Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons High School - Knight Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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 l C' r (2 yC 6 ylx sf ryw The Choral Club of 1969-70 was back in full swing after a one-year lapse. Starting off the year with about fifteen consistent members, the Club quickly swelled to thirty-five after a lightning recruiting drive. Mr. Richard Fragomeni, from Mater Christi Seminary, instructed the Club three times a week, in addition to giving individual voice instruc- tion to several interested students. The Club performed at a joint Christmas Concert with Notre Dame and did several numbers in conjunction with the Bishop Gibbons Band at the Spring Concert in May. 29

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Band Several years ago someone began to take the band seriously: clarinets stopped squeaking, tin became brass, and back row snare drum improvisa- tions ceased. The band had clearly entered a new phase—certainly not the Era of Swing, but it had acquired a respectable sound. Yawns at assem- blies were replaced by polite attentiveness, and al- though many students and faculty stood on their tiptoes to help the clarinets reach the high notes, the change was real. At the first assembly this year, the band passed all the tests; it had arrived. Practice sessions with Mr. Beck and Mr. Frederick, a room of its own, a lot of cooperation, and a rise in self-respect combined to startle the students with a National Anthem that dfd more than just sound like the National Anthem. Assembled jaws then dropped as Brother Hart led the band members through some of the most am- bitious and downright perilous numbers ever at- tempted. The band had been taught to move for“ fully and to move together. Q ■

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 Around the Ides of March, I started to realize that my status was rapidly declining, decided, therefore, to publish immediately.” Writers seldom write things they think. They simply write things other people think they think.” Doing all of this thinking was the Spectrum staff, a host of budding writers who exercised the freedom to express their ideas in Gibbons’ literary magazine. Nurturing this freedom was editor Bob Sullivan, who emphasized broader capabilities for Spectrum, sought new and elicited student response. Channelling this response was moderator Mister Joseph Snapp, under whose guidance the Spectrum achieved its ultimate purpose— that of providing a productive medium for student creativity. I've never regretted the decision; new laurels are heaped upon me daily. Here I am teaching Graf- fiti II.” I. Boehm, P. Mattarazo, M. Flatt, S. Surawski, T. McGuire 30