Jefferson Junior High School - Journal Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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FOURTH ROW: June Carlbom, Marcia Gossett, Sherry Bare, Maureen Ogren, Jan Gartner, Julie Ekleberry, Barb Nelson. THIRD ROW: Olney Belton, Don Fritz, Vicki Barnes, Kathy Peele, Dawn Hansen, Sheila Swenson. SECOND ROW: Sally Bloomquist, Denise Meyer, Sharon Williams, Vickie Garavalia, Margaret Fones, Gail Holland. FIRST ROW: Laurie Dittman, Sharon Prochaska, Ed Prochaska, Michael Shawver, David Hintzsche, Mt. Erwin. The Glee Club gives two concerts a year. All participants sing treble clef parts. There are four songs prepared for each concert. GleeCIub quality has always been proven superior to chorus. Some Glee Club participants go on to high school and join the a capella choir, and some even sing leading parts in the Operetta. The Glee Club provides singing under a director for the first time for many students. Only student accompanists are used when instruments are needed. This is the Glee Clubts eleventh year and twenty-second concert. 121

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FOURTH ROW: Hans Grade, Betty Wilt, Carol Treadman, Barb Coul, Sherry Anthony, Nancy Haroldson, Judy Currie. THIRD ROW: TruDee Wessman, Mary Pawlow, Linda Renk, Cindy Istad, Jolene Anderson, Susan Culp. SECOND ROW: Donald L. Carlson, Robin Fisher, Peggy Tennyson, Sandy Johnson, Barb Ridgeway, Cindy Akins, Bev Hurwitch. FIRST ROW: Dee Thompson Sharon Rutz, Bev Baxter, Roxanne Blomquist, Barb Hallblade, Sharon Ketcham. In 1956, Jeffersonts Glee Club was organized. A group of students asked Mr. Erwin if they could have a singing organization. Mr. Erwin told them they could have a glee club if it could meet in the morn- ings so that members of the band and orchestra could also be members. There are still some band and orchestra participants in the Glee Club. Since band and sports participants have uniforms, the Glee Club members thought they should, too; therefore, they sold candy and were able to purchase sixty-eight choir robes of a bright red color. In the Glee Club nobody is left out. Anybody who wants to may join. There are no tryouts. Only the Ensemble is hand-picked. 120

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FIFTH ROW: George Parfiewich, David Freden, Richard Green, Don Fritz, John Hjelm, Doug Carlson, Dave Anderson, David Sherman, Jeff Borden. FOURTH ROW: Paul Hagen, Henry LaMarca, Tim Elliott, Stephen Schmidt, Benny Rinaldo, Greg Rewerts, Brad Oltmanns, Steve Hildebrand, Joe Whittington, Dallas Jones, Jerry Ekdale, Greg Hittner, John Sulak, Mark Jenkins, Barclay Olson. THIRD ROW: Matthew Bradley, Ronald Hahne, Kevin E. Lee, Danny Harris, Cliff Eley, Steve Hoover, Leon Cash. SECOND ROW: John Peterson, Brad Dahlgren, Jeff Fulton, Dave Dahlberg, Craig Holliday, Gary Sullivan, Gene Huffman. FIRST ROW: Gary Nelson, Bruce Arneson, John Mohr, Jeff Pergande, Scott Marhuson. The Eighth Grade Band consists of 85 members, of which seven are seventh graders. The main purpose of this band is to prepare the members for the Concert Band.