Lincoln High School - President Yearbook (Ferndale, MI)

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SONG END !! The Girls' Choir, under +he able direc+ion of Mrs. Rulh Neff, enioyed a mosi profi+able and rewarding year. The girls sang a+ +he Fall, Chris+mas, and Spring concerfs and compe+ed in rhe Disfricf Fesfival. By sfudying 'rhe works of many composers, +he girls have gained an apprecia+ion of fine music which will lasl for years. Ol Q 11' of 1 A F1 IV A n in I T W ' Normally, ihe boy's choir of a high school is a sec- .' ' lg, i' Q 0 ' X QQ ond or 'rhird-ra'l'e oulfif. This is noi' frue of Lincoln Al? 5' '- Cx' 'aw High. The boy's choir consisling of choir B and choir as ,' 4 al A boys has blossomed in+o one of +he finesl' organi- -2- 3 'J' 4 ' zafions ro come from Lincoln in many years. N nh ., ' They were invifed +o sing al' fhe Miclwesl Music D11 - ' Y Q , Teachers Convenfion in January and made a greal' g Ig' g X . impression on many of +he +eachers present They ' T A , i also par+icipa'I'ed in 'the Uniled You+h Rally af lhe Q Q ,- ,ivy 1 Ferndale Meihodisf Church in February and +hey plan +o presen+ several grade-school assemblies dur- ing fhe year.

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LET NUT YOUR This year Choir A. under 'rhe direclion of Mr. OH'o Brown, underloolr a faslc rarely a++emp+ed bv a hiqh school choir: +ha+ of learning several choruses from Handel's Messiah. Through hard worlr lhey mas+ered +he selec+ions, presenfed ihem ai' 'lhe Chrisimas Concer'I', and consequenily added pres+ige +o fheir already excellenl repu- +a+ion. Lincoln High has always been lcnown for il's magnificeni' choir and orches+ra and +l'1is year was no excep+ion. They combined +o preseni Tchailcovslcy's Wal+z of +he Flowers and 'lhe Halleluiah Chorus which, along wi'I'h +he ofher choruses from 'lhe Messiah and various ofher seleclions, compleled lhe choir's porfion of anolher highly successful Chrislmas Concerl. ln addifion +o 'l'he Chrislmas Concerl. 'lhe choir a'Hended bo'l'h fhe Solo and En- semble Fesiival al' Pon+iac and ihe Disi'ric+ Choral Fesiival al Royal Oak. They also ores senfed Mr. Brown's special arrangemenf of +he Michigan Medley and A Tribule lo Fielding H. Yos+ a+ several occasions which included ihe Universi+y Alumni As- sociafions of Calcland Coun'l'y and of De'froi'r. An ln'l'er-School Choral l:es+ival Con- cerl' qiven ai' Highland Parlc in coniunclion wiih Hamframclc, Royal Oalc, and High- land Parlc, along wi+h +heir Dar+icipa'I'ion in fhe Band and Choir Concer+ rounded oul' a highly successful and profi+able year of music. lfk 2' f L?

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il x V ,, x - ,' Orchesira members worlced hard 'rhis year, up- holdino 'lheir fine repu+a+ion. ln addi+ion 'ro +he +ra- diiional Fall, Chris+mas. and Sprinq Concerfs, lhey compefed in +he Dis+ric+ and S+a+e Band and Or- chesfra Fes+ivals. A +our of several grade schools in +he disfricl' was made, givinq +he children in 'l'hese schools some unclers+anding of whal' i+ means +o be in an orchesfra. While many members do noi infend fo malce music +heir careers, 'l'hey realize +ha+ il' provides a wonderful avocafion and +ha+ 'I'heir orchesfral experience will give +hem a be++er under- s+ancling and apprecialion of all music. June and January gradua+es of 'rhe orches+ra are Dave Albee, Dan Barr, Jean Cu+hber+, Barbara Dade, Phil Davis, Noel DeWin'rer, Mary Enerson, Gay Gumpper, Sarah Lewellen, Nancy LiHle, Helen Rine- har+, Doro'rhy Smi+h, Marqarei Wille'r+, Dempsey Williams, and Dave WoH'er. Orches'rra players gain valuable ex+ra experience in ensemble work while par+icipa+ing in +he sfring quar+e+s, which meei' every Wednesday. The groups performed in 'rhe Dis+ric+ and S+a+e Solo and En- semble Con'l'es'l's, and also play for communi+y or- qaniza+ions., M w- . gf' ' , C' iihiilfiuovsn 4 TO BRUBECK Qyw j.-vs-, f F, il Ei L -15' ' ,AML N Sf Qi 1 'Q ,il l X 5 e N iii 'X