Miller Great Neck North High School - Arista Yearbook (Great Neck, NY)

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SENIUR CHOIR fUNIOR CHOIR

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Grieving for last year's seniors but re- juvenated by musical sophomores, the Great Neck High School Orchestra labored and rehearsed under split session schedules. Numbering about fifty musicians, it tackled compositions by some modern greats - Copeland for one, and Prokofieff for an- other-and did very well at them. The most seen fruits of the Orchestra's labors were the performances before the school body and the community. The Orchestra had the entr-acte spotlight at dramatic productions, as it provided com- ing-on, going-off, and between-curtain music for junior Player members. Also, it per- formed at the Christmas program in which all the music groups of the school were represented. Perhaps more important to the individual musicians were the few chances to display their talents and be rewarded. At the an- nual Spring Concert, Iris Drucker played a Beethoven piano concerto. Later on, the Orchestra entered the New York State School Music Association contest for the first time and, under the direction of Mr. Koehler, won hard-to-earn prizes for it, On May 9, the Great Neck High Band played in the New York State Music Asso- ciation contest QNYSSMAJ. The music was Grade 6 or the most difficult high school compositions performed, Under the direc- tion of Mr. Koehler, the Band has become a superb school music organization and it was upon his suggestion that the Band in- itiated entrance in NYSSMA six years ago. Mr. Koehler also instituted the PTA Band Concert, the proceeds of which go to a scholarship fund. This year the Band, one hundred-odd in orange and blue flnery, was a good-luck omen at all the home football games. Dur- ing half-times, the Band marched, played, and interpreted Scotch music for the Kilties. A couple of months after the football sea- son, the Band played at the Annual Spring Concert. Following this, rehearsals were started under the bio rooms outside for the Memorial Day Parade. The actual parading started at Overlook Avenue and finished at Arrandale School. This task Qcarrying in- struments three miles on a hot, sultry dayj was borne uncomplainingly by the Band who do it annually. Chosen to represent the Band this year at the All-State Music Conference in Roch- ester were Penny Lawrence, Bobby O'Brien, Cary Bader, and Barbara Dancis. These four were a testimonial to the increasing quality the Band has achieved over the past few years.

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TREBLETTES: Smnding, fir!! ww, left lo Hgh!-C. Orenstein, B. Rose, P. Farkas. A, Boettcher. M, Ormsby, J. Dribben, -I. Schlussel, W. Doniger. E. Gruber, M. Bast. Serwzu' mu'-S. Rusmisel. D. McCrary. W. Brummer, D. Duyndam. E. Stauber, J. Winer, P. Kramer, S. Gavel, E. Doumaux. G. Clement. fi , W ly u f1 ' fc f V ' 1 1, ',. . ,- . f ., Christmas time, weary travelers heard melodious yoices echoing throughout Grand Central Station. These, contrary to popular belief, were not the herald angels, but our own Senior Choir. Under the direction of Mr, Ormsby, the one hundred and one members also caroled at the Hotel Commodore and entertained at the Xmas and Spring Programs. What a drill master is to the arm , Mr, Koehler is to the unior Choir. It was his Y 'ob to audition all 'uniors who were luck enou th not to be tone deaf choose those 1 I Y fa 1 eligible to be in the exalted ranks of junior Choir and train them to sing in some degree of harmony. After much practice, choral members entertained at the Christmas and Spring Programs. Early in September, sophs, juniors, and seniors auditioned for membership in a select singing group, the Treblettes. After careful sifting by Mr. Ormsby, about twenty girls were left who blended in lovely alto and soprano harmony with each other. This little exclusive Great Neck euphony performed at major school musical functions, hotels, stores, and Grand Central Station. 27