La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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Mr. Simpton rthnrtn with the four toloittt for the annual A Cappdla choir concert. Left to right arc Dave Reeve, a bari- tone who ang Lord, Make Me To Know”; Kay Bryant, a so- prano who sang I Will Comfort You”; Mr. Simpson; Pat Harrer, acompaniit; and Bill Carbon, also a baritone who sang Here On Earth Vi'e Have No Continuing Place . We saw the A Cappella choir and BSC ► Annually the A Cappella choir presents a musical show. Last May, under the direction of Mr. David Simpson, it gave Brahm’s oratorial, the Requiem”. This was a more serious type of musical than the choir usually presents. There was no scenery on the stage, just the choir and a piano. The program itself consisted of seven numbers, including three solos. The 1916-17 A Cappella choir which presented the Requiem . Page tuentysix

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present these successful plays Pay? tier ut u-five Ruth Hacker and Jane von Asch, student director», and Kay Pierce, a member of the property committor, check to »or what i» available in the «tore room for the vet of You Can’t Take It With You . Since the two plays are all-school plays, any student in L.P.H.S. may serve on a committee or tryout for a part in the play. The student directors play an important part in all these activities. Besides helping the faculty director, they see that all of the committees arc functioning. At the January P.T.A. meeting. Either Moteley, Sharlcnc Kendall, Barbara Kaminski. Mr. Hargrave, Bill Shick. Marlene McFceley, and Stanley Hannah discussed “The Value of High School Activities to the High School Student.”

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score hits in their spring presentations Lights and Music, Vol. II was presented last April. This musical show, which is becoming an annual event in L.P.H.S., is sponsored by the Boys’ Service Club. The proceeds from the show go into the treasury to help finance some worth- while service projects. In the past the Boys’ Service Club remodeled the recreation room. This year it gave a considerable sum to the organ fund and the members have high hopes of con- tinuing this program of service in the future. This musical production is staged with special lighting effects, thereby getting its name, Lights and Music. A special feature of the program was a drum solo by Lee Haertel in which he gave his rendition of Elk Dance”. All the lights in the auditorium were turned off except a black light. The only thing visible was the glow of Lee’s gloves and drumsticks, which had been specially treated with a fluorescent substance, as he beat out the rhythm of the piece. The member of Boy’ Service Club gathered with the cast of Lights and Music, Volume II. for the picture. Payc twenty sc'sen