Rushville High School - Re Echo Yearbook (Rushville, IL)

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To The Great Spirit The best known and most impressive service that the choir gave was their annual Christmas Vesper and this year under the able director, Mrs. Howard Strong, the choir was augmented with the choirs of the other churches which gave us a well balanced chorus. The members who took part in this service were the high school choir and the following of the church choirs: Gladys Cunningham Mrs. Harold Wells Mrs. Leslie Bedenbender Mrs. Fred Krauss Mrs. Rozelle Thompson Mrs. Ruth Thompson Mrs. William Roudebush Lucille McCormick Mrs. Iohn Diseron W. A. Staffelback Mrs. Kenneth Gille Ralph Davis L.P Dean Ansel Bartlett Russell Logan Mrs. P. I. Park Esther Knowles Mrs. V. A. Green Mrs. Grace Hill Margie Dean Mrs. Howard Bartlow Mrs. Leroy Logan Mrs. Howard Knapp Mrs. Roy Wise Mrs Iames Lashmett Mary Alice Thompson Mrs lake Shelton Mary Spates Mrs. Edward Chipman Lois Taylor Mrs Virgil Gillenwater William Iones Mrs. G. M. Phelps Alma Farrar Mrs Don Runkle Accompanist-Mrs. Russell Logan 1462

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jfflfvv. file., SL Our choir this year consists of twenty-nine members and they have participated in many suc- cessful events. They sang at the Union Thanksgiving service in the Methodist Church and, too, they also presented musical services at three of the churches in the spring which was appreciated very much. From the choir Mrs. Strong chose sixteen singers to represent the high school in the choral con- tests in the lllinois Valley League. Also the choir sang in the operetta and most of the cast was chosen from the choir. The following are the members of the choir: Sopranos Enid Chandler Doris Corbridge Helen Howard Margie Goodwin Reba Arnold Mary Ann Simpson Louise Bebman leannine Shores Gloria Workman ,'J ' T fdf0 OCxQ High School Choir Tenors Harold Houston Don Corbridge Don Skiles Charles Dace Dwight Dernaree Altos Betty Burnett leanne Barnes Maryln Green Patricia Miller Betty Kerr lerrilee Cain Edna Rebman lean Mclfeeters Bass Corky Sutherland Peter Park Bob Bunkle Richard Rabedeaux GIGS Under the expert direction of Mrs. Strong, our Glee Club has furnished us with some very good entertainment. The members made up the chorus of Hats Off and they also presented two short operettas which were enjoyed by all. 1452

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Hats Off The operetta given by the members of the choir and glee club on March 22 under Mrs. Strong's direction was a lively production based on the organiza- tion of the United States Navy under the command of lohn Paul Iones. Full credit goes to Mrs. Strong and the cast, and special credit goes to Emma Lee White whose faithfulness and untiring efforts are greatly appre- ciated. T he action took place in the Mermaid Inn, a waterfront rendezvous for the sailors, officers, and their Sweethearts who gathered to dance and make merry under the friendly eye of Dame Bly, the proprietress. The action was enlivened by several colorful dance ensembles directed by Mrs. Davis. The story was concerned with the efforts of a renegade captain, Pierre Landairs, to destroy the influence of Iones. Tones and his friends defeat the renegade's plans and the operetta ended on a note of celebration honoring Iohn Paul Iones and the flag of the new union. CAST OF CHARACTERS The Prologue A Recruiting Officer ..., A Boy .............. Town Crier .... The Play Iohn Paul Iones, Father of the U. S. Navy .... Lt. Richard Dale, Second in command ....... Marian, his fiance ......................... Sylvia ............. , Deborah ......... . . . . Fnemls of . . Marian Priscilla ................... Dame Bly, Hostess at Mermaid Inn ........ Anne Courtleigh, a debutante .............. Capt. Wm. Courtleigh, of the British Army. .. Iirnmy Gray, who wants to be a sailor ....... Capt. Landais, a renegade naval commander .... .... Boodle, his fellow conspirator ............... Red Ierry, a sea-going Indian .............., Happy Hawkins, a hillbilly musician ........ Tommy .................... Members of .....-............-,.l. Heliotrope ......... Liberated Narcissus ............... SIUVGS Sailors for Landais .,............... ......... Singing Chorus ......................... 41472 - . . . .Norman Cox . . . . .Don Chipman . . . .Franklin Derry . ..... Charles Dace . . . .Don Corbridge . .... Iean Mclfeeters . . . .Enid Chandler .....Ieanne Barnes . . . .Maryln Green . . . .Louise Rebman .......Pat Miller . ........ Peter Park . . . .......... Don Skiles .C orky Sutherland . . . ....... Don Rayborn Dick Rabedeaux Dwight Demaree . . . . .Harold Tyson . . . .Bob Runkle ...........DorisTolles ......IaneDea'n . . . . . . . . .Bob Trone, lim Tyson .Sailors and Girls Dancers - Scotch Dancers - Peasant and Colonial Girls