Nichols High School - Comet Yearbook (Nichols, NY)

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GLEE CLUB First Sopranos: Rlta Barlow, Betty Boyle, Mildred Cheely, Jean English, Evelyn Haner, Lucille Nye, Priscilla Lisenby, Joan Williams, Phyllis Merrill, Elizabeth Quick, Arlene Thetga Elinor Nye Second So range: n een Alger, Carolyn Bean,Joanne Chaffee Connie Bennett, Corinne Bowen, Kay Bixby, Shirley Hansen, Beverly Ostrander, Mary Frances Quick Altos: Betty Bailey, Priscilla Goodwin, Phyllis Bennett, Mabel Bean, Nancy Riegel, Peggy Johnson, Mary Moore, Mary Lu Brown This year the Girls' Glee Club included almost every girl in grades 9 through 12. Under the guidance of Miss Miller, a wide variety atpieces had been mastered and given on assembly programs and on other occasions. Especially neu received were the Fred Waring arrangements of This is my Country, Were You There, Dancing ln the Dark, and the Glee Club's unusual arrangement of Jingle Bells. The Glee Club girls participating in the All-State Chorus at Veste1,November'Zmd included: Mary Lu Brown, Mary Moore, Arlene Thetga, Mary F. Quick, Elizabeth Quick,Betty Bailey. Betty Boyle, Evelyn Hamer. The outstanding musical event this year in which the Glee Club took part was the Spring Concert given June 6th at the Method- ist Church. The choral numbers were memoriz- ed and the fine professional manner in which they were given reflected the tremendous amount of work done by Miss Miller, the Glee Club, and Richard Corbin, the accompanist. Best wishes to Miss Miller and her Glee Club next year. -mary f. quick- 9 JUHIUH GLEE CLUB Sopranos: Mina Barlow, Barbara Bennett, Irene Bennett, Jean Bensley, Joyce Ber- ry, Carol Cornell, Kate Dutton, Patricia Mills, Beverly Morris, Cora Rinker. Altos: Amy Baldwin, Ruth Berry, Char- lotte Brown, Clara Burgess, Maxine Car- rier, Dorthea Kuhlmann, Shirley Lisenbm Ann Miller, Vivian Olmstead, Pearl Roughn Anna Stone, Vivian Veaver. Junior Glee Club The seventh and eighth grade girls, twenty-two in number, met each Wednesday in the Study Hall for two-part and some- times even three-part harmony under the instruction of Miss Miller. On February 21, l9L7 as a part of a musical program in assembly, this group sang WJohn Pealn and W Chiapanecas W. They also learned WThe Feast of the Gmat Dragonn, WSweet Miss Mary,W and WTarent- ellan during the Glee Club meetings. The most important part of being in the Girls' Junior Glee Club was particip ation in the Spring Concert in Hay. -patricia mills-

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BHHU Woodwind Section' Brass Section' ---,-,,-,.l Drums: Charlotte Brown. Joanne chaff? R1obert Goble, Patrick Miller Ann Marie M111er,Richard COPblH Beverly 0StrEnder,GaylOrd Park Carolyn Bean,Franc Bixby,Gordon Kelley SJ HIHJURETTES .l NM: K. W M Mary F.Qu1ck,Patty Mills J 1, QL Music House .tl w:2S' Robert Corbin, David Gray, Betty Bailey, Kay Bixby, David Preshur Peggy Terrell Albert Engelbert The Nichols High School Band, directed by Miss Miller, contin- ued this past year, working on progressively more difficult music. Some of the selections learned were the overtures, Zanthian and Monte Cristo, a Spanish melody called Los Torosg Arkansas Traveleq a novelty number, and Percussion Antics, which reveals the skill of the drummers. In the band there were six clarinetsg four trumpets, one fluteg baritone, alto horngtwo trombonesg a bass, and four in the drum sec- tion. Richard Corbin and Joanne Chaffee played first clarinet, FPBDC Bixby and Gordon Kelley, second clarinet, Charlotte Brown and Ann Miller, third clarinet, Priscilla Goodwin and Betty Bailey played solo and first trumpetg Carolyn Bean, flutegAlbert Engelbert, bari- tone3Kay Bixby, alto horn, Alden Tribe and David Gray, tromboneg and Robert Corbiny bass horn. In the drum section, Beverly Ostrander played snare drum, Gaylord Park and Robert Goble had the bass drum while Edward Miller played the cymbals and triangle. Three band appearances were made in the spring. On March 7th the band with the Glee Club put on an assembly program. Later the band took part in the Tioga County Music Festival at Candor. The activity of the band for the year was concluded with the group's performance at the annual Spring Concert. -Joanne chaffee- 28

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DHHIHHTIC CLUB This year the Dramatic Club was organized under the direction of Miss Huddle. During the year the club members practiced a number of plays and learned the basic ideas of make-up. The Weird Sisters, a one-act mystery play was p esented to the student body in March. Next year the club hopes to enlarge the organization with more members in order 'to present a three act play to the public. Bean Advisor: Miss Huddle sfxm Seated: Arlene Thetga, Elizabeth Quick, Kay Bixby Standing: Richard Corbin,Franc Bixby,Betty Bailey,Carolyn Absent: Mary Lu Brown LIBHHHU CLUB C NNESQR First Row: Connie Bennett, Elinor Seated: Mary Lu Broun, Mary F. Quick Betty Bailey Standing: Peggy Johnson, Arlene Thetga,Elizabeth Qu1ck,Mabel Bean We point with much pride to our most professional group of girl vocalists. At the drop of a baton the Sextet lplus Betty Baileylhave added their talent to outside en- tertainment,or any other activity which has to do with music.At the Spring Concert in Nichols June 6th the girls sang Jealousie, With a eagt, Begin the Begulne May 2nd the Sextet took part n the Spring Music Festival at Candor. 30 Nye Second Row: Miss Russell, Lucille Nye, Carolyn Bean Third Row: Nancy Riegel, Madeline Donaldson, Doris Baldwin, Franc Bixby. Miss Russell was asked to take charge of the high school library this year because of her experience in this line. With her willing helpers, the members of the Library Club, she has com- pletely rearranged and repaired all the books. The whole school is proud ofdus group which has shown excellent school spirit in sticking to their Job, one that took a lot of work. -franc bixby-