Pikeville High School - Panther Yearbook (Pikeville, KY)

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Music a Spirit 1. MAROON AND WHITE MINSTRELS OF 1929. This company gave a most successful show on the evenings of December 13 and 14, at the high school. The entire show was written and staged by Mr. D. E. Haley, with the able assistance of the boys. The entire proceeds were used for band instru- ments to be used in the junior band. The show was received with such enthusi- asm that it is planned to make it a yearly event. 2. THE GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB was organized this year and was heard often in concerts at the high school and elsewhere. If such fine progress is continued in the future a tri p to the state contest is assured for the coming season. 3. The BOYS ' CHOIR is a unique as well as most useful organization here in Pikeville. These singers are all blessed with fine voices, unchanged, that have a surprisingly sweet quality. The choir sang frequently in concerts and in various church functions. 4. D. E. HALEY has been kept fairly well occupied, in charge of musical activities, and is planning to conduct instrumental and vocal classes through- out the summer. 5a-b. The ORCHESTRA is only in its beginning but has performed most creditably for the public. Particular emphasis will be placed on the orchestral instruments during the coming season. 6. DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS all over the country are coming into their own, and our boys are going to put the spirit into the crowds at the football games next fall. 7. COMBINED INSTRUMENTAL CLASSES. We certainly ought to build some prize-winning organizations out of members of this group. The music department has had most loyal support from the school administration, and most of the instruments shown in the groups are owned by the school and loaned to the students for the nominal sum of fifty cents per month. Such opportunities certainly are rare and should bring results.