Seton Hall High School - Milestones Yearbook (Patchogue, NY)

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ls -vs '4 ' N, OUR BARITONE SECTION gets down to business holding a full, HARMONY BY THE SETONAIRES: John Metro, Benjamin Field, round tone. We are going to miss the Seniors. John Black, George Hampton, Henry DiToro, Leaderg Joseph Corri- gan, Thomas LoDestro, Father Govern, John Casserly, Robert Duke. and ne for All ACCOMPANIMENT FOR THE PAGEANT the Glee Club sings a Christmas Cantata. i O SETON HALL, WE WILL WAVE YOUR BANNERS HIGH, Father Govern teaches the stu- dent body his new song with the assistance of the glee clubs. lllllilfis 'llllli ,iie A sYl'1-N ' 'I' it AV-5

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FIRST PLACE IN THE BOYS' DIVISION in the annual C.Y.O. Talent Show, held for glee clubs of the diocese at Seton Hall, March lO, I963, was won by our boys. Ave, Ave Maria! Seton Halll All for One HERE COME THE BOYS! 1'Breath-taking exclaims a lady in the front row. Others are waiting for their boy to appear for the first time in his formal clothes as a member of Seton's Glee Club. Supported by the strong senior basses and baritones, junior leads and sophomore tops, the 1962-63 product of Father Govern's patience and the Blessed lVlother's intercession has been more than successful. Created last year out of nothing but the undeveloped voices of the Seton Hall boys, the Glee Club has grown from last year7s roots into a beautiful blossom. Daily practice sessions helped the Glee Club to master over fifty songs. They sang these for many audiences, including over two thousand five hundred people at Walt Whitman Auditorium where they sang a joint concert with the Saint Brendan's Girls, Glee Club. Every difficulty was overcome by Father Govern's arrangement, ingenuity, and general finesse. The highlight of the year was the C.Y.O. champion- ships, held at Seton. Their exceptional uniforms, stage deportment and staging ability earned the boys 273 points out of a possible 300 and the championship. Though Father is losing thirty-six talented basses and baritones because of graduating seniors, he still looks with enthusaism to the underclassmen in hopes of be- coming a 300 club.

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SECOND PLACE IN THE GIRLS' DIVISION of the annual C.Y.O. Talent Show, held at Seton Hall, March lO, l963, was won by our girls. GIRLS' GLEE CLUB Seton has witnessed the development of many new enterprises during the fast changing scene of our modern world. One of her most prized newcomers is an energetic organization of a hundred students, the Girls' Glee Club. A club musical in name must become so in fact. They have built up a repertoire of twenty songs and have delighted us with such favorites as MI Could Have Daneed All Nightl' and MSome- where Over The Rainbow. In the autumn of '62, the girls gave four concerts, two of which were in union with our Boys' Glee Club. At Christnlas time they pre- sented an inspiring cantata to accompany our annual pageant. In January the joint Glee Clubs entertained with a group of patriotic numbers at the American Legion Speech Tour- nament held at Seton Hall. Then, in March the months of daily practice were rewarded when the girls placed second in the Catholic Youth Organization contest for female glee clubs in our diocese. They Lead the Way in the SHARING THE TRIUMPHS in each season were Sister Mary Benedict, the club's nimble-fingered pianist and Sister Frances Mary, its accomplished and patient director. 58