Preston High School - Quiver Yearbook (Preston, ID)

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MUSIC CLUB The oTTicers oT The PresTon l-ligh School Music Club Tor The school year oT I944-45 are: PresiolenT . . . . . Dallas Keller Vice PresiclenT . . Richard Dunlcley SecreTary . . . . Beverly Bell Social Manager ..... Lynn Perry The organizaTion consisTs oT Those sTuclenTs Taking eiTher choir. loancl, orchesTra, boys' glee or girls' glee, anol who live up To The consTiTuTion anol by-laws oT The club. 48

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PEP BAND One new conlrribulion To Jrhe life of Jrhe sludenl body Jrhis year has been Jrhe Pep Band under 'rhe direcrion of Mr. M. W. Bird, wilh Laura Palmer as direclor and Darlene Oli- verson as assislanl direcror. The Pep Band has added zesl lo bolh loolball and baslqel- ball games and has presenled an assembly which consisled of some of The musical achievemenls of Jrhe year. . 17

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CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA Three major evenTs have marlced The acTfyiTies oT The choir during Tho year I944-45. The TirsT oT These was a Tall concerT held in The high school audiTorium December I I. The choir oT one hundred Twelve yoices sang several beauTiTul num- bers, and There were Three solos. The seccnd was a music clinic which was held in Prosion including sTucle:1Ts .fcm Tfye neighboring Towns. The Third was The annual high school opereTTa hold March I6, I945. This was an Indian opereTTa in Three acTs named I.cIawaIa, conTaining efghTocn load parTs, wfTh a chorus oT sevenTy voices. Climaxing The year's musical acTiviTies was The Worley Cup ConTesT which was - held April 30, I945. ' The OrchesTra has played a very imporTanT parT in making This school year comple-Te. IT is under The direcTion oT Ivlr. Bird and consisTs oT abouT TorTy-eighT members. Some oT Their acTiviTies were Turnishing music Tor The school play, presenT'- ing a ChrisTmas CanTaTa in connecTion wiTh The choir, playing aT The clinic, playing aT The Farmers ConvenTion, and presenTing an Assembly. 49