Our Lady of the Angels Academy - Angelican Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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GLEE CLUB This year the “O.L.A. Glee Club” was organized at the Academy under the direction of Sister Mary Evelyn, and at its first formal meeting the following members were chosen as officers: Clara Nowak for President, Beverly Bartosiak for Vice-President, and Celine Czaja for Secretary. The entire student body, all music loving souls, was enrolled in the club’s membership. All Sunday mornings, henceforth, have been usually devoted to Glee Club meet¬ ings and rehearsals for special events. The O.L.A. Glee Club’s first appearance was at a Latin Assem¬ bly Program which comprised of a one-act play during which the following selections were sung: “Prom the Halls of Montezuma” and “Pep”, the school song. The efforts of all members were highly rewarded by the praise and acknowledgment received from both the faculty and the audience.

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HONOR STUDENTS i The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. —Henry W. Longfellow

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Encouraged by their first success, the Glee Club members eagerly and earnestly set to work, making plans for a Christmas program to provide some entertainment for the Sisters in Enfield. Then, on the evening of December 26 th, a Piano and Vocal Recital was happily sponsored by the members of the O.E.A. Glee Club, all of whom were also zealous piano students. The program consisted of Polish and English vocal selections and piano duets. The vocal selections were the following: “Ready, Always Ready”, Glee Club Song; “Happy Welcome to You”; “Snow”; “The Bells”; “In A Monastery Garden”; “Wizja Szyldwacha”; “Kolenda Goralska”; “Hola, hola”; “Na zielonej ukrainie”. The piano recital consisted of: Banjo Frolic” by Jeanette Thouin. “Morning Prayer” by Gene Stodolska and Tess Czarnecka; Minuet in G” by Dolores Kubicza and Fanny Motyl; “King’s Review” by Clara Nowak and Beverly Bartosiak; “Golden Star Waltz” by Frances Kos and Gene Krow- czynska. “Black Hawk Waltz” by Emily Pikul and Celine Czaja; and “Betty’s Waltz” by Dorothy Gondek and Celia W?grzyn. Due to their hard and earnest efiforts, the members of the O.L.A. Glee Club have become quite experienced performers and constant practice has served to improve the volume and quality of their voices. With the end of the school year, the Glee Club prepared another entertainment—an operetta. This brought the year ' s activities to a happy and successful close. However, in the near future, the Glee Club will try to continue its good work and will ever aim to be: “Ready, we’re always ready, Music loving champions Striving hard to reach fame’s goal Always happy, always ready— We are from the O.L.A.”