Lafayette Junior High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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ORCHESTRA The orchestra is organized into sections-strings, brass and wood Wind, and percussion. The orchestra brings the school in the auditorium and sends them out by playing beautiful Aloha, which means Farewell to Thee. Sometimes they send the school out to a snappy march. The orchestra members are being trained to lead as well as play, and they are doing great work. The greatest number which the orchestra played is the Christ- mas number. It was studied for the A9 play. During this beautiful play, which was full of Christmas spirit, the orchestra oiferecl the number Around the Christmas Tree or A Yuletide Potpourri. F The word Potpourri means a mixture, like flower petals, such as roses, mixed with -spices, etc., to scent a room. In music it means a production composed of parts brought together without connection. The nrst part of the number was called From Heaven I XVas Sent to Earth. ln this part you can hear the ringing of the Christmas bells. The next was the part called HO Come Little Children. Then Mary Harvey, the cornet soloist, came on the stage, accompanied at the piano by Beatrice Krantman. They played the f'Cantique de Noel, a Christmas chant. There fol- lowed O Faithful Pine, a song about a Christmas treej Praise the Lord g the Sacred N ight, Holy Night g and Adeste Fidelesf' which is a Latin name. It is a very magnificent song. Afterward was a dance, Tomorrow VVill Be Christmas, then O Sanctissimaf' and The Clock Strikes Twelve. The 'next part was a New Year song called The Passing of the Qld Year. In the finale, the Sleigh Ride-Returns Home part, we heard Tillie Karish, our violin soloist. -Hfill-iam Got. MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA and THEIR INSTRUMENTS Violins Trombones Piano McCoy, Kenneth Robinson, David Krantman, Beatrice Lewis, Gonzales Femalldezi MBU' Conell, John Saxophones Liberto, Joe Irvin, Luxey . BCUS Taylor, Morris Jackson, VVm. Felllbefg, Clara Biglow, Harry VVinagua, Bessie Greenwood, Henry Dfllms Gambina, Frank Cornets BYOOICS, DUCHCY Whitley, Sarah Brooks, Alford Humes, Ophelia McClure, Morris Martin, Nellie Palmer. George Karish, Tillie Csoloistl Harvey, Mary Qsolosistj

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F 1 Chrixtmas Clxqir Lafayetie Orchextra

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PROGRAMS AND ASSEMBLIES In place of assemblies for the different grades which were given last term, Mrs. Smith devised a new system, that of the regular Friday Assembly for the whole school during period three. Community singing has been a popular feature of these assemblies. This made a pleasant break in the week's work and was much enjoyed by the students and faculty. During these assemblies, programs for special occasions were featured, such as the Armistice Day program, the Thrift program, the Thanksgiving play and many other interesting performances. A rally was given for the grand piano fund, and the proceeds from various moving picture shows given in our auditorium. usually on Friday evenings, went to the same fund. The great occasion of the term was the A9 Class Play. This time a beautiful Christmas story, lVhy The Chimes Rang, was chosen by Mrs. Thompson, who directed a splen- did performance. Most of you are familiar with the pupils taking part in the play, but I imagine that you couldnft recognize them in a life- time. lflfilfredo Murillo took the leading part as Holger. the peasant boy, and wasn't he an ideal actor? VVilliam Flachs- binder came through with flying colors as Steen, I-lolger's brother. The ample person known as Uncle Bertel was no other than that individual you all know as Mr. Ben Schwartz. If you hadn't seen the program you would never know who the old woman was. Perhaps if you heard her laugh you would know. for everyone knows Jennie Schuck's laugh. Jennie carried through splendidly. Didn't Kenneth McCoy look too dignified for words in those black Howing robes? Then came that perfectly splendid rich man who said, Make way for me, I'm a-coming. Albert Dubin did one hundred per cent in that part. As a courtier, Alex Kalionzes was very handsome and stately. He was sure he'd make the chimes ring! After the dashing courtier came the beautiful woman who said in actions plainer than words, Look 1ne over. This part was taken by Ethel VVinstein. Did you know we had such fine actors? The part of the scholar was played by Hyman Geier and a line scholar he made. It was quite a tedious job to stay all hunched up dur-