Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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Color Adds Spice, Variet to MHS Vocal Groups Color as well as entertainment highlighted the annual Christmas and Spring Concerts performed by the Girl's Select Chorus. Attired in pastel colored dresses, the Chorus sang a variety of songs ranging from sacred to secular. Their efforts during the year resulted in a ll rating at the District Music Festival, where they sang Psalm 150 and Dance Fair Maiden. Providing music education and training courses in the basic fundamentals of vocal music, the Stage Choir met every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. A new addition to the choir this year was Ken Bish- op, a member of Concert Choir, and jean Rudasill, of Girl's Select Chorus, who aided Mrs. Heyde by acting as Student Directors. The Stage Choir performed in the Christmas Con- cert this year singing 'fSilver Bells, directed by Ken Bishop, Ding Dong Merrily on High, and Sing We Now of Christmas, with a few selected Concert Choir members contributing their voices to the fullness of each section. STAGE CHOIR: KROW ONE:J Beulah Seabolt, Marilyn Carr, Bren- da Nolting, Susan Cadwell, Jean Rudasill, Bobbie Morris, lane Fisher, ludy McCormack, Diane Graf. fROW TWO:J Rita Clark, Dana Hinton, Mary Hake, Ken Bishop, Juanita Wilson, Anita Wilson, Alice Anderson. IROW THREE:J Rodney Power, Frank Beauchamp, Alfred Smith, Mike Littrell, Gary Vines, Stuart Miller. Organizations 115

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GIRLS SELECT CHORUS: KBOTTOM ROWI2 Sandra Gould, Evelyn Greenburg, lo Ann Thomas, Cindy Burton, Carol Park, Toni Pot- ter, Cindy Funk, Judy Sampson, Pam Baker, Carol Rutter, Iris Holtcamp, Diane Key, Terry Weber, Mary Livingston, Bobbie Powell, Susan Schneider, Betty Burton. KROW TWO:2 Linda Snook, Cheryl Ross, Rachel Gould, Debbie Funk, Sharon Clement, Cynthia Lewis, jackie Spurrier, Karen Ogar, Charley Allen, Sharon Fairley, Daphne Landers, Karen Norton, Melanie Boicourt, Micki Murphy, Sandy Humphrey, Roberta Forbes, Margia Earle, Kathy Fetterhof-f. IROW THREEJQ jean Rudasill, loyce Dean, Nancy Gould, Connie Hogan, Marcia Williams, Karen Sperry, Becky Rhodes, Laura Hoffman, Suzanne Ekedahl, Paula Maddox, Donna Shrader, lean Becker, Alice Smith, Beth Given, Becky Rodes, Pat Westcott, Pawnee Talley, loan Adams, Aletha Hayton. GIRLS SEXTET: fclockwisefj Carol Rutter, jackie Spurrier, lean Rudasill, Becky Rhodes, Alice Smith, Linda Snook. As a group they appeared at the annual Spring Concert. 114 Organizations

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Colleen Funk Wins Top Art Award Top honors for achievement in art went to mem- bers of this year's Brush and Palette club topped by Colleen Funk's gold key in the Scholastic Art Exhibit sponsored by Famous and Barr of St. Louis. Eva Lou Oller and Keith Hollingsworth were among 100 students in eastern Missouri chosen to attend an all expense-paid Metropolitan Weekend in St. Louis in March. As a group, Brush and Palette members went to Mark Twain State Park for a rainy day sketching trip and picnic in the fall, and pulled taffy for a fun meeting during the winter. With the three Chilean exchange students as guests, they planned a trip to St. Louis where they attended the Scholastic Exhibit, and visited the Gate- way Arch andthe St. Louis Art Museum. Eva Lou Oller, secretary of Brush and Palette, offers suggestions on shadowing to jim McDonough, club president. deft? Over coffee at the close of the dinner at Mark Twain Cafe which climaxed Brush and Palette's year, Mrs. Evelyn Sweitzer and Miss Sharon Ollman admire the roses presented to them as co-sponsors.