Madison High School - Mahisco Yearbook (Madison, FL)

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department Mr. Thompson— leader of the choral program. The year 1967 showed a one hundred per cent increase in participating students in the choral program at Madison High School. Three completely new offerings in music became available. The first was Music Survey, a course in the humani- ties covering the history of music on a high school level. The newly purchased music library of recordings covers the complete spectrum of music history. Fifty seventh and eighth graders participated in the Junior High Chorus. The Glee Club was a group of fifty students from grades nine through twelve. From these two choral organizations will come trained singers to compose the selected group of Concert Chorus singers. 27 Our future Concert Chorus at work.

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JlCusic Our hard working director, Mr. Collings. This parade in Tallahassee is one of the many they The Band hard at practice, marched in. This year the Madison High School Red Devil Band is under the direction of Mr. Dave Collings. When the Madison High School Marching Red Devils perform people stop, look, and listen. This year the band performed for many school activities, The Pine Tree Festival, North Florida Fair Parade, Florida State University Homecoming Parade, and the North Florida Junior College Homecoming Parade. With fifty-four playing members, four majorettes, and drum major the band creates a stimulating combination of color and sound. The Madison High Concert Band gives the music student exposure to a variety of music, from the classics, to contemporary. The Concert Band performs two major concerts each year: a Fall and Spring Concert. , The Concert and Marching Bands are supported by wo training bands: The Intermediate Band consists of twenty- four members from the Junior High and Advanced elementary school students. The Beginning Band consists of twenty-six members from the fifth and sixth grades of Madison Elementary School. 26

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J hysica Ccfucalion Attention couldn't really be on you, could it, coach? Coach Warren McLelland is head of Boy's Physical Education Department. He received his B.S. from Troy State College, Troy, Ala- bama, where he majored in physical education and minored in history, social science, and psychology. This year the physical education depart- ment is trying to offer a variety of activities for the students. Two of them will be speed- ball and wrestling. The physical education department helps develop the student physically, emotionally, and socially, and offers each student a carry- over value in later life. 28