Saguaro High School - Sentinel Yearbook (Scottsdale, AZ)

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SOUNDS OF SAGUARO-Top Row: Suzi Chynoweth, Brenda Morse, Kim Fattaleh, Julie Sweinhagen, Sue Brennan, Cherie Churchill, Lynn Armbruster, Kathy Dwyer, Noreen Dwyer Kathy Mott, Cathy Leach, Debbie Sturm, Suzan Jones, Laura Robbins, and Mary Jane Stout. Second Row: Julie Johnson, Martha Hunt, Jackie Perry, Judy Zimmerman, Donna Samson, Amy Stamper, This year the Sounds of Saguaro, the all-girl varsity choir, maintained their fine musical record by participating in all phases of sing- l ing. Their contributions for the year included the fall school concert, portraying nuns in the fall musical production, MThe Sound of Musicf' and singing Christmas carols at Thomas lVlall, a Phoenix nursing home, and for Scottsdale's District School Office. They also performed for a country club, took part in a spring concert, and were involved in inter-school competition at the Arizona State University and University of Arizona college festivals. At the close of the school year the Sounds traveled to Tucson and presented assemblies for a series of high schools and grammar schools under the direction and leadership of lVlr. Debs Valentine. To become a member of Sounds one must audition at the end of the school year. mmm may Cynthia Field, Pearl Braaten, Nancy Hainlen, Valorie Guilinger, Kathy Skiff, and Kate Lincoln. Bottom Row: Denise Desjardins, Susan Richards, Mary Pletkovich, Linda Olsen, Kathy Riall, Lauren LaMay, Pam Beitman, Michelle Nelson, Nancy Bol, Patty Morrison, Pam Koeppen, Paula Mueller, Denise Asher, and Fredda Sturgill. Ten members are not present. lVlr. Debs Valentine, the director of Sounds, Saguarois Girls' Varsity Choir, finds managing such a task quite enjoyable. The enthusiasm he projects complements his fine leadership. lVlr. Valentine has also conducted Saguaro's orchestra for two years. 78-SOUNDS

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Under the direction ol' Mr. joseph Esile, the Voices, of Saguaro pre- sented a medley of popular and religious pieces to initiate the 1969-70 season. This concert aimed at pleasing the varied tastes of the Saguaro student body and their parents by providing con- Working in their sections after school on different pieces of music helps to perfect the Voices' sight-reading techniques and to im prove the rendition of music already learned by the choir. temporary and traditional pieces of music to create a fantastic per- formance that was followed by an encore of two new pieces of music of the choir. Bill Cone and Kay Kittle, the percussionist and the pianist, add immensely to the Voices, fine work in concerts. Clothed in uniforms of gold and black, the Voices of Saguaro, directed by Mr. joseph Esile, represented Saguaro for many musical. occasions. The Voices held concerts for Open House, the Student Body, and for a ladies club. ln December, they produced uThe Sound ol' lVlusic,', starring Della Coursey as Maria and Dan Foreman as Capt. Von Trapp. To end the year the Voices put on a second musical, '4Carnival. and also participated in two musical festivals at two of the state universities. The 65 members of Voices were chosen according to their musical talent and skill after a re- quired audition with lVlr. Esile. To set the stage for Saguaro's second musical production of the year, uCarnival,77 Kevin Seaman, junior, portrays the Cirque de Paris ring- master with a touch of vaudeville and a bit of humor at auditions. VOICES-77

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Debbie Sturm, junior, and Nancy Bol, sopho- While one section of the varsity choir rehearses more, are among many vocalists practicing for its segment of the music the other sections study the upcoming spring Fine Arts performances. and follow along intensely on their piece. Cherie Churchill, sophomore, Pearl Braaten, sophomore, and Cynthia Romley, senior fleft to rightj, enjoy practicing new religious and popular pieces of music that are to be used in the Soundsi next years. performance. the concert on February 26th. During the school year the choir acquires a fine repertoire of music musical occasion that arises and that the . ,st..,,,,..iw'-WC SF? A ..,4eS+ 'W ,isa-M 40 that can be used for any girls also remember for SOUNDS-79