Lake Benton High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Lake Benton, MN)

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High School Mixed Choir Sixty young people with a zest for singing--that is the Lake Benton High School Mixed Choir. They are young ladies and men who are willing to acheive a high standard of choral excellence. Choir activities include performances at school and com unity functions with the Christmas concert as one of their highlights of especial beauty and inspiration. The Junior High Choir and Grade Choir also played a substantial part in the yuletide concert centralized around the musical selection, WSilent Nightn. The past years the High School Mixed Choir along with the vocal en- sembles and soloists have been continuously participating in the annual re- gional-state music contests receiving ratings of A's and B's. Invited as a solo choir to attend the Music Festivals at both Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota and St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, the High School Mixed Choir elected the St. Olaf College invitation. Officers of the choir are elected each fall to serve for the ensuing years Curtis Meyer, Presidentg Richard Quarton, Vice-Presidentg Marlys Rochel, Sec- retary, Byrl Koster, Treasurer, and Lloyd Thorson, student council represent- ative. The director of all high school choral groups is Miss Phyllis Umland. Junior High Choir J lui 1m - fr-fi, - -

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The marching band made a number of trips this year with highlights being the Edgerton Dutch Festival, Homecoming Band Day at Mankato State Teachers College, and the Tri-State Band Festival at Luverne. The group placed second in a field of t elve and won a trophy for the third straight year. One of the most gratifying exhibitions of the year was a brief dress rehearsal held on the football field one evening which drew a sur- prisingly large crowd of enthusiastic supporters. The concert band, which jumped into Class NGN this year, took part in the annual district music festival at Marshall and later gave fine winter and spring concerts. In December, the band and the band director, Mr. Trembley, were cited as Band of the Month by the Daveau Music Co. of Fargo, North Dakota, for their many achievements during the past few years. Several soloists, a clarinet quartet and a brass sextette joined the band in competition in the spring music contests. Hopes were high for successful entries in instrumental music. Band when students have progressed far enough in their instrumental lessons to play constructively in a group, they are put into a junior band for training in elementary band techniques. when sufficient skill is shown they are admitted to senior band for a trial periodg and if progress con- tinues, they maintain a permanent position in the advanced group. :MKG

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Triple Trio The two Girls' Triple Trios comprise the Girls' Glee Club along with Arlene Hanson and Barbara Steinhoff. The choral groups are not an end in themselvesg choir members are to be found in considerable strength in the other musical or- ganizations in the community and various surrounding colleges There is no truer truth obtainable by man than comes of music.--Robert Browning. Girls' Triple Trio members above are: Virginia Larson, Gayle Trautman, Sylvia Verschberger, lone Gruoich, Sharron Kelly, Eunice Johnson, Eyvonne Johannsen, Colleen Evans, Janice Bebensee. Girls' Triple Trio members below are: Helen Gehrts, Enid Olson, Loralee Mathison, Joan Mathison, Faye Tellinghuisen, Romelle Trade, Miriam Luschen, Phyllis Hanson, Faye Sears, Triple Trio