Polo High School - Cycle Yearbook (Polo, IL)

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'QTHE NATIVITY,, The high school gymnasium was the scene of a Christmas program on December 15, 1946. The program was enjoyed so much by the audience last year that it was repeated again with but a few changes. A choir of eighty voices and a cast of twenty-five presented the Christmas Story to a capac- ity crowd. The Nativity was preceded by several Christmas carols by the brass quartet and Irving Berlin's White Christmas sung by the choir. The Nativity was divided into the following parts: The Promise, The Annunciation, The Trip to Bethlehem, The Angel and the Shepherds, The March of the Kings, and The Holy Birth. The choir told the story in song while the cast pantomimed it on the stage. The transition from song to song was carried out by the narrator, Patricia Stuff. Vocal soloists in the choir were: Dale Maxey, Bud Davis, Louise Travis, Mason Scholl, and Dale Blough. BOYS' CHORUS It takes time and patience, and the boys' chorus has just that. For evidence you have only to journey to the study hall on Tuesday immediately after the 12:51 bell has rung. No, of course, they don't sing in there, but what wall can absorb the vigorous melodies which is just a step from the confines of the assembly? Under the direction of Mr. Parrett the robust boys get rid of some of their energy by singing Li'l Liza Jane. In more quiet moments they sing numbers such as Ole Man River. Although the boys' chorus was organized primarily to give all desirous boys a chance to sing, it has sung at programs such as the Christmas Nativity. ..22..

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fm' ' BOYS' QUARTET MIXED QUARTET MIXED CHORUS The cream of the boy' chorus and girls' glee club finally finds its way into an organization known as the mixed chorus. This process usually takes about two years, so most of the members in mixed chorus are juniors or seniors. However, some sophomores find their way into this group with not too much difficulty. The singers usually start the period by putting their elbows on their knees, and their chins upon their hands. It looks like a reducing exercise, but its purpose is to get them limbered up and breathing properly for the workout ahead of them. Then they will sing da me ni po tu la be da or ugh hugh, two warming-up exercises. At last they get down to business and put some hard work on chorales and sacred or secular music. During the last few minutes of the period they usually sing from the red book, a collection of favorite songs. The mixed chorus' main performance was the Christmas Nativity. All of the musical num- bers were done by the mixed chorus with the boys, chorus and girls' glee club assisting. MUSICAL EVENTS Nov. 21 8z 22 - Orchestra-Senior Play Dec. 15 - Christmas Nativity Dec. 10 - Brass Ensemble 8a Mixed Quartet at Rotary Club Mar. 21 - Spring Concert ' MUSIC X , ...24...