Hinckley High School - Echoes Yearbook (Hinckley, IL)

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Ready? Iwant clear sustained tones. And Mr. Wight certainly gets Band in concert position. Left to right--Row 1: Arlene Abell, Carol Davis, Gail Abell, Pat Rans, Barbara Dellenback, Pat Herrmann, Judy Bowker, Sharon Rausch, Sandra Hillman, Nancy Challand, Janice Brome- land. Row 2: Carol Snyder,John Voss,Nancy Nelson, Gloria Lund, Dennis Leitheit, Sandra Larson. Jerlyn LaSanska, Marlene Fahrlander, Becky Freundt, Charlene Davis, Bette Richards, Irene Barr. Row 3: Lana Kuester, Donald Pritchard, Jacquelyn Antrobus, Linda Klien, Leanna Iandt, Dwain Harris, Jeryl Morsch, Linda Wahlgren, Richard Bushnell, Richard Grimm, Robert Larsen, Gerald Reingardt, Robert Bartels, Dean MUSICIANS FOLLOW DIRECTOR what he wants. So many new members were added to the band during the school year that there was a shortage of uniforms in the spring. The group com- posed of over sixty-seven members rehearsed on Tuesday afternoons at 2:30 and on Fridays at 3:30. The 1953 summer season included marching in the International Lion's Parade in Chicago and the Mardi Gras Parade at Riverview. Engage- ments during the year included participation in the Hinckley Homecoming in August and in the entertainment at the Sandwich Fair in September. It was also one of the bands selected to march in the DeKalb College Day parade. 36

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Left to right: Miss Young, Marlene Haagensen, Irene Barr, Diane Mc- Krrgan, Pat Herrmann. Left to right--Row 1: Accompanist: Charlene Davis, Director: Miss Shirley Young, Margery Whisler, Ronalee Langdon,Nancy Thomas, Sandra Palmatier,Judy Weiherman, Laura Matter, Patricia Rans, Carol Davis, Diane McKirgan, Charlotte Mullis, Arlene Abell. Row 2: Delores Powell, Janice Schumacher, Marlene Fahrlander, Linda Palmatier, Lois Miller, Sharon Freundt, Carla Haagensen, Irene Barr, Judy Bowker, Janice Bromeland, Pat Herrmann, Jacque Chamberlain. Row 3: Deborah Voss, Marlene l-laagensen Barbara Jacobson Nancy Mullis, Betty Jandt, Patsy Thomas, Nancy Houtz, Bernadine Larson, Shirley Pennington, Nancy Foose, Bette Richards, Jeryl Morsch, Gail Abell. GROUP SINGING LIGHTENS SERIOUS SIDE OF SCHOOL You have to know your do-re-mi's to belong to these groups of singers. Every Monday and Thursday afternoon at 12:30 one can hear the Girls' Chorus in the music room--practicing for the Christmas Concert, the mu- sic contest or the spring concert, striving for perfect harmony and voice blending. Perhaps it's the two hours of practice per week that does it, but when those students sound out Forever and Ever --it's music. This was a year of many activities for the Girls' Chorus and Girls' Quartette. The first place at which the Girls' Quartette showed their vo- cal talent was the Pure Milk Association's annual meeting,while the Girls' Chorus was not heard until the Christmas Concert. After the Christmas Concert, the Girls' Chorus started to practice for the Illinois High School Association Music Contest. As a climax to the year's activities, both choruses participated in the Spring Concert which was held on April 2.5. J 35

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Petschke, Toby Watne, Ronald Reingardt, Donald Rimsnider. Row 4: Deborah Voss, Diane McKirgan, Philip Nelson, Ronald Jandt, James Voss, Nancy Thomas, Judy Weiherman, Betty Jandt, Richard Ott, Patricia Meyer, William Schumacher. Row 5: Gerald Jandt, Sherrill Dwyer, Pat Thomas, Roger Petschke, Eugene Barr, Clare Wilson, Allan Wielert, Robert Dwyer, James Engel, David Rausch. Row 6: Dale McKirgan, Dallas Waldschmidt, Jerry Richards, Jerry Larsen, Mr. R. B. Wight, Director. The massed band, consisting of 170 members from Hinckley, Som- onauk, and Big Rock, gave three concerts during the year. The first concert was given in Somonauk in December with Mr. Fabish as the guest -director. The second concert was given in Big Rock in January and the last concert, in Hinckley on April 10. A pep band was organized which played at most of the home basketball games. Nineteen soloists and nine ensembles, entered the District contest at Geneva, while the band entered the contest at Genoa-Kingston. A concert was given on March Z, so the public could hear the contest pieces. Many won first place at District and went on to State Contest at Charleston, Illinois on April 30 and May l. The spring concert was held in April which ended the school-year activities, but many activities are planned for this summer. The general opinion seems to be that Mr. Wight is a swell direc- tor! The results he gets go to prove they're right. 37