Perry High School - Rambler Yearbook (Perry, MI)

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THE ORCHESTRA The orchestra was a new experiment this year, and has proved a very successful one. Early in the year it was announced that the services of Mr. Clarence H. Post and Mr. Frank Perne of the Lansing School of Music had been secured, and that half of the expense of lessons would be borne by the school. A great interest was shown and regular lessons and ensemble practice soon began. The orchestra made unusual progress, considering the great number of members who were learning to play. Much praise belongs to Mr. Post and Mr. Perne, who by their friendly guidance, made this organization a success. During the year the orchestra appeared at Parent-Teacher Meet- ings, The May Festival, and a recital sponsored by the Lansing School of Music. THE MAY FESTIVAL Another new feature of the year was the May Festival presented May I5 and I6 by the musical organizations of the school. Wednesday evening, lVlay I5, the Festival opened with the production of the one-act musical comedy Cynthia's Strategy , with rnusic by John Wilson Dodge and lyric by May Hewes Dodge, by selected members of the High School Chorus. The characters were: . Cynthia May Perry fthe girlj Frances Burns Smith Stanley Young fthe boyj Lorne Ferry Adelaide Susan Perry fCynthia's motherl Elizabeth Loomis Eugene Stephen Perry CCynthia's fatherl Caroll Roosa The four main characters were assisted by a chorus of eight members. After the operetta the following concert was given by the High School Orchestra, under the direction of Messrs. Post and Perne: Elementary Nlarchn ---- Ascher Orchestra Soft, soft Music is Stealing Cwaltzj - Ascher Orchestra Violin Solo- Holiday Waltz - - - Yost Reva Kellogg Mandolin Solo - - ----- - Virgilene Cole Little Gray Church - - - - - Bennett Orchestra Trumpet Duet-- Nocturne ----- - Ascher Elsie Main and Lorne Ferry Violin Duet- Valse Barcarolleu ----- Offenvach Helen Turner and Helen Ruess Activity March -------- Bennett Orchestra At the Matinee program, Thursday afternoon, May l6, the Kindergarten, First and Second grades under the direction of their teachers, Miss M. Board- man, Miss G. Baker, and Miss B. Smith respectively, and Mrs. C. B. Coulter PAGE 'IWVIG N 'L' Y - 'l'IlliI'1IG

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ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS Clarence H. Post ---- String lnstruments. Frank Perne - - - Percussion lnstruments. First Violin Second Violin Koss, Louie Turner, Helen Bishop, Maurice Kellogg, Reva Pettengill, Dale Wallace, Harold Brenclahl, Theodore Welch, Edmund Ruess, Helen Banjo Cello Mandolin Griffin, Mary Ann Rothney, Catherine Cole, Virgilene Mills, Oliver Griffin, Sadie Roosa, Caroll Mills, Ouicla Pasco, Lynn Solo Cornet First Cornet Ferry, Lorne Claucherty, Merlin Main, Elsie Ciilonlblgjne Le Roy, Clarence Shaft, Cassius 0 y' mer Pasco, Clare Turner, Eugene Saxaphone Boutell, Dan Drums Woodhull, Lee Cole, Kenneth . Southwell, Bazil Accompanist PAGE 'lf W IG NT! - 'FXVO Loomis. Elizabeth

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presented the Cantata 'Sleepy Town by May Andrus. The Kindergarten Band gave a concertlduring the Matinee program. For the first part of the closing program, Thursday evening, the High School Chorus presented the American lndian cantata, The Mound Buildersn, by Paul Bliss, under the skillful baton of Mrs: C. B. Coulter. The Orchestra completed the Perry Consolidated Schools first May Festival with the follow- ing program: The First Regiment March - - - - Ascher Orchestra 'Pansy Waltz ----- - Ascher Orchestra Violin Solo - - - - - - Helen Turner Flower Bell Waltz - Q - - Ascher Orchestra 'AMelody in F - ------ Rubenstein Violin - - Reva Kellogg Cello - - - - Catherine Rothney Piano ----- Elizabeth Loomis Norma's Dreami' fwaltzj ------- Bennett Orchestra Summit Marchl' ----- - Bennett Orchestra THE HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS A chorus of sixty-five voices was conducted by Mrs. C. B. Coulter this year. Besides the American lndian Cantata The Mound Builders , by Paul Bliss, given at the May Festival, the Chorus gave a short concert at the Baccalaureate Service. This was the largest chorus ever organized in Perry High School. ' PAGE TXYIGN 'I' Y - Fl I I 'R