La Salle Academy - Maroon and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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With minstrel time drawing closer. a call w as issued for those band members who aspired to join the orchestra. After many practice sessions the 1947 edition of the La Salle Academy Or- chestra was finally selected. As anyone who heard this year's orchestra will attest it was be- yond a doubt the finest orchestra in the school's history. 1 ' 4 I , f,s. ..,. . .,.. .... - ::., 23-g.:' ' ' 3, ',f- -p. -,,-. 4 ' , .gg 'f' Every member of the organization was capable of improvising on a chorus besides being able to sight read with the proficiency of an expert. After playing the minstrel. the Alumuni ban- quet. and many other affairs. the orchestra com- pleted a most successful season by providing music' at the graduation. One Hundred Nine

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