Richfield High School - Aries Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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ses' Mark McNeil, Fred Haralson, Bonny Hester, and Mary Howton discovered that one can learn much from an album cover. MUSIC Bcwh to Beatles Analyzed I7 75 Paul Norwood, Donna Nettles, and David Dowdy en- joyed a drum number. I64 Members voiced their opinions on various types of music. C I Mus LC La ns 'cWe listen to music from the Beatles to Bach and sometimes farther back. This was how Mr. Don Filgo described his Music Appreciation l Club. They even went back a little farther and listened to some medieval recorder music. The purpose of the club, as its name implied, was to develop a real appreciation for music-all kinds of music. But the only way to begin to appreciate music is to know something about it, and that was why club sessions were spent listening to so many types of music. Sponsor Don Filgo carried on interesting music study sessions. f

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Davis Pulliam, Robin Brooks, Carl Price, and Royal Anspach spent some club time reading and dis- cussing each other's works. Writers Created Magazine The as quired a lot of deep thought. Remember in the sixth grade when we had to write about What I Did Last Summer and HA Visit to Grandmothefsw? Well, these were topics that the Cre- ative Writing Club wrote about this past year. Mr. Larry Coltharp, the co-sponsor who assigned these topics, felt that if the members of the club really wanted to write, they ought to be able to make something of even a very trite topic. The actual writing in work sessions brought valuable experience and practice. To give instruction and ideas they invited lecturers and listened to records of poetry. Finally, to provide a goal for the club and a logical purpose for their writings, the club published a literary magazine in the spring. Douglas Herring, president, and Penny Edens, genre- Mr. ,Larry Cotharp, club sponsor, explained the details of magazine tary, ran their club with efficiency. Pub110at10U-

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Special programs, such as the one by Miss Mary Proudfit who teaches music appreciation at Baylor, helped to broaden musical knowledge. Club members listened as Mr. Hawthorne briefed the group on future plans. in -. M 1 Suzan Thompson and Susan Ledbetter gave Mr. Hawthorne and club members a preview of costumes for My Fair Lady. Students Discussed Notes 0 Interest 'LWe are trying to develop an appreciation of choral music, stated Mr. Loyd Hawthorne, sponsor of Music Appreciation II, and at the same time foster a love of all music. The club invited special guests to speak to them. At one meeting Mr. Ken Howard, Music Co- ordinator for the Waco Public Schools, spoke to them on liturgical jazz, and another time Miss Mary Proudfit played her viola and discussed South American music. The club even held a Hootenanny toward the end of the year. The year was a music-filled, satisfying one for these forty members of the Music Appreciation II. Club time provided an opportunity for informal discussions among members of the group. l65