Leola High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Leola, SD)

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Opposite page: Top; Members of the mixed octet are Susie Swanson, Edie Sandmeier, JoAnn Guth- miller, Julie Hilgemann, Gary Rueb, David Kulm, Danny Sieh, and Bill Hoffman. Center left; Adding bass to the pep band are members of the trombone section. Center right; Practicing for All-State Chorus are Bill Hoffman, Dave Kulm, Julie Hilge- mann, and Edie Sandmeier with Mr. Guffey giving pitches on the piano. Lower left; Members of the always-smiling Triple Trio are top row, left to right; Jeanne Rath, Julie Hilgemann, Suzanne Weisser, Edie Sandmeier, Susie Swanson. Bottom row left to right; Mary Kulm, JoAnn Guthmiller, Debbie Thorpe, and Karen Rueb. Bottom; Charlie Brown characters add spirit to the annual concert. This page: Upper left; Attending the 1971 All- State Band for the first time is Julie Hilgemann. Upper right; Accompanying vocal numbers through- out the musical is the Oklahoma pit band. Cen- ter; The percussion ensemble includes (left to right) Mary Kulm, Peggy Hoffman, Susie Sieh, Jer- ome Kappes, Peter Weisser, (not pictured, Debbie Blumhardt.) Lower right; Receiving superior ratings at regional music contest are: Janice Ketterling, trombone; Jerome Kappes, drums; and Susie Swan- son, vocal. 29

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Musicians excell and entertain It was a year for firsts in the music department this year with Julie Hilgemann being the first stu- dent from Leola High ever to attend All-State Band. Various ensembles and soloist attended the regional music contest in Aberdeen, South Dakota and re- turned home with six superior ratings. Again this year the vocal depart- ment sent a quartet to the All-State Chorus in Rapid City, South Dakota. The vocal department also added harmony to all L.H.S. music con- certs and to the musical play Okla- homa. 28

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CHORUS members are: (front row) Debbie Morseth, Sandy Buechler, Jackie Dockter, Leona Kallas, Karen Rueb, Gary Rueb, Colin Schaffer, Jim Thorpe, Harvey Shafer, Janice Ketterling, Cindy Haux, Dale Nesby, Debbie Dockter, Kim Gill, Mr. Mick Guffey, (second row) Debbie Mack, Nan- cy Fischer, Marilyn Berreth, Cindy Brandner, Jack Geffre, Terry Hoffman, Randy Fischer, David Tschappat, Deonne Schramm, Marcia Hoffman, Gail Geffre, Ivy Spitzer. (third row) Sandra Guthmiller, Susie Swanson, Edie Sandmeier, Kathy Hoffman, Barbara West, Don Pudwill, Terry Zetter- lund, Danny Sieh, David Kulm, Judy Rath, Jane Beaver, Susan Sieh, Susan Glaesman, Hazel Rath, Debbie Thorpe, (fourth row) Myra Kaaz, Jo- sephine Lapka, Evie Hoffman, Mary Kulm, Suzanne Weisser, Linda Ehresman, Roger Feickert, Tom Thorpe, Bill Hoffman, Karen Rau, Julie Hilge- mann, Jeanne Rath, JoAnn Guthmiller, Charlotte Thomas, Amy Neuharth, and Rosalie Haux. Vocalists display their talents The vocal department was busy this year with members of the mixed chorus preparing for the Christmas and Spring- Pops Concerts and the musical play “Oklahoma . The girls triple trio and the mixed oc- tet also exercised their vocal cords with performances at the Christmas concert and the regional music contest.