Sault Ste Marie High School - Northern Light Yearbook (Sault Ste Marie, MI)

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Not all the success and vrctornes th1s year have been won by the yarnous armles or navxes of the vyorld The musnc depart ment 1n Sault Hrgh has tnumphed m more campangns than perhaps the average person can recall Under the able drrectron of Earl P Thomas the musncxans haye fmxsh ed a successful season both musncally and fmancrally Hlghllght of the bands and cho1rs work was the much campalgned and hard won Vrctory Concert and dance of janu ary 22 and 23 Besrdes prov1d1ng a fnne patrxotlc concert, whrch 1ncluded the cho1r s presentatxon of the Ballad for Amerxcans to a packed Rltchxe Audltonum, these two orgamzatnons bought three S100 bonds for the musrc department from the proceeds of the concert, and presented them to the school to be used for muslc equxpment after the bonds mature Admnssron to the dance followmg the concert was a 25e war stamp Three S25 bonds were thus bought The Sprmg Concert of May 8 at whxch orchestra members were dressed 1n sprmg formals and suxts, was another chalked up success for the cholr, band, and orchestra Proceeds were to be used for musnc equlp ment A dance for musnc department mem bers and therr fnends was enjoyed after the concert Agam, as 1n past years, the band and cho1r planned to go to Sault Ontarno to pre 22 but due to the present yy ar Wltll 1ts re stnctxons and emergene1es, the Canldlans vyere forced to eaneel the concert Sault I-hgh Sehool muslenans haue performed 1n Canada for snx sueeessne years A successful formal Chr1stmas party was put on by the muslc department th1s year About 75 couples enjoyed dancmg rn a transformed gym effectwely decorated ln black and whlte The muslc departments development has been rapld When the drrector array ed here slx years ago, there were approxlmately 35 rn each of the larger mus1c groups band, orchestra, and choxr Frve years ago the department ralsed S1000 to buy new band unrforms Today there are 110 m the band, and more than half of the members wear blue umforms The orchestra boasts of 48 members, the strmg sectlon of lt bemg much rmproved th1s year because of separ ate rehearsals , declares Mr Thomas An other 110 students compose the actrve blue and whnte robed chonr Several new band umforms, 30 new Whxte cholr robes, and a new set of bleachers have been purchased page Iblrfeen th1s year Last year the cholr members went forth to conquer and returned wrth laurels w1n nmg flrst place at Escanaba and ratmg second place at Fhnt among schools from four drfferent states nn natxonal competx t1on The fact that the requrred musrc had been m the hands of the school drrector only one and one half vyeeks before the competmon makes thelr aecompl1shment seem all the more remarkable Three smaller but rmportant musxc groups, outgrowths of the larger ones, are the pep band the mstrumental ensemble and the vocal octet About 20 members from the large band compose the pep group whrch plays at pep assembhes mamly The ensemble and the octet have made many appearances at teas, CIVIC functrons, ban quets, school and Lxttle Theater plays, and other slmxlar occaslons The marchmg band th1s year was tops performxng at the football parades and games, even when the so often wet weather made 1t tough go mg The tr1p to Mamstxque made by the whole band and other students ahke proved the bands marchmg ablhty for nt was there that the orgamzatxon strutted 1tS stuff for the manv football fans present fMr Thomas strutted , too, as an Indlan chnef' Rememberrj Of eourse the band yy as always out at every basketball eontest to help cheer the Blue Devrls on to vnctory, neyer fa1l1ng to play that eyer popular Dark Toyyn Strutters Ball Another Sault Ste Marne mus1e1l organ lzatnon wh1ch townspeople as yyell as stu dents have enjoyed th1s past year ns the unlor VFW Drum and Bugle Corps Thrs group does not come under Sault H1gh s musmc department but several of 1ts 40 members are hlgh school students the others grade and jumor hugh pupxls Under Mr Thomas s dxrectxon they rehearse once a week rn the musne room, marchmg, playmg and learnmg formatnons 1n antlclpatlon of a trlp to a Port Huron conventron t IS summer The members appeared th1s year at a basketball and a football game an agam at the Vlay Workshop Concert quahfy for the corps one s father or a close relatlve must be a veteran Of course muslcal ab1l1ty also counts' Stxll more students are commg up from the ranks to H11 the senlors places, thus 1t lsn t expected that the muslc organ1zat1ons of 1942 43 wnll suffer from lack of members nor wrll they lose any future campangns lf , f x D U . l . 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The Q95 troyers The Blue Devnl grxdders completed the season wrth a record of s1x wms and two setbacks losmg only to Escanaba Upper Penmsula champnons and Alpena m a mght game Before thelr defeat by Esky the Cranemen had conquered DeTour Marquette Ishpemmg Newberry and Mumsmg then' other trnumph bemg over Mams A hlghlxght of the season was Coach Crane Day a celebratxon for Sault s weteran coach who was hon ored before the game wnth many gnfts Lmtrlt drd Sault Hlgh know that thxs was tht fmal season m vnhrch Crane was to guxde the Blue and Whrte untnl after the war for ln December he was called to the colors Although the warsxty cagers were unable to retam tht Upper Pemnsula and dxstrxct champlonshlps won last year Sault Hlgh enyoyed a successful season w1th a record of seven wms and as many defeats The Blue Devxl attack was moulded around Ray Paqum only returnlng letterman from last years champs who led the scorers wnth a total of 114 pomts Next nn lme came Charles Gordon X 1rg1l La oxce a fresh man and Don Comstock wxth 89 44 and 37 pomts In the dxstrxct tournament at Ishpemmg play mg wlthout two regulars the Dtvxls bowed out of tht tourney plcture by droppmg a heartbreaker to Negaunee 30 to 29 Four semors Ray Paqum Charles Gordon m and jack Lehman are lost by graduatnon leaung sux lettermen to return for next years team vuhrch has promnst for a successful season sa., ,7 41..,.muo,.na. v', ggi y . . . , . , , , 4 . 1 s 3 - , , . . 1 , , , , . . , ,. . J . , - 4 , - U . 9 , uque' respectively. - I I ' Y . v . U , y - , Y - . . v 1 . , 7 I . . . x a a 1 .Il 1 , ' , V' X ' ' 2 ' r ' ' ' w