Sacred Heart Academy - Clelian Yearbook (Hamden, CT)

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241 Right: WiTh plenTy of holiday spiriT, The Glee Club presenTs iTs ChrisTmas concerT To The school cornmunify. Far right WheTher aT home or on Tour aT The Manor. piano accompanisfs Cindy Peflella and Paula BelIenoiT are members of The Glee Club. Below: Utilizing her musical Talent, Sr. Mary Grace conducTs The Glee Club in one of Their holiday performances. ' A .. .l.Ell lighter notes and sweeter tones When The lasT sTrains of music faded inTo The summer of 4986, They marked The end of a noTeworThy year for The Glee Club. Along wiTh having a full performance schedule, lTs members also Took a new in- TeresT in governmenT. The season kicked off in The fall wiTh a seT of Thanksgiving performances. Under The di- recTion of Sr. Mary Grace Giaimo, The Glee Club led The singing for The Thanksgiving FesTival held aT The Hamden Town Halland Then aT SHA's Thanksgiving liTurgy. AnoTher season for singing was ChrisT- mas, and The Glee Club cele- 211 fGlee Club braTed in sTyle. They performed for The sTudenTs aT The ChrisTmas assembly, for Their parenTs aT The December ParenT-Teacher meeTing as well as for The sisTers of The Manor. ln addiTion, The Ro- Tary Club of Hamden inviTed The group To sing a few selecTions of Laurelview CounTry Club. ln April The girls joined forces wiTh The boys of NoTre Dame High School To puT on a spring con- cerT. The highlighT of The concerT was The finale. The glee clubs of boTh schools harmonized in Their rendiTion of The Bahle Hymn of The Republic. A new aspecT of The Glee Club This year was The elecTion of offi- cers. These were Qynne Char- boneau, presidenT: Nicole Somma, vice-president Hope Kuziel, secreTary: and STeph- anie Gaughran, Treasurer. Considering all of The changes ThaT Took place This year, one mighT wonder how The members felT abouT Their renewed formaT. Nicole Somma responded, Well, iT was fun as well as an opporTu- niTy To meeT new people. SomeTimes you losT your en- Thusiasm, buf wiTh The encour- agemenT of Sr. Mary Grace we goT Through The rough spoTs.

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5? s -. LL w s T Lefi: Many couples crowd onTo The dance floor wiTh Toni-Anne Ragozzino and Dominic Scarpellino when They hear one of Their favoriTes. For Iefi: Swaying To The music, ChrisTine Chiaro and her daTe enjoy The selecTion ThaT The DJ provides. Below: ln The arms of Their daTes, Melissa SanTangelo and Melissa Morrisey enjoy a special momenT during The Fall Dance. Stepping our for an evening of fan Valuable sleep, S22, and long lines were The price girls paid for The opporTuniTy To sTep ouT for a nighT of ro- mance and fun. BuT The day TickeTs wenT on sale was only The beginning of dilemmas. AfTer purchasing The coveTed dance TickeT, The nexT crisis in- volved whaT To wear! IT was a semiformai affair - ThaT meanT Tiring shopping sprees in search of a dress. Girls found Themselves reTurning To The sTore where They began To buy The well, if l don'T find any- Thing else dress. AfTer This milesTone There sTiIl remained anoTher pursuiT for The girls: a daTe! Those searching for a daTe were frequenTly advised by well-meaning friends and fam- ily. How abouT going wiTh This friend of a friend of a or WhaT abouT Tommy nexT door - you used To play cops and robbers TogeTher. Somehow iT did noT seem like iT was going To be a romanTic dream daTe. BuT regardless of wheTher The daTe Turned ouT To be Mr, RighT, The boy nexT door, or 'ljusT a friend, The scene aT Bill Miller's in Branford on November 30 liT up The even- ing. There was a TempTing buffeT for Those who were resuming normalcy afTer diefing To fiT inTo Their dress as well as for Those who could consume mega-calo- ries and sTiII fiT inTo a size 6. The cozy, rusTic aTmosphere was en- hanced by The presence of The couples dancing To The music provided by RenT-a-DJ. AfTer The anxieTies and joys of The Fall Dance, sTudenTs had The chance To Take a break unTil March. STudenT Council Then sponsored The one-Time snow-cancelled l-lawaiianfln- side-OuT mixer. BuT This was noT a nighT for couples only, and many sTudenTs singled iT. SHA's own inTerior decora- Tors, headed by Caroline Far- george, Transformed The audi- Torium inTo a Tropical garden. Popular music provided The background for loTs of mix- ing - dancing and Talking wiTh friends and new aauain- Tances. Dances f 23

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