Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

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'MHZ gf ri to the public. The senior high portion of the estra, comprised of seven Southside ents, along with Northside students, 'fed for various banquets, club meet- , and provided background music for ers throughout the year. ' As an addition to playing themes from dway musicals and popular music ning from the roarin' twenties to the in' seventies, the orchestra began ing jazz selections this year. The All-State tryouts for orchestra were held in the middle of February. Violins-Marcia Caviness, juniorg Randy Davis and Gaylon Patterson, seniorsg viola-Marian Beaty, juniorg and bass-Keith Sanders, junior, placed in All-State. In State tryouts last year, Gaylon Patterson and Elizabeth Crofton from Southside were ranked the first and second best violinists in Arkansas. Q ' 5,1 .- ' fy Many skills are involved in playing any instrument. Gaylon Patterson 121 places his violin in the correct position and waits for instructions on his playing. The metros nome L32 proves to be a useful aid to any musician in marking the rhythm of his music. Tuning your instrument C42 is an es- sential skill in producing a good sounding tone throughout the orchestra. Audrey Covington f51 plays her violin with ease and skill in preparing for All-State Tryouts in orchestra that were held in October. 125

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'F- Y rf CHORAL AND ORCHESTRA Ccontinuecu 9 To have an outstanding orchestra, members must have materials, direction, patience, talent, and the ability to work together: Next to the instruments themselves, guide- lines in the form of sheet music fll are an important facton Orchestra students f9l include Gaylon Patterson, Randy Davis, Audrey Covington, Marcia Cauiness, Marion Beaty, and Keith Sanders standing. Mrs. Mary Alice Nantz f8l directs with ease during an orchestra class. Marion Beaty f7j prepares for All-State tryouts in October, while Keith Sanders ffij rehearses for one of the orchestra 's many performances. 124 Five musicians from orchestra attain top honors in state contest .4 fi Playing a stringed instrument is not quite as easy as it looks. It takes many hours, Weeks, and years of practice to be able to perfect the talent of playing a stringed instrument. The orchestra is composed of 178 elementary, junior and senior high students in the Fort Smith Public School System. It is under the direction of Mrs. Mary Alice Nantz. Unable to give a school performance because of students attending various schools, the orchestra gave three concerts

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I-l- 11 22 SLU Evidence of quality was demonstrated on the tennis court as many Rebels lobbed and vollied to a hopeful victory. Tennis rackets and tennis balls were a common sight at Southside as players were at practice year round. The tennis team play- ers, for the most part were students of Miss Judy Jones, sixth period indivi- dual sports class, a new physical education class at Southside this year. The new tennis pro- gram started this year helped provide more good players for the tennis programf' commented Harold Mac- Dowell, sophomore. I think the program is turning out all right since we got our equipment, and I think by the end of the year it will turn out real well, says Emest Bartlett, sophomore player. 4'This new program was much needed at Southside, adds Liz Baxley, junior. lt not only enables good players to practice reg- ularly but also teaches basics to beginners as wellf' During the first months of school, the more advanced players taught the basic strokes and techniques to the beginning players. After beginners had taken basic methods to heart, their 4'teachers retreated to Hardscrabble Country Club to polish up their ' -X ,gags I f f ,,.. .... , .EE Part-time athletes take to the courts at Southside. Sophomores Jeanie Standiford, Susan Rinehart, and junior Martin Wuelder are boning up while Miss Judy Jones instructs fupper leftj. In returns, sophomore Pai Parker knows that even kneeling is worth it fupper rightj. Another mei ber of this year's racket set, sophomore Craig Boone fabouej learns ' the basics, while sophomore Harold MacDoweIZ fbelowj shows his form . l