Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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92 THE OAKS MIXED CHORUS Priscilla Nienhuis Our mixed chorus, which began in February, has been unusually busy since the beginning of the term. Miss Margaret Dexter, the director of the group, has put forth a great effort to make the chorus a success. TVith the help of Betty Jane Carlson and Ellen Hoekenga, who accompany the chorus, we think she has succeeded. The chorus sang at the Temple Methodist Church on Sunday, April 4, and presented the following selec- tions in the church auditorium: two Bach Chorales, Commit Thy XVays, Grant Us To Do XYith Zeal, O, Morn of Beauty, from Finlandia, by Sibelius: Goin' Home. from The New XVorld Symphony, by Dvorakg The Lost Chord, by Sullivan. The chorus also sang in the Spring Concert given on April Z7 in our high school auditorium. They gave John Peel, an old English hunting song, O'Southland, by johnson, and The Lost Chord, by Sullivan. A perfect blend of voices. One of the biggest events of the year for the mixed chorus was the XYest Shore Music Festival, which is given each year from May 17 to Z1. This year the Mixed Choruses from Holland, Grand Haven, Muskegon, Hart, and Saugatuck, were all repre- sented on Choral night in a massed group of 250 voices, which was held in our high school auditorium on May lS. Most of the schools gave special selections. Our special number was Lullaby, from Jacelyn, by Godard, with the violin obligato given by Shir- ley Vliagner. The guest conductor of the massed group was Mr. Glenn Cliffe Bainum from Northwestern University, Included in the VVest Shore Music Festival was a trip to Holland, Michi- gan, during the Tulip Festival, on May 21. The same schools were represented and the same songs were sung as on Choral Night.