Saint Anthony Village High School - Villager Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The formal attire of choir members and Director MacKinny added to the spirit and gaiety of the concert bongs From Stage And Screen” U nder the direction of Samuel MacKinney. the St. Anthony Village Concert Choir presented three concerts throughout the year. On December 22, “The Sounds of Christmas was presented together with the concert band. The seventh, eighth, and ninth grade choirs and a soprano solo by Connie Zahhos were special features. “A Concert of Choral Classics”, given on March 31, was the annual winter concert with selections being of a more classical nature. The Seven Senior Singers and a composition by director MacKinney were special attractions. A special attraction was the annual spring concert held on May 26. Entitled “Songs from Stage and Screen”, the concert featured Broadway and Hollywood hits. An added feature was the Music Rack Players, who presented a Western satire, “The Adventures of Trigger Mortiss-Frontier Mortician . District and state contest winners were also featured. The Seven Senior Singers, who received an 'A rating in State competition, sing Around the World . 29

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Laurel Melbo sings A Hoart That's Free. which won her an A” rat mg in the District Vocal Contest Skillfully assisting the choir at the piano is accompanist Kathy Sjob-lom Choir Presents While the choir laughs in the background. Linda and Stove struggle to keep a straight face 28

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The performance of several concerts was an incentive for the Village 1 ligh School band to keep working and applying their training received from director Roger Bjorklund. The concert band presented different types of concerts suited for the various occasions. On December 22 along with the Varsity and Seventh Grade Band they performed for the Christmas concert with the vocal department. The winter concert on February 1, 1967. was exclusively instrumental and featured Dan Mogck on baritone and the entire flute section in a number entitled “Meditation.” The entire band took part in an exchange concert with White Bear Lake Senior High School, and traveled there on February 22. After performing there they journeyed to Delano, Minnesota, to put on another concert. The climax and finale of the band's year came with the performance of the Fifth Annual Pop Concert on May 5 and 6. With the theme “Tops in Pops,” the entire band put forth their best cfi'oris to make it a success. I bis concert is popular because of its light music and skits and the band kept up its goodstanding by following through with more selections from movies and Broadway plays. Seriously concentrating on their music, the clarinet section of the band plays selections from West Side Story. In Pops” Proves To Be Hipster Mark Elias can hardly boliove his eyes as he gapes at the sign from the Pink Pussycat carried by Dave Nelson 30