South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Choir The Concert Choir has had another successful year, with close to fifty outside engagements. Some of these included singing at the Pennsylvania Railroad Christmas party, being guests of Rotary Club at the Woman's Club, and caroling at the Lincoln National Bank. Their other outside programs were given for churches, civic, and social groups. In addition, they gave several fine concerts for the music assemblies and at the Winter and Spring Concerts. The choir soloists this year included Sheila Bradbury and janet VonGunten, sopranosg Shirley Campbell, altog Alan Crill and john Johnson, basses. A sophomore boys' quartet was also formed, consisting of Paul Campbell, Ned Byer, Jim Clauser, and Joe Winder. Head secretaries this year were Jean Ensley and Jane Oyer. MR. LESTER HOSTETLER Pilcbpipift 99 Bottom: The Concert Choir: left to right, hrst row: Sheila Bradbury, Hope Laycoff, Phyllis Krouse, Milka Gouloif, Margaret Altevogt, Sharon Simmers, Mr. Hostetler, Mary Kathryn Musser, Mary Ann Clark, Karen Keller, Lydia Martindale, Carol Pritchard, and Barbara Bowyer, second tow: Colleen Liddy, Marcia Whitehouse, Barbara Mann, Ruth Ann Smith, Jean Ensley, Melinda Ambler, Paul Campbell, Rosie Roof, Nancy Sloan, Shirley Campbell, Sunny Reppert, Sharon Myers, and Marilyn Olsen, third row: Betty Wiegmann, Myrna Mosel, Linda Duryee, Jane Mayer, David Van Hine, Lynn Odier, Paul Brattain, john Seng, Jane Oyer, Linda Allen, Ruth Hendricksen, and Betty Uhlg fourth row: Esther Peiffer, Sheila Shorter, Frances Bagby, Julia Easterday, Dean Stephen, Stan Lipp, Charles Stanbery, Joe Winder, Carol Walchle, Patricia Oberlin, Pat Hatter, and jean Horton, fifth row: Susan Wallheiser, Janet VonGunten, Jim Clauser, Ned Byrer, Ron Crummitt, Alan Crill, jim Evans, John Johnson, Dave Eitman, Tom Small, Neal Berryhill, Ralph Shank, Diane Roe, and Kay Casper.

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CTop7: Front row, left to right: Judy Christman, Emily Bailey, Owen Severance, Richard Meissner, Joyce Smith, Becky Miller, Kay Crosby, Lonny Kimble, Judy Novitsky, Marty Lehman, Ann Sherbondy, Ruth Ann Pifer, Nancy Zeiler, Sandra Disher, Mary Ann Gully, Margaret Schell, Ann Riping, and Marcia Downhour, second row: Jane Felger, Carol Cramer, Suzanne Eisenhut, Donna Hoover, Marilyn Fowler, Nancy Burton, Sharon Sprunger, Judith Cook, Alton White, Dick Colchin, David Von Gunten. Carl Simon, Leona Moore, Ruth Rainier, John Nagel, Linda Jones, Martha Steinbauer, Sue Berlien, Anna Fanger, Gail Baldwin. Victor Stelmashenko, and Nathan Roembkeg third row: Bob Buelow, Keith Kirbach, Charles Owen, Jerry Miller, Dick Swager, Ann Edens, Janet Sauer, Sharon Huxoll, Jane Zeller, Nancy McCarron, Joyce Graue, Linda Helms, Nancy Moore, Gloria Sprunger, Arnold Pearson, John Robinson, and Carolyn Peek. Urcbestm Music hath charms, they say, and certainly no one would be more eager to assure you of this than the members of the orchestra. Under the direction of Mr. Robert Drummond, they have had a fine year and have played various kinds of charming music. Not only does this group play for the music assemblies, but also for other school functions and church aH'airs. This year one of their biggest extra programs was the Band Benefit Show, another was the third annual per- formance at Plymouth Congregational Church, put on jointly with the Plymouth Church choir. Besides the complete orchestra, there are numerous smaller groups who perform at other functions. Some of these are the String Ensemble and String Quartets, and the Recorder Society. Both the band and the orchestra are now larger than they have ever been before, with seventy-five members in band and seventy in orchestra. These musical groups are growing for many reasons, one of which is the fine 98 music that is played by the band and orchestra. This year saw the performance of a great variety of music played by both groups, representing almost every period in musical history from pre-Bach times to the present. Some which were especially popular with the players and the listeners were music from Porgy and Bess, Kiss Me Kate, Carousel, and South Pacific, played by the orchestra, The Pines of Rome, Mardi Gras, and Gremlin Ball, played by the band. This year in the band, a new policy was begun. There is now a reserve marching band in addition to the varsity, or regular, marching band. This has already begun to show its effect in the improved shows given by our band. In the orchestra, there are several individuals who are given opportunities to do solo parts. This year, such people were Sharon Huxoll, who played the violin solo, Melodie, at the Spring Concert, and Alton White, who played the trumpet solo in the Haydn Trumpet Con- certo, also in the Spring Concert. - H r--,uf-..a.-.Qi----X--D., -T-l-'ligV.-4r-:-

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S lbeciczl C looir Groups ln the choir, there are always a few people who are especially essential to concerts and special occasions. They are the accompanists, soloists, and the Madrigal group. The Madrigal singers are a group of about I6 select choir members who sing at homes, small business parties, and other places where the entire choir is not needed. Top: This fair foursome of choir members consists of: Pat Hatter and Colleen Liddy at the piano, accompanistsg and Sheila Bradbury and janet VonGunten, soloists. String E fzsenzbles The instrumental music department offers many small string groups for students inter- ested in extra music activities. Some of these are a string ensemble, containing two or more violins, a cello, and pianog and two string quartets, containing a first and second violin, viola, and cello. Middle: janet Sauer, jane and Nancy Zeiler, and Sharon Huxoll compose one of South's string quartets. Recorder Society The South Side Recorder Society, formed last year, is a group who play strange instruments called recorders. These are wooden instruments, somewhat like flutes, which were made in Ger- many. There are several ranges of recorders, from the soprano to the bass, and South has one or more of each kind. Bottom: Members of the Recorder Society are, first row: Marcia Downhour. alto recorderg Gail Baldwin, bass recorclerg second row: Sue Ber- lien, soprano recorderg Judy Cook, tenor re- corder, third row: Sharon Sprunger, alto re- corclerg and Leona Moore, soprano recorder. 100 Ad- .... ..- ' ...I l .'-..j. . .i2iT'l:.-.....i'J5S..1Zn'aIh4ubT