Sarasota High School - Sailors Log Yearbook (Sarasota, FL)

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VOLTAI R E STU RG I S Director B A NIJ The band which numbers approximately sixty members has had a very active year. It added color to all the football games and played in Tampa and St. Peters- burg 1n addition to the usual local appearances and participation in the State Music Festival in Miami. The band sponsored the annual Spring School Music Festival and have in preparation a concert for Music Week. Their present objective is new unnorms. ORC H EST R A The orchestra is in its third year and is cerainly the best in the history of the school. Its schedule of activities included the schocl assemblies, Woman's Club Con- vention, Spring Music Festival, the annual Sate Music Festival in Tampa, and a ccncert in observance of Music Week. While their opportunities for performance are not as frequent as the band's, the orchestra has had a. very active year. Thirty-Nine

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1940 gailoffs 09 gifs, fxfx D E B A T E C I. ll B IEW Seated: Katherine Gremli, James Shaughnessy, Jean Mowery, Donald Slattery, sponsor, Charles Early, Betty Bowman. Standing: Winder Surrency, Andrew Cornish, Leonard Steinberg, Ray- mond Skinner, Guy Azar. Not Shown: Marjorie Wightman. Thirty-Eight

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2,182.32 1940 gailoffs O9 gffg Bzalizafic Greater in membership than any other extra curricular organization in SHS, the Dramateers, with the close of this season, terminate seven successful years of play production. - Under the competent direction of Donald McQueen, the club, during this time, has included among its accomplishments, twelve long plays, three pageants, forty-five short plays and numerous assembly programs which have been presented at the rate of one a semester. Early in the present year the Thespians selected Richelieu , a pic- turesque drama of French conspiracy, for their initial production. After a month of diligent work on costumes, scenery of the Louis XIII period, the play was successfully presented Nov. 21, 22, with Billy Tharp in the title roleg Shirley Clement and Earlene Philpott in the feminine roles, and a supporting cast including Albert McFadyen as the French king, Edward Cooke as de Maubry, Curtis Horne as the Duke of Orleans, Philip Edwards as Baradas, and Bob Thacker as de Bedinghen. At the present time rehearsals are being held for a variety Show of a musical nature to be given April 23. This will be the last major production of the year. The Players, local theater group, in their last production, What A Life , a parody on high school life included in the cast De Forrest Cole. Sara Lamareaux, Frank Logan, Billy Tharp, Carlton Teate, Hope Wooley, and Joyce Ross, all of the high school dramatic club. Meetings of the club are held each Thursday morning, third period, with programs which include make-up demonstrations, criticism of plays, and discussions of different phases of acting. Forty CNCN