Rockford East High School - Argus Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Members of A Cappella practice long hours in preparation for their annual spring concert. Presents Annual May Concert A Cappella officers Fred Lundstrom. vice-president; Jean Fulton, secretary: Mike Johnson, president: Debbie Venstrom. librarian: and Cherry Porter, alumni sec- retary; pause back stage to talk about their coming concert.

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Director Linden Lundstrom checks over some selections sung by A Cappella A Cappella ' s 35 members, under the direction of Linden Lundstrom. formed the smallest choir in East ' s history. However, the group ' s year was full of activities. A Cappella members performed during the year for such events as Rockford ' s Memorial Day service, a music teacher ' s meeting at Jefferson and the traditional May concert. Northern Illinois University also hosted East ' s singing group along with other Illinois high school choirs on March 23. A part in East ' s Christmas assemblies and pro- grams for Lincoln and Jefferson Junior Highs were other events in A Cappella ' s schedule. Ending the year were their contributions to Baccalaureate and Commencement. The choir ' s social activities included a fall picnic in Aldeen Park and a progressive dinner which ended in a party. A Cappella Visits NIU Workshop, A CAPPELLA— Front Row: L. Utech. C. Porter. D, Venstrom. J. Fulton. S. Fenner. N. Loy. L. Shields. P. Hoftman. C. Gutz- willer. Second Row: M, Fones. C, Heimbach. J Carlson. D. Heath. K. Halverson. M. Gilchrist. N. Henning. N. Haroldson. Third Row: D. Jones. R. Debes. N. Femrite. L. Johnson. M. Johnson. P. Berg. D. Duncan. S. Fazio. Fourth Row: J. Erick- son. D. Morgan. P. Ogren. P. Ogren. C. Egghorn. B. Gustafson. M. Connor. F. Lundstrom.

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Nancy Hoffman and Lark Underwood, back row. and Kim Balok, Colleen Blanck and Kim Nelson enjoy going through their daily exercises. Learning new songs takes days and weeks of practice. Treble Clef Sings Representing East in public performances throughout the community, the Treble Clef Choir maintained a busy schedule. The all-girl choir practiced every day during second hour under the direction of Mrs, Florence Shugars, Treble Clef ' s first event of the year was a Christ- mas concert presented December 3 at the Central Christian Church. They also performed in East ' s Christmas program with the other choirs and the orchestra. In the spring Treble Clef gave two concerts. One was presented at the Church of the Nazarene, and the other was given at Faith Lutheran Church, Treble Clef ' s bake sales were the major fund- raising events of the choir. The proceeds were used to pay for the new robe trunks received in the early, fall and to give a donation to AFS, At Guilford on February 28, the girls met with Guilford ' s Girls ' Concert Choir for their annual tea. The groups presented warm-up exercises and some favorite selections for each other.