Menomonie High School - Menomin Yearbook (Menomonie, WI)

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The farmer and the cowman should be friends. Oh, what a beautiful morning, Oh, what a beautiful day! These words from one of the hit tunes of Rodgers and Hammerstein's great musical OKLA- HOMA give us an inkling of what it felt like to be a part of this Senior Choir production last spring. From the time the curtain- went up until the last song, the audience found itself caught up in the colorful story--the men imagining themselves as the romantic hero Curly, hating Jud, the vicious hired man, the girls melting under Will's flirtatious glances and enjoying the humor of Aunt Eller and of energetic Ado Annie. Everyone was captivated by Laurey's lovely voice and her sweet personality. Because it was the last operetta under the direction of Miss Chamberlain, the choir mem- bers tried to make it the best. With this incentive, with an orchestra to play the melodies, and with an exceptionally well-chosen cast, OKLAHOMA was one of the highlights of last year. CAST Curly . . Laurey . . Aunt Eller , Jud Fry ..... Will Parker , , , Ado Annie Carnes . . Ali Hakim , , , Andrew Carnes . Gertie Cummings Ike Skidmore . . Cord Elam . Fred .. IAJSS .... Chalmers . . Aggie . Armina . . Sylvie . Kate . . Ellen . . Slim . . Mike ...... . Richard Olson . .Sharron Borden . Alice Phelan . . Gary Buss . . Gary Garton . Judy Retzloff . . . IohnPc1to . . Louis Haugh . Nancylohnston . . Jerry Fisher . . . . Jim Shern Charles Schroeder . , Richard Allen . Donald Bressler . . Vcrla Reckin . Sharon O'Mcara . . Janet Schneck . . JoanQuil1ing . Patricia Knopps Steve VandeBerg . Robert Coleman

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Ado Annie sings to Will, with me its all 'er nuthin' Curly sings to Laurey, 'People Will Say We're in Love

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ROW ONE: H. Anundsen, P. Knopps, C. Larrabee, E. Larrabee, T. O'Connell, L.Erickson, D. Zittel, P. Donaldson, A. Herrem, K, Hintzman, K.Kau5rud, L. Lund, P. Schutz. ROW TWO: S. Snyder, L. Wedam, S. O'Meara, C. Styer, S. Bushendorf, J. Schneck, T. Earl, B. Solem, G. Rowe, S. Grudt, A. Keller, S. Kausrud, K, Oberpriller, J. Mattison. ROW THREE: M. Zilisch, C. Mattison, M. Larson, J. DeLond, M. Jenny, D. Bechtel, S. Tubbs, P. Einum, B. Springer, P. Brunkow, R. Swanson, K. Wagner, M. Pelto, V. Hendrikson, A, Jeatran, B. Brown. ROW FOUR: V.Reckin, J. Halverson, K. Wagner, M. Pelto, V. Hendrik- son, A. Jeatran, B. Brown. ROW FOUR: V. Reckin, J. Halverson, R. Gilberts, Y. Cherrier, L. Larson, C. Boe, S. Borden, T. Grudt, B. Vasey, R. Hurlburt, R. Coleman, B. Schleusner, S. Earl, V. Schoenoff, A. Holzhueter, D. Lewis, S. Vasey, C. Millar. ROW FIVE: D. Johnson, L., Jewett, D. Kuester, R. Hovland, G. Bakke, G. Buss, D. Bressler, B.Ott, J. Lambert, G. Cockeram, P. Schneider, S. Vande Berg, M. Harms- ton, R. Johnson, N. Hanson, R. Johnson, D. Schaefer, D. Hein, J. Guntner, D. Diffendorfer. them stacoato is leoato To sing happily and heartily so early in the inorn- ing, the members of the M. H. S. Senior Choirhave to have a stronggvoice and astillstronger will. Practice begins promptly at 8:35. Put your books on the floor and sit up straight! Wake up! Oh, well, it is rather hard when you think of your soft bed at home. The Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Ferch, gave their opening performance at the Homecoming assembly. Then came the Christmas Concert, fol- lowed by the March 9th Festival ofixlusic, the District Contest, and the Spring, Concert. Early in the year, the choir chose as their off- icers Bonnie Brown, President, Bill Solein, Vice- Presidantg Sharon Tubbs, Secretary-Treasurer. The officers worked with Mrs. Fereh nlorgtanizing the choir programs. Making their debut on a radio prrxarain over WMNE, followed by appearances at the Garden Club, the North School P.T,A., and the Spring, Contest, the madrigal singers had L15lOOLi year. ROW ONE: L. Wedani, K. Kausrud. ROW TWO: M. Larson, D. Bectiiel, B. Brown. ROW THREE: L. Erickson, R. Gilberts, S. Earl, D. Lewis, R. llurlburt. ROW FOUR: B. Vasey, N. llanson, S. Vande Berg, R.P, Johnson, R.F, johnson, T ' 98 Grudt.