North Kitsap High School - Viking Yearbook (Poulsbo, WA)

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Band and Orchesfra UNDER the direction of Mr. Sherman. the hand and orchestra section of the music department of North Kitsap has heen extreme1y active during this past year. Due to the fact that these two groups receive two full periods a day for instruction. they are enabled to prepare a fairly wide range of materiaI and to he ready to perform on a variety of programs. The largest atiiair in which the musicians took part was the annual instru- mental music meet which was held in Port Orchard 0n NIle-Ch 14. 1941, and in which ninety-two students represented North Kitsap. South Kitsap, Bain- hridge, Gig Harbor, and Silverdale each brought hands and orchestras also. The annual district meet held in Tacoma on March 7 and 8 also brought additional honors t0 the school. when Jeanne Nelson received a rating of superior for her oboe playing. Pauline Carpenter won an excellent rating 011 the violin, and Douglas Martin was awarded a mark of good for his piano playing ability. .I Azume Nelson returned to Tacoma 011 May 17 to participate in the regional meet. On April 25 the hand and orchestra contributed to the al-l-music program presented by the department to the public. The band was extended an invitation to participate in the annual Rhodo- dendron Festival at Port Townsend on May 23. and also in the American Legion convention parade in Tacoma in .11113'. 'litzm' II fy - v 1-H h l

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Senior Play OLDING an HAmerican Passport in their hands. the tast 0f the Senior u play sailed triumphantly into port tYednesday evening, December 11, t0 the accompaniment of enthusiastic applause from an apprec1ative audience. Lhider the caluune threcthni 0t hlri DJevaerry, the cast of ten Vvorked for niany'Vveeks 0n attaninig a high degree of perfectuan in their various roles ' As the name of the production implies, the theme of uAmerican Passport i was Americanism, and how it was almost lost by an average family in the United States. This family was typical in that father was too busy to know what the i others in the house were doing, while mother was so occupied with clubs and promoting foreign propaganda, which she swallowed without even knowing it for ivhat a xvas.that her clnldren did Vvhat diey lneased xvhen they pleased. As a result of this lack of knowledge concerning family memberi whi-re abouts, Mr. Hamilton lost his job when he discovered, too late, that his young college graduate son, Dick, was Openly advocating socialism and was attempting to arouse labor to strike against the owners of the business which employed Ins fathen Thoroughly aroused when he discovered that his wife and oldest daughter were as radical as the son. and angered beyond reason when a neighbor came in and told him to keep his un-American family at home, Rd Hamilton decided the thne had comic to do soniedihig drasne. tNanh he proceeded to d0.t0 the dehght of his fCHtHV totvnspeople and the chagrni of his faninn Iitniors for sheer goocl acthig antl character portrayal xvent Ha IJenore Islepper as IlouelkL the tuwjve-year-OkL xvhose inain interest hi hie Vvas food, and whose anticstsupplied the necessary light touch to the play; Eileen Kelly as Sybil Jennings, Dick Hamilton's girl friend, and to Leo Anderson who, as the love interest in Judy Hamilton's life. was also the son of a capitalist. Vernon Baskins, portrayal of the father and head of this den of anti- American iniquity, was well done, as was June Elderis role as the wife, who became an extremely submissive spouse when she discovered that her formerly easHy Inanageable hushanttliad Changed into a verhable ogre Jeanne Lewis and Elwyn Knudsen gave convincing performances as the two Himmature intellectuals, of the Hamilton family, bent on importing Russia en masse. Audrey Caldart's role of Aunt Jen. whose money was to some day enter the fianinton faninwxs pockets Vvas equaHy good. Both Hazel johnson and Bob Vaa turned in fine performances as Mrs. Schwartz. the irate neighbon and Mr. Craig, Hamilton's employer. Twenty-Jeven

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Chorus and Glee Club One of the largest groups in several years cmmmsed the North Kitsap Vhorus 21ml Glee Huh under the very able direction 0t Mr. Ncwberry. High spot of the year's activities. was undoubtedly the annual Christmas Candlelight Service. This year a new and very attractive stage setting was used in which the members of the group appeared to he walking down a hill tn a church at the hnttom. As a special part of the program, three radio performers from Seattle presented a halfrhour of sacred songs and pizmu numbers. Aubrey Knoff, pianist; Alf Sundvall, tenor, and Cevilla Allen. soprano, were enthusiastically received by the student hotly. In addition. one of the largest town audiences ever to COIHC up for the Christmas service was also present. The Glee Club contributed its share of music to the ycaris program with the presenta- tion of the colorful Hawaiian Operetta, uThe Ghosts of Hilo. The loads were portrayed by Naraine Hudson as Princess Lcilani; Audrey Caldart as Kein i 1e; Dorothy Harris. the sorceress Mai 1i. and Darlene Jensen as Leilanfs little sister The chorus of 40 voices presented a variety of lilting meludies which carried the main story. On April 4 the entire group travelled to Gig Harhor to participate in the annual music festival to which South Kitsap and Silverdalc also sent singers. The Chorus presented Rachmaninoff's HAve Maria. and the Cradle Songu by Brahms. The Glee Cluh chose the t'Viking Song by ColeridgeeTnix'lnr. and Joyce Kihner's famous HTreesi, as their two selections. For the massed numbers on the evening program, the two organizations prepared three numbers: HThe Mum Of Beauty, hv Sibelius; the Dammch arrangement of Pzilestrmzi': uAdoremus Tc. and it End Is a Spirit. hy Svhnh'n. T 'wrnfyvninc