Red Bank High School - Roar Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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.i.i do OUR CHOIR GIVES YOU MUSIC IN UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE-Boiiom ROW: tLeft to Right! Gay Minich, Joan Painter, Dorothy Mathers, Sylvia Pence, Thelma Brinker, Mary Dwyer, Avalon Dclp, Carol Wells, Row 2: Shirley Best, Kay Paiicicra, Sally Wiant, Donna Loc Shumaker, Kay Hetrick, Connie lVicSpa1'rin, How 3: Ruth Ann Angehr, Helen Marshall, Joan Bowser, Barbara Humcs, Pat Womcldorf, Marlin Jo Bain, Row 4: Gerald Doverspike. Eugene Ebcrhart, Roger Allen. Tim Bailey, Jack Wilson, Wendell Rcddingcr, Row 5: Tom Kovalenko, Arnold Kunselman, David Lower, Kermit Minich, Jerry Brown, Glcnn Mohncy, Row 6: Eugene Kundick, Wayne Miller. Ernest Shumakcr, Jim McCafl'crty, Vern Campbell, Ron Adams, fe Q ITII Jane Shaficr, Lois Haines, Miss Boarts. Nancy Shumalier, Grcta Crawford, Ruby Cathcart, Janet Burford. Ann Hcilner, Donna Golla, Sally Sloan, Shirley Morrison, Nancy Pence, Dean Kroner, Vernon Hawk, Larry Burdett, Calvin Males, Benny Kunselman. Larry Fritz. Arnold Shrcckengost, Jack Plylcr, Ken Musscr. Roger Stuart, Ron Cochran. Glenn Rcitz, Bob Hull. To open a school day with a song! - What could be a better way to put everyone in a good mood? The choir did this on Tuesdays and Wed- nesdays during the past year. Seventy in number, we practiced long and hard for the Christmas program and all our other activities. The other activities that were held during the year were an operetta. a spring con- cert, Commencement, Baccalaureate, and the For- ensic and Music League Contest. Five members of our choir attended district chorus at Ambridge. They were Kay Hetrick, Nancy Shumaker. Jack Wilson, Jim lVIcCafferty. and Wendell Reddinger. Some of our members took part in the All- School Play by singing different numbers between acts. The choir was proud to have one person selected to represent Redbank Valley High School at the State Chorus held in March at Harrisburg. This group was invited to sing before the confer- ence at Philadelphia where music teachers and supervisors from all over the United States met to discuss music. Throughout the school we were busy singing at various meetings-sometimes solos, sometimes duets, sometimes octettes, and sometimes the entire choir en masse. It has been fun for everyone of us. Ruth Ann Angehr has been our piano accom- panist during the year, and Miss Kathlegn Boarts. our choral director.

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Row Row strike UP the band THE SOUND OF MARCHING FEET-Bottom Row: fLeft to Right? Majorettes-Barbara Tosh, Betty Shankle, Marsha Downs, Louise Kugler, Nancy Dougherty, Charylene Stewart. Z: Ruth Ann Angehr, Arta Laughlin, Jean Hetrick, Marlene Bright, Louise Best, Nancy Colwell, Lor- raine Skinner, Carol Reinsel. 3: Darl Morrison, Sylvia Pence, Janice Sloan, Roberta McDonald, Nancy Pence, Larue Hoffman, Donna Ann Heffner, Glenn Mohney, Dean Wiant, Bish, Alfred Colwell, Waldron Duncan, Burdett, Harold Hans. Adams, Walter Myers, Bill Bowersox, Bob Hayes, Bob Hall. Row 4: Gary Hepler, Mary Dwyer, Sally Sloan, Marlin Jo Bain, Harold Pence, Glenn Hess, Connie Ann Sloan. Row 5: Ralph Hilliard, Donna Hayes, Mary Anna Magness, Fred Richard Schreckengost, Dennis Young, Jerry Brown, Larry Row 6: Clare Walters, Leroy Tabler, Tom Young, Howard Bish, Eberhart, Gary Shea, Kenneth Bish, Clyde Dovenspike. Here's the music room. What a cacophony issues from the open door as the Redbank Valley Band members tune their instruments. Mr. Ake raps his baton on the music stand, raises his hand, and the triumphant music you now hear is the band in action. For three years We strived to build our de- partment to one hundred pieces. At last we reached our goal! Throughout the school year we played for many different functions. Here are just a few of them. We played at most of the football games- home and away-and led several parades-the Armistice Day parade, the Lions Club parade, the Halloween parade, and the Christmas parade, with good old Saint Nick right behind to cheer the children. Bob Bish, Bill Lucas. Jack Bish, Eugene Nine of our musicians participated in the All- County Band, which played for Clarion County Teachers' Institute. Ten of our members played in the All-Star Band that provided music for the All-Star Foot- ball Game at DuBois on November 16. The band concert and spring concert were two other activities we scheduled. It was the first time we had an entire program by ourselves. Several members played solos, and the music we all played was tuned to the tastes of the audience. Our drum majorettes also performed during the program. There is nothing like a high school band to guide marching feet and inspire school spirit.

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fa so la CHORUS, CAROLS, AND COLORATURAS-Row 1: fLeft to Rightl Ruth Guthrie, Hazel Hilliard, Dorothy lzzi, Pat Allori, Mary Pyne, Keitha Smith, Ruth Williams, Mary Jane Constable, Anna Blair, Joan Adams, Mary Ann Adams. Row 2: Marlene McMasters, Philomena Constable, Janice George, Shirley McCauley, Clara Stahlman, Montez Harmon, Joyce Daugherty, Frances McClafterty, Rita Uplinger, Kay Barlett, June Shreckengost. Row 3: Kathryn Fagley, Peggy Baker, Betty Barlett, Judy Jack, Joan Murphy, Jean Kugler, Connie Bish, Jean Williams, Janice Moorehead, Janet Linanien, Alice White, Winnie Truitt, Emogene Crissman. Row 4: Norma Dinger, Patricia Young, Marlus Platt, Audrey Boyer, Marlene Platt, Beulah Austin. Nancy Allen, Helen Brinker, Stella Mohney, Marie Brinker, Floda Swartfager, Charlene Stewart, Virginia Dinger, Bonnie Mathers, Row 5: Kathrine Myers, Nancy Keck, Kay Simpson, Marilyn Downs, Harriet Freeman, Lorraine Skinner, Kay Powell, Barbara Toy, Marlene Shick, Doris Bish, Lorraine Slagle, Carol Kerr, Catherine Kespelher. Row 6: Norma Young, Veryl Shick, Sylvia McGregor, Aldean McGarrity, Norma Kuhns, Helen Kuhns, Marie Henry, Connie Kugler. Miss Boarts frantically shouts, Stop people! That's not the way it's supposed to soundf' So seventy girls in the chorus of Redbank Valley listen while she tells us how the song should be sung. Yes, we really go through vocal calisthen- tics every Thursday morning during activity. We participated this year in the Christmas operetta, which included songs from both chorus and choir members. We all love to sing, and somehow, singing the familiar hymns and carols brought us closer to the true meaning of Christ- 1'I'1aS. Then came the spring concert, and finally, the Forensic Music and Speech Contest-when our entire group went to Clarion for singing com- petition with other schools in the disrict. With our pianist, Roberta Marsh, at the key- board, we sang during the year such songs as Grandma Gruntw, HOde to Starlight , and Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life. We used the Grandma Grunt selection for our contribution at the For- ensic Music Contests. Next year, with our hopes of expanding the All-Girl Chorus to 100 members. we shall again enjoy our singing hours spent together.