St Marys Academy - Troubadour Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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On the day after Thanksgiving we eagerly boarded the bus parked in the circle drive. We were off to Orchestra Hall in Chicago to hear the Chicago Symphony with pianist Eu- gene lstomin under the direction of Fritz Reiner. Some of us felt dizzy after peering down from the gallery. The rest of us went home with stiff necks after gaping up from the first or second row. Each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we were seen hurrying up the stairs to the audi- torium with our books under one arm and our instrument under the other. After we were inside we stole a quick glance at the clock. Still safe was most often the thought for it was only one minute to eight. Y? Tuning their instruments tothe A given them by Yvonne Kalinowski, is the string section: Mary Schmitt, Joanne Patti, Bar- bara Mallinger, Patricia Suminski, and Geraldine Gauthier, violins: Alice Nie- meyer and Gaile Czernizkawski, cellos, Joyce Gehred and Lois Sommers, basses, Janice Kratochvil, Catherine Zielinski, and Maria Santarelli, percussion members of the orchestra, are helping Jo Ann Patti, librarian, sort music. Making their way to the fourth- floor lobby for their brass sec- tional rehearsal are Judith Kais- J er, Kathleen Wagner, Bernadine Zitella, Patricia Boyle, Janice Polacheck, accompanist, Patricia Polakowski, Kathleen Kramer, and Nancy Hegelmeyer, accom- panist.

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Musicians Learn the Score We could often be heard rehearsing for our annual performance at Sister Mary Florence's nameday, the Christmas program, or per- haps the Spring Concert, where we displayed the ac- complishments of a year's hard work. Recorded in our book of memories along with our trip to Chicago, was initiation in fall and the Orchestra picnic on Ascension Thursday. lt al- ways managed to fog up and drizzle on our picnic day, but we never let the damper take hold. Rosemary Beczkiewicz, woodwind section leader, demonstrates the proper technique of cleaning a clarinet to the other mem- bers of the section: Peggy Goodmann, Donna Wolf, Sheila Dunn, Ellen Zimmerman, lo Ann Patti, Carol Heinrich, Joyce Jobst, Kathryn Zielinski, and Kathleen lachacz. On this same happy note we pooled our talents in planning our float and booths at Carni- val and Mardi Gras. We always had a great time assembling our brainstorms and then when we thought we had it, we watched it collapse. But our efforts felt rewarded when we heard that we had won a prize. Along with the arrival of robins and tulips came the District solo and ensemble contests. Those who worked extra hard received one ratings and even one stars, which meant we would later be off to Madison for the State Contest. Now our trip to Madison, our annual picnic, and our Spring Concert are over. June has arrived, our year is complete. Enjoying the snapshots token at initiation are Sister Mary Andree and the officers of the Orchestra: Nancy Hegelmeyer, Secretory: Kathleen Wagner President, and Joyce Jobst, Treasurer. All decked out in their new outfits is the clarinet quartet: Rosemary Beczkiewicz, Joyce Jobst, Peggy Goodmann, and Carol lynn Heinrich, as they re- hearse one ot their numbers before a performance.