Marycrest College - Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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THE BAND , -Q! we At the close of the football and marching band season Marycrest music-minded students of wind and brass joined with St. Ambrose band members in a series of con- certs under Mr. Clarence Kriesais direction. Featured jointly in the annual Christmas concert, they also furnished accompani- ment for the Broadway musical Brigadoon, appeared in concert at-the Marycrest Fine Arts Festival, and joined in a three-day tour through Wisconsin cities with the Marycrest semi-chorus and St. Ambrose choral club. Their season closed with the re- cessional at the joint Marycrest-St. Ambrose Commencement exercises.

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wC:UO:l:O UNIX-Z CHORAL Cl.iUB With a twenty-year tradition of near-professional performance to maintain, Mary- crest Choral club members, under the skillful direction of Sister Sabina Mary, C.H.M., head of the music department, rose to new heights of accomplishment this year. At their annual Christmas Concert, choral club members brought Bethlehem to Marycrest again. Every Sunday choral club members led the student body in the beautiful Missa Cantata, vitalizing the liturgical movement on the college campus. Choral club members sang their way to distant points also. Early in March a three- day tour of cities in Wisconsin acquainted high schools 'there with the Marycrest Semi- Chorus and the St. Ambrose Choral Club and Band. Marycrest Choral Club and Semi- Chorus members traveled to Chicago late the same month to sing with the Chicago Fire Department Chorus. Spacious Assumption Auditorium in Davenport echoed with tunes from the Scot- tish Highlands during April as the joint Ambrose-Marycrest choral groups presented the popular musical Brigadoon. To climax the year on the Marycrest campus the whole music department delighted patrons of the Fine Arts Festival with a variety of instrumental and vocal numbers in solo and group performances.

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MARYCREST PLAYERS For these drama club members the play's the thing even if it means bruised fingers as well as footlights and opening-night excitement. Working out construction problems for Broadway Beat are Donna Nolan, B. Pierzynski, M. Vivone, P. Maize, M. J. Anderson, L. Cries, P. Denton, M. C. Hyland, and R. Costello. The Marycrest Players have for their purpose to give students opportunity of de- veloping latent acting ability and deeper appreciation and understanding of the theatre world, of providing plays on campus that will add to the cultural -life of the student body, and of providing trained entertainment for civic and educational groups. As the curtain closes on another successful year, Marycrest Players will carry with them the remembrance of two beautifully executed major productions, three private dramatic recitals, and a variety of student-produced one-act plays. Post-play parties both at Marycrest and in the Costello home and the Spring Dinner for all Players afforded additional chance to cultivate friendships among persons with similar inter- ests and taste.