Sioux Falls College - Sioux Brave Yearbook (Sioux Falls, SD)

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Prof. Lee Bright Music Department Under the supervision of Professor William Lee Bright, in his initial year at Sioux Falls College, the conservatory of music has taken new steps toward expansion and has played a major part in campus activities. With the cooperation of Miss Beth Bradley, piano instructor; Miss Alvina Palmquist, voice teachers; Professor George A. Boughton, violin instructor; and Kenneth Norby, instrumental teacher, musical interests have been stimulated not only in those securing private instruction, but in organizations such as the band, orchestra, choir, and chorus. Various pre- sentations of the different groups of this department have attracted attention in both Sioux Falls and surrounding territory. With a program delightful and varied, Professor Bright and Professor Boughton presented the first recital of the year September 7th. A group of songs selected to please every class of music lover was offered by Mr. Bright, while Mr. Boughton captivated his audience with the artistic tecnique of his violin selections. Later in the year, October 28, Miss Bradley and Miss Palmquist appeared in a second joint recital offering piano compositions of superior artistry and brilliancy and varied songs and arias, both national and foreign. Gilbert and Sullivan ' s light opera Pinafore excellently produced in a snappy naval atmosphere with a company of 75, including actors, choruses, and ensembles, was the chief musical event of the year. It was presented February 24 at the Sioux Falls coliseum under the direction of Professor Bright. Pep was furnished at athletic clashes by the band, and the symphony orchestra accompanied various productions of the dramatic and music departments. Seventy

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ANN OCO VA ELL WIDOW CAGLE- Her interpretation of the rugged mountaineer widow was the outstand- ing hit of Sun Up . No more natural role of the care- free old codger could have been portrayed than by Dick McKenna. Stylized in har- mony with the rus- tic mountain log cabin, the set car- ried out the back- ground portrayal of Sun Up . Contrasty scenery of black and gold formed the back- ground for She Stoops to Con- quer . All scenery was constructed by the students i n dramatics. Set in the huge Coliseum stage, the multicolored scenery o f As You Like It formed a pleasing background to this old Shakespearian play. 14SY0U LIKE IT ' lL,

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8 3-19 OF PROGRESS FIRST SOPRANOS Dorothy Godfrey, Treasurer Eleanor Look Gertrude Gray Catherine Sanford, Vice-pres. Florence Neil Jessie Catherine Miller Catherine Shaw Thelma Geer SECOND SOPRANOS Grace Prewitt Avis Turnipseed Mary Lou Voellcer Melissa Evans Arpa Ruth Tiezsen Marguerite Nelson FIRST ALTOS Madge Dietz Dorothy Carlton Doris Spieker Florence Schlipf Margaret Prewitt THE CHOIR SECOND ALTOS Charlotte Allness Marjorie Fauguet Ella Skinner Bobbie Taylor Margaret Dempster, Secretary Ella Abraham FIRST TENORS Jack Howlett, Vice-president Charles Tingley Norm Hanson Raymond Gilbert Sterling Palmerton Dave Norberg SECOND TENORS Jean Vest, President Clayton Smith John Gregory Bill Rice BARITONE Thomas Rice Roscoe Harrington Marvin Larson Reynold Wik BASS Walter Rice Forrest Jones Lorin Harrison John Foreman Elmer Garness }]-i 3-MK K e - PINAFORE W?4«JL £U Uf- J ' K . t $t± ±JU +i ' - 3 Seventy-one -feZtlL 0ujU uu £l4 aC ' JLs ou J- S J+ J X ' -• « - v - X- «JL jf y+ sJSijJX$l