Meyersdale Joint High School - Hi Point Yearbook (Meyersdale, PA)

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.Uh mm MM GLEE CLUB - Did you say? It's-Fifty kids full of music and shenanigans, Activities-Warbled beautifully at the annual concert at Somerset. Religious concert at the Lutheran Church. Dorothea Hilner and Kenneth Lohr were chosen by competitive try-outs to be members of All State Chorus. E. Englehart, R. Dahl, L. McDaniels, D. Hilner, K. Lohr, H. Bowser, and G. Pfahler represented us in the All Western Chorus. Fifteen vocalized in the All County shin-dig. Miss Ellenberger, our director, entertained her canaries at a Thanks- giving party. Behind the 8-Ball-Their Union. -33,

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PEP! ZIP! AND GO! Hail, Hail, the gang's all here. The theme song of our band comes to the ears of all those people lined along the street waiting to attend the annual Somerset- Meyersdale Football game. First struts our drum major in his new white uniform and then come out two majorettes bringing up the second rank, but creating a first- rank sensation. Perhaps the band should be given credit for the over-flowing school spirit among the students of M. H. S. during football season. Anyhow, they surely whooped it up. Our maestro of the band, Mr. Morrison, has certainly developed our band. The members of the band made a trip to Johnstown during the first semester to hear a concert given by the Marine Band. With the new Sousaphone, our tooters will provide the U. S. Marine Band with some stiff competition. Of course the County Music Festival in Somerset will be a gala event, and several members of the band will be chosen to play in the All-County Band. The band and the student body say, Thanks a million, to the Parent Teachers Association and the high school faculty, who donated to the uniform fund. MEYERSDALE, YOU LET US DOWN No, no! What we need is more precision! How many times have the mem- bers of the orchestra heard these words? Often enough to dread them, I know, for when Mr. Pfrogner says these words, it means going over and over that hard spot in the music until perfection is attained. We should be justly proud of our orchestra for not only is it the largest and best orchestra that Meyersdale High has ever had, but it also played host to the All- Western High School Orchestra, one of the musical groups sponsored yearly by the Pennsylvania School Music Association. The best players from the individual high schools send in applications and if they are accepted, come to All-Western Orchestra, or the orchestra sponsored by their district branch of the P. S. M. A. These voung musicians practice for three days under experienced conductors and give two or three concerts. The object of these music festivals is to give the high school musicians experience playing difficult music under experienced conductors. A certain select group from each of these district festivals is chosen to be in the All-State Orchestra. Choral and Band festivals are held annually. This year fourteen members of the high school orchestra participated in All- Western and-well, just ask them what kind of a time they had, especially Georgia Keim and Leon Meyersg or you might even ask Kenneth Critchfield about the stink bombs. We do feel that the town-people let us down by not attending the con- certs of this fine musical group any better than they did. The type of music played was no kid stuff. Not only did the non-attenders miss a real musical treat, but a half-filled auditorium, when it is a small one like ours, leaves a bad impression on our guests. We hope that you townspeople won't leave us in the lui-ch again. -35-