Lowellville High School - Echo Yearbook (Lowellville, OH)

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Instrumental Music BAND OFFICERS President ...,.. .. . Joe Coppola Vice-President . . . ......... Ed Fire Secretary ..... .... J oanne Katcher Treasurer . . . .... Tom Cearfoss Sponsor ...... . . ........... Mr. LaCivita The Seniors graduating from the Band this year are Arthur Nor- berg and Vincent Chiricosta who played trumpet, John Moronti and Tom Cearfoss who played clarinet, Louise Tanferno and Shirley Rotz who played drums, and Joanne Slaven and Delores Semanovich who were head majorettes. The Band had two tag days this year. One for the people of Lowellville and one for the students of Lowellville High. Red band tags were given to each student who contributed. These tag days were very successful. The Band marched at the home football games again this year. We were lucky in having nice weather all four games. We tried a lot of different formations on the field this year under t.he supervision of Mr. LaCivita. The Band also played at some of the assemblies and gave an as- sembly in which there were three soloists. Joe Coppola and Sam Tor- ella on the trumpet and Kenny Haines on the trombone. Thirty grade school pupils took up band instruments this year. Beverly Dovich was our new accompanist this year in vocal and instrumental music. Shirley Rotz was Mr. LaCivita's secretary and helped him quite a bit. A Band Concert was held on March 27, 1953 in the auditorium. The program for the concert was as follows: 1. Little Norvvegien Suite 2. Trombone Toboggan 3. Copa Cabana 4. The Traveller 5. Under the Double Eagle March 6. I've Been Working on the Railroad 7. Little Brown Jug Goes to Town and The Flute Gets Left 8. Beau Sabreur The soloists for the program were Joe Coppola playing Tramp, Tramp, Tramp , Sam Torella playing Little Colonel Polka , Kenny Haines playing Lilly Polka , and a trumpet trio consisting of Sam Torella, Joe Coppola, and Vincent Chiricosta playing Trio Brillante . There was also a band contest on March 28, 1953 in which our band participated. It was held at McDonald. All in all this has been a very successful year in. the instrumental music department.

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Student Council STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS President ................... Richard Primavera Vice-President . . . . . Donald Johnson Secretary .... .. Joanne Katcher Treasurer . . . . . Kenneth Haines Sponsor ......... ........ . . . Mr. Meehan First Row, left to right--S. Rotz, S. Rogers, D. Johnson, J. Katcher, J. Coppola, B. Dovich. Sf-cond Row--Mr. Meehan lSponso1'J, R. Primavera, J. Horn, B. Puharich, L. De- Angelis, K. Haines. Third Row-R. Dovich, D. Cearfoss, E. Slaven. The Student Council began its first year at Lowellville High School this year. Considering the inexperience of the members it functioned quite well. Among the activities the Student Council sponsored were: Christmas and Thanksgiving assemblies. Student Council meeting at an assembly. Trip to Cleveland Indian Baseball game. Set up the social calendar for the year. Administered aptitude tests to the Juniors and Seniors. Had a polio drive. They also set up a permanent method of selecting cheerleaders. The Council is a member of the NASC which stands for National Association of Student Council.

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