Rice High School - Edmundian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Q 'I THE BASS SECTION of the Glee Glub stops singing harmony long enough to have its picture taken. The Glee Club had tive part harmony with first and second basses and tenors and the young sopranos. Bass section was largely composed of older students whose voices had settled at bass level. The soprano section suffered casualties all year long with the changing voices of the young, growing singers. By March, there were only a handful ot Freshmen who could sing the high soprano parts. These basses, however, remained as steady as the bottom note in Ole Man River . They are: Left to Right-First Row: Michael Occhipinti, I ff Harold Sanchez, John Gonzalez, Gerald Valdes, Patrick Leavy, Manuel Latiosse. Second Row: Edward Thompson, John Andrews, Francis Bradley, Brendan O'Riordan, Philip Sasso. Third Row: Joseph Cotroneo, Alphonse Szigethy, Nicholas Saunders, Thomas Daly, Jeremiah 0'Callaghan, Edward Flynn. Fourth Row: William Barnett, Charles Teney, Michael Holland, William Terrell, James Roche, Frank Sanchez. Filth Row: James Tracey, Edward Kildutf, Frank Maloney, Lawrence Crowley, James Van Nest. Sixth Row: Richard Mueller, Vito Peragino, Werner lamberty, Douglas Kearney, Thomas Welsome. 11

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Gite omit MR. McGlLL, below, in a characteristic pose, directs the 125 member group while playing an organ accompaniment. Qi g,... A ft 1 1 'QI' 3 BROTHER VRANKA, above, Glee Club's moderator, listens to pianist - g i .ey I Ken Morris during one of the thrice weekly practice sessions in SQ If the auditorium. Brother Vranka kept attendance records, saw that the music was filed carefully and handled discipline so that -1 .X Mr. McGill could -be completely free to direct the students. XE .. KEN MORRIS, a Junior, above, an honor student and member of the track team, still found time to act as Glee Club accompanist. LOOKING AS THOUGH they were doing a TV commercial, six tenors pose for the photographer. They are: Andre Martialto, Walter Hamilton, Gilbert Ciotto, Ralph Valvano, Robert McAllister, Michael Stefanac. For the graduation exercises, the Glee Club wore summer tuxedos. The large group looked really impressive and sang just as well from the stage at Hunter College. In

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THE SOPRANO SECTION of the Glee Club was composed largely of Freshmen. Before the end of the year, the group had dwindled considerably because of changing voices. Here they are before their voices broke. They are: Left to Right-First Row: Patrick Ambrose, John Nash, John Courtney, Frank Corda, Joseph Gourin, Walter Mitchell, Robert Kenney, Richard Schultz, Robert Hallet, Edward Dorry, John Murtagh, Michael McCann. Second Row: Freshmen 0100 Hui . . . right in pitch The Rice Glee Club for 1957-58 was the largest in years, with almost l25 members. As in the past, they practiced three days each week, usually by sec- tions. Whole group practices were held only before their performances. The group, under the leadership of Mr. McGill, sang their annual Christmas concert from the balcony of Grand Central Station. The station waiting room was crowded with appreciative listeners and the group received a fine ovation. Brother Vranka, moderator of the group, saw to it that members were on time for rehearsals and took care ofthe music. Ken Morris, talented Junior pianist, served as accompanist for the second year in a row. The final concert was given at the graduation cere- monies in June. Philip Curry, John Meyer, Michael Doddy, Ernest Oswald, Benito Torres, Shean Jones, Kevin Boylan, Peter McKenna, Michael Herlihy, Donald Clark, Charles Ryan. Third Row: Ronald Consigli, Eugene Kelly, Daniel Doherty, Kevin Kilduff, James Harrison, John Harri- son, Leonard Sepkowski, John Dennehy, Kevin Scanlon, Stephen Wiezaczka, Timothy Mclnerney. A HALF-DOZEN FRESHMEN, above, sing for the cameraman. They are: John Murtagh, Robert Hallet, Michael McCann, Charles Ryan, Edward Dorry, Robert Clark. Some Freshmen were members of their parish choir.