J Sterling Morton West High School - Talon Yearbook (Berwyn, IL)

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I O IQ H IQ H 0 Du O U GJ H Q H U ll Q GH CB 0 -I CB plan tlsicia Orchestra members play full-length spring opera Morton's symphony orchestra, which com- bines students from both East and West, attended a music clinic held at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in downtown Chicago. Advanced students went on to audition for the Illinois Music Education Association and the Northeast District Festivals. Individual members par- ticipated in the IHSA solo and ensemble competition. The one hundred and five members played a full length opera in March. Music Club, open to all students, sponsored T-shirt, flower, and bake sales. They also built an outstanding float for homecoming parade competition. Many members planned to go to Morton's summer music camp. As the Morton Orchestra practices for its spring opera, Mr. R. J. Dvorak Qabove, rightj energetically conducts the musicians and listens closely for their mistakes. Demonstrating the concentration required to play a instrument, Celloist Terry Moran Qabovej practices in hopes of making the Northeast District Festival. Busily arranging sheet music that the band needs in order to play at a football game, Mary Jane Poupa fright! pays close attention so as not to make a mistake. 68 ACTIVITIES

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IMEA state-Wide choir admits Barb Sh ubinski When auditions were held in December for the Illinois Music Education Association Fes- tival all-state choir, Senior Barb Shubinski auditioned and was accepted. She attended the IMEA Festival on January 21 and 22 at which she participated in a concert performance. Also in December other students in the Aeolian and Girls' Choirs, Belles 8a Beaus, and Note-a-Belles performed an annual Christmas concert. The Belles 8a Beaus and Note-a-Belles in addition sang for many church and school organizations during the Christmas season and for the Senior Recognition Assembly in June. A spring concert, presented on May 7 by all the choral groups, kept choir students busy practicing in class and after school during the second semester. In conjunction with the Morton East and West Music Parents' Association, the band members, and the orchestra students, the choirs sponsored a Pancake Day on March 19 to raise funds for Camp Augustana, the Morton music camp in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. As a visual aid to the choir's music, theater students Qleftl portray nativity characters in the manger. Conducted by Mr. J. Chiado, the Aeolian Choir Qabovel performs at the Christmas assembly. ACTIVITIES 67

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WEN? MUSIC CLUB-FRONT ROW: B. Rylands, B. Wilson. SECOND ROW: N. Stastny, Pres., P. Goyette, Sec., T. Kufrin, M. Poupa, J. Boyajian, D. Kunz, K. Kendra. THIRD ROW: L. Finder, C. McDonald, L. Divis, C. Beguin, K. Borzym, B. Shubinski, J. Hruby, H. Woods, G. Martin, B. Kucera. FOURTH ROW: T. Strnad, J. Bajek, M. Vrchota, E. Recht, S. Sciabica, M. Skelly, B. Noltemeyer, B. Kmet. BACK ROW: T. Poupa, K. Benson, W. Kucera, T. Gannon, P. Bajek, P. Marzek, W. Gawle, L. Delinger, L. Lantvit, L. Boyd, L. Capone, P. Lantvit. During an after school rehearsal of West Side Story Nancy Stastny Qabovej looks over the musical score and L tries to familiarize herself with the music. ACTIVITIES 69