St Ferdinand High School - Crusader Yearbook (Ferdinand, IN)

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Vk Stot j o{ m Cmni uj St. Ferdinand's annual spring concert took on a different view and a different sound this year as the glee clubs performed from the bleachers of the gymnasium. The theme of the concert was definitely American, ranging from the song sung by Columbus' men as they landed on American soil to 20th-century jazz. Among the American tunes sung by the glee clubs were the following: Indian Lullaby A typical American Bar- ber Shop Quartet, com- posed of Dennis Laake, Robert Hedinger, Keith Steczyk, and Larry Leinen- bach, thoroughly enter- tained their audience with the songs, In the Evening by the Moonlight and Coney Island Babe.

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 wmi-Smoi Jdcuhj Enjoyment showed on the faces of all who danced to the music of Jim Bolte and his Combo in a lovely setting of flowers and fish nets, emphasizing the Hawaiian theme. Throughout the evening students requested members of the faculty to sign programs in remembrance of one of the out- standing events of the year. Mary Lou Hoffman, a Junior, soothed everyone’s nerves and whetted appe- tites as she sang the lovely Aloha Oe previous to dining.

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3ft, %UM Sister Mary Inez, O.S.B. Band and Choral Directress Because of the promi- nence of swing bands in America, the story of our country in music would have been incomplete without one on the spring concert. The students at the right swing out to Bill Baily Swing. Dennis Laake portrays the American cowboy in a beautiful rendition of Night Herdin' Song. Excellent were the numbers played by our very youth- ful band. The audience was told the life story of both Victor Herbert and Sousa by Ted Harpenau in his ac- companying narratives as the band played Salute to Victor Herbert and Salute to John Philip Sousa. Other selections were Westward Ho! To a Wild Rose, Surrey with the Fringe on Top, Tunes of Glory, Rhapsody in Blue, and the Finale, Song of My Land. Cindy, a popular hit tune, was sung by Bob Boehman. Bob Hedinger sings an old favorite, Ol' Man River.