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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Vocal Music The vocal music department was under new supervision this year. The new head of the music department is Mr. LaCivita. The vocal music department is divided into three groups. They are the Mixed Chorus, the Boys' Chorus, and the Girls' Chorus. There was also an Ensemble at the beginning of the year. The Mixed Chorus and the Ensemble sang for the October P. T. A. meeting. A successful operetta was held on April 17, 1953. The name of the operetta was Chonita . It was a story about a gypsy girl who had just become 18 and who was now entitled to take over the gypsy tribe because her father was the leader of it. But when her mother had died years back her father had promised her mother that before Chonita took over the tribe she would live with her relatives in Hungary who were of the aristocratic class and see which life she liked best. Her lover in the gypsy tribe is Stefan. When she goes to live in Hungary though, her cousin Konrad ffalls in love with her. There is a time when you wonder which life she picks but it ends up that she goes back to the gypsy tribe with Stefan. There were gay songs and romantic songs in this wonderful operetta and also a gypsy dance. The whole Mixed Chorus participated and had a good time putting it on. The cast of characters follows: Chonita . . . ..... Arlene DeLisio Daya .... . . . Delores Semanovich Murdo ........................... Joe Coppola Six Gypsy Girls ........ Joanne Katcher, Dorothy Mayberry, Janet Rotz, Carole Stefano, Carmel Gizzi, Marlene' Bisconti Stefan ................... .. Rodger Horn Baroness Stanescu . . . ........ Shirley Rotz Konrad ......... . . . Clifford Armstrong Baron Stanescu . . ..... Jack DeLucia Emil .......................... Arthur Norberg This was the first operetta since 1949 and it was enjoyed by all who saw it.