rornona Halsey. Special Events 1. The District Music Contest was held at Paxton on Saturday, March 25. We were represented by our coronet trio, 3rd place, Virginia Ogden, trumpet, 3rd place, Claire Nicholson, violin, lst place, Marian Seitz, trombone, 2nd place, Jim Craig, drum, 2nd place, Leonard Gardner, marimba, lst place, Marie Pfiefer, flute, 2nd place, Fernella Ensminger, saxaphone, 2nd place, and Ann Moberly as accompanist. 2. Our band and mixed chorus participated in the McLean County Music Festival, Friday, April 14. Two special numbers were Cool Water and Holy, Holy, Holy. Boy's Glee Club First Row: Roger Stubblefield, James Tague, Merle Martens, Charles Smith, Howard Cotton, Mr. Benedict. Second Row: John Heck, Kenneth Fry, Leonard Gardner, Joe Birckelbaw, Jim Craig, John Mowbray, Duncan Limer. Third Row: Warren McConnell, Merle Jones, Harold Necessary, Bob Coone, Don Conrady, Gene Swearingen, Frank Jordine. Band First Row: Fernella Ensminger, Jim Craig, Beatrice Bailey, Leonard Gardner, Beverly Jannusch, Mr. Benedict . Second Row: Marie Pfiefer, Jerry Peasley, Glenn Yates, Don Conrady, Virginia Ogden, Alice Kaufman, Winifred Ensminger. Third Row: Ann Moberly, Donna Tarvin, Velma Ehling, Charles Smith, Bessie Rousey, Dick Fulton. Gir1's Glee Club First Row: Patty Smith, Sally McConnell, Fernella Ensminger,, Dorothy Gregory, Mr. Benedict, Bonnie Carmichael, Rose Mary Spaulding, Dolores Cot- ton, Sharen Shields. Second Row: Evelyn Maxwell, Carol Bailey, Velma Ehling, Joyce Martin, Wini- .fred Ensminger, Marilyn Necessary, Beverly Shannon, Norma Weaver. Third Row: Doris Young, Neva Zirkle, Ann Moberly, Marcia Cole, Eldora Runge, CContinued on Next Pagel