St Agnes Seminary School - Agnesian Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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,r Mn in Friend of pleasureg wisdom's aid. A thoroughly enjoyed respite is provided when the record turntable is set into motion. Typical of this are the expectant looks of Catherine Sullivan. Helen Mahoney and Judy Fletcher as they wait for Pat Grafton to put an album of Children's Classics into play. This really isn't a bad picture, although at a quick glance. you'd think the photographer didn't know what he was doing. The story behind it is that the Freshman Music Class was delving into musical back- grounds through the medium of the motion picture screen. The owners of these seemingly spellbound looks are: tFlRST ROW! Elizabeth Ward. Lois Riccardi. Donna Cortelli. Kathleen Higgins. and Diana Clark: tSECOND ROWJ Jo Ann Bottega. Bernadette Critelli. Rita Ann Feeley, Anne Hauseman. Eileen Jones. Mary Ellen Beach, and Barbara Francis: tTHlRD ROWH Beatrice Christie, Pat Gillespie. Mary Lou Reilly. Mary Jane Fitzgerald. Marie Linsky. Virginia Sheerin. and Ellen O'Donnell: KFOURTH ROW! Yvonne Traponi. Rose Indelicoto. Cheryl Jacobi. Rita Coughton, Joyce De Vito, and Katherine Micelli. 'fllusic makes the world go round, -or is it the record turntable that goes around? At any rate. students in the Music Appreciation classes were given ample opportunity to delve into the infinite world of this greatest of all arts. Topics such as the merits of Symphony Conductor Leonard Bernstein or the tem- permental tiliis of diva Maria Callas triggered lively cultural discussions. Recordings made by opera greats and ballet mas- ters were the impetus behind group excursions to the Metro- politan Opera House to see ballet presentations of Swan Lake. Peter and 'l'l1e Wiolf. Graduation Ball and the opera production of Der Fledermaus. All in all, the Semis music course bas been an inspired experience. Those little notes in their music books didn't mean much to Pat Marrone and Alicemary Rayder, until Carmela Cumella took it upon herself to in- terpret the music in a way they could understand, via the piano. Q'

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One of the Yearbook Staffs easiest 'ob u ' J s 'as setting up the Orchestra for an informal picture-we simply caught them preparing for one of their regular Wednesday afternoon practices. Members of this musically inclined group include: rstring sectionl Barbara Newbould. Megaly Lopez. Rosemary D'Esposito. Lois Riccardi. Patricia Cassano, Joanne Pellechia. Jerelyn Sherwood, Frances O'Reilly. Eileen Reynolds, Gail Giacolone, Hedy Ganser. Carol Butler, Katherine Micelli, Maria Picone. Mary Ponsiglione Marv Engle. Diana Clark, Carol Ball, and .Ioan Garioso. 4Beverly Collins was desperately attempting to push her little piano into the picture, but she didn't quite make it.j Frances Hesterberg x, 3 Vice-President of the Orcheslra With an occasional squeak spicing their otherwise harmonious play- ing, clarinetists Barbara Jansen. Michele Priscandaro. Kathleen Edwards and Theresa Gruenwald version of Voice of Spring by Johann Strauss. add their lively sounds to a X