Penn High School - Bittersweet Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Small in number, mighty in sound The Singing Kingsmen, which were no longer a group in 1974, were back this year and better than ever Starting out the year as a group of 12 inexperienced sophomores, they accom- panied the Concert Choir during their halftime presentation and performed two numbers at the Christmas concert Tremendous spirit and their love to perform had to be their best qualities,” commented Mr. Holaway. To this you would have to agree if you saw any of their showings. Sophomore Mark Walerko believed that this year helped him to have the courage to sing in front of people and have fun doing it The boys’ choir participated in the bicentennial concert, six school choral festival and the spring concert. They also. received a second place rating in group one compe at NISBOVA. Top Singing Kingsmen Row 1 Mr. Holaway, Jim felker, Brett Staples, Mark Walerko, im Keel, Tony Kistow, Margie Thompson Row Steve Sherman, John Taylor, Eric Conran, Jim Bau- der, Bill Bokhart, Kevin Keeps Oppos their tone quality to the bicente Singing Kingsmen performed Mo 65

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64 Girls’ choirs show potential Girls’ choir, which meets both third and fifth hours, teaches the basic fundamen- tals of rhythm, sight reading and dynam- Ics. The girls’ first performance was at the highly successful Christmas concert where they performed four numbers, “Nativity of Christ’’, Japanese Christ- mas Carol”, “'Miracle of Bethlehem”, and “Pin a Star on a Twinkling Tree” In February several soloists placed well in the district NISBOVA contest and three ensembles received first place ratings, enabling them to participate in state con- test at Butler University Other activities that the girls were involved in included a six-school choral festival, an all day affair at Mishawaka high school and the spring concert, which was by far the biggest perform- ance of the year Top Warm-ups are an important part of daily class- room activities. Girls Choir ow 1 Mr. Holaway, Pat Andrews, Deb- bie Ort, Jackie Pollack, Brenda Ross, Chris Weber, Carmen Yoder, Sachan Bassett, Nancy Brown, Lori Gemmer, Dolly Tam, Janet Krakowski Row 2 Tammy Merril, Maxine Snider, Diane Buck, Sue Pomeroy, Pat Thomas, Tammy Weidner, Lori Ward- low, Mary Mueller, Donna Anderson, Chery! Par- sons, Bonnie Elli, Deb Melton, Charlene Harris Row 3 Paula Hotferth, Shelley Coyle, Jane Zeltwanger, Sherri Nowicki, Linda Cosby, Betsy Strom, Carol Hillebrand, Renee Turner, Debbie Eberhart, Julie Ice, Linda Grubbs, Wanda Raab, Dorothy Wag- goner Row 4 Jean Thompson, Julie Lehman, Sue Biazak, Cindy Keppler, Kendra Lamont, Anette Gar- fico, Ann Thornsen, Tammy Krienke, Peggy Eakins, Kathy Leszczynski, Sharon Flowers, Paula Hub- bard, Michelle Bonne, Sharon Milner Row 5 Sandy Seifer, Kim Ross, Pat Johnson, Ellen Hoye, Pam Stebbins, Karen Sienicki, Debbie Heberling, Pat Tul- ledge, Sue Rece, Teresa Holstead, Cindy Crane, Sue Strombeck, Sheila Wagner, Dawn Dobecki

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Band receives first at NISBOVA Waiting to go on stage, a seemingly forever wait until all of a sudden you're fushing to get the equipment in place Striving to hit every note, playing every- thing exactly as you were told, and know- ing how you practiced for endless hours. When it's over you just know you did well. Being in jazz band demands a lot, giv- ing up a homework assignment to prac- tice or even some extra time that you could have spent working tor money instead of going to rehearsal for Mr Rudolph This year the band took part in two contests; NISBOVA, where they received a first division rating, and Elmhurst in the spring. They also gave four concerts, the winter band concert, the Paps Concert the jazz concert, and the spring band concert, They also put out a record in March and May. The number of gradu- ating seniors this year is only three which means that next year's jazz band will be better than ever. Top Marty White and Judy Donovan know that practice intial in becoming good mi. Center Director Keith Rudolph leads th in “Arrival” during their tirst fall pertormance. Ja band Row 1 Greg Cunningham, Roberta Schmit Sue Cunningham, Donna Harlacher, Bob Krug, Eric Phend Row 2 Dave Gresham, Keith Andrews, Bogan, Debbie Hess, Todd Melser, Marty White, Brad Haines, Mike Boyden, Judy Donovan Row 3 Chris Baker, Ann Ekblom, Brad Davis, Rick Salyer. Murphy, Brad Melser