Leola High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Leola, SD)

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Chorus members for the 1981-82 school year are BACK ROW: Sidney Feickert, Danny Lechner, James Kessler, Anth- ony Kallas, Rick Beilke, Todd Hoffman, Bruce Mack, David Morrison, David Kallas, Clark Guthmiller, Danny Geffre, Mark Rau, Scott Geffre. SECOND ROW: Todd Kessler, Rob Waltman, Patrick Lapka, Pam Albrecht, Rhonda Waltman, Rita Kimball, Sharon Goeshel, Brenda Arioso, Fred Geffre, Tony Geffre, Colin Hoffman, Tod Schanzenbach. THIRD Vocalists Perform In Three Concerts Three concerts were performed by the Leola High School Mixed Chorus under the direction of Mr. James Ochsner. Ochsner led his 47 member chorus through a Christmas Concert, a Spring Concert, and a Pops Concert. In these three concerts vocalists performed a variety of songs ranging from Mary's Got a Little Boy for Christmas to Little Wheel A- Turnin' for the Spring Concert. Four members of the LHS Chorus represented Leola in the All-State Chorus which was held in Sioux Falls on November 6-7. There were also three members who won the honor of being members of the 1981 Honors Choir. The Honors Choir consists of 150 of the most talented musicians in South Dakota. Those going from Leola were Stacey Kappes, Paula Peplow, and Dave Morrison. ROW: Director Jim Ochsner, Deb Vilhouer, Kim Kessler, Shawna Rott, Tammy Kindelspire, Vicky Yost, Marian Zan- tow, Kathy Maze, Jeri Sanborn, Peg Weisser, Missy Skott, Tammy Freitag. FRONT ROW: Donna Shaffer, Paulette Kal- las, Stacey Kappes, Cheryl Mehlhoff, Jackie Ketterling, Leisha Fauth, Paula Peplow, Sheila Kallas, Pat Lapka, Patti Schu- macher, and Cindi Schmidt. The Chorus Council for 1981-82 was Secretary, Stacey Kappes; Vice President, Patti Schumacher; President, David Morrison; Secretary, Jackie Ketterling. 24 Chorus

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LEFT: Swing Choir members rehearse Fame. BELOW LEFT: Members of the tenor section memorize their part to a song. BELOW: Dave Morrison practices the bass line. BELOW RIGHT: Swing Choir members concentrate on the choreography. Swing Choir Sings For The Governor The Swing Choir, under the di- rection of Mr. James Ochsner, opened their year with a com- mand performance for Gover- nor Bill Janklow at the Gover- nor's Invitational Hunt in Pierre. The Swing Choir also won first prize in Class B of the South Dakota Jazz Festival which was held at Northern State College in Aberdeen. The members of the 1981-82 Swing Choir are FRONT ROW: Mr. Jim Ochsner, Director, Stacey Kappes, Todd Hoffman, Fred Geffre, Dave Morrison and Patricia Lapka. SECOND ROW: Jackie Ketterling, Rick Beilke, David Kallas, Paula Pe- plow, Anthony Kallas and Rhonda Waltman. THIRD ROW: Clark Guthmiller, Leisha Fauth, Sheila Kallas, and Colin Hoff- man. FOURTH ROW: Tony Geffre, Cheryl Mehlhoff, Mark Rau, Jeri Sandborn, Cindi Schmidt and Tod Schanzenbach. FIFTH ROW: Dan Lechner, Paulette Kallas, Jim Kessler, Patti Schumacher, Donna Shafer and Rob Waltman. Swing Choir 23

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LEFT: Mr. James Ochsner, choral director, practices Mixed Chorus. UPPER RIGHT: Cindy Schmidt has a voice lesson with Mr. O . ABOVE: Honors Choir members for 1981 are Dave Morrison, Paula Peplow, and Stacey Kappes. 1981-82 All-State Chorus members are: STANDING: Paula Peplow, Tony Geffre, Clark Guthmiller, Jackie Ketterling, Stacey Kappes, Leisha Fauth. SITTING: David Kallas, Colin Hoffman. Chorus 25