Tecumseh High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Tecumseh, NE)

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Girls’ Glee Entertains At Christmas The sixteen members that made up Girls' Glee performed their traditional and pop music selections at the Fall, Christmas and Spring Concerts and for various organizations in the community at Christmas time. Even though it is a smaller group. Girls' Glee displays that certain quality which is characteristic of all the vocal music ensembles. Director, Donald Reimer, attributes this accomplishment to the experience of members who have been singing for three or four years. This accounts for the groups continuity and experience at part singing which is needed for the improvement and success of such a group. Through this experience, blended with the number of new members, the sound of the ensemble can be, and is achieved. According to Becky Laue, Mary Schutz made Girls' Glee unique and the groups' favorite selection was 'It's a Wonderful Thing to be Me.' 17

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Mixed Chorus Enrollment Reaches 90 One of the largest chorus' in the history of the Tecumseh High School music program worked very hard this year under the direction of Donald Reimer. The eighty-three member ensembles main goal was to strive for a degree of excellence and in Reimer's words, to achieve the thrill of victory. This thrill of victory was experienced by the group many times throughout the year. Bud Johnson of the North Central Evaluation stated, This is the best chorus I've heard all year. Mixed Chorus also participated in the Conference Vocal Music Clinic at Tri-County where Mel Olsen, clinician, said that he was impressed that a Class C school would even attempt a song containing six part harmony and do it so well. All of the songs that were sung by Chorus were challenging, but with Reimer's words of wisdom, and accompanist Barbara Reimer's patience, success was attained. A Fall, Christmas and Spring Concert displayed this success to the general public. Reimer's comments about Mixed Chorus are as follows: This year the choir reflects the growth that the vocal music department has undergone in the last four years in terms of numbers with ninety voices singing at one time. This enabled us to do more complicated and more difficult vocal literature. Our concerts reflected the growing maturity the group is obtaining through experience. Many of our members have been singing in Chorus for three of four years, and that experience has added maturity to our sound. Our year has been very successful in terms of concerts that we have given for the large audiences that have attended. It is my hope that the pride in this group, and of this group, will continue to grow and prosper in the future. 16

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Swing Choir Performs For Community The Swing Choir is a select and very unique group within the vocal music department. They performed at the Fall and Spring Concerts as well as at the Baptist Church, Southeast Quad County Pork Producers Banquet, Y-teens Banquet and the Southeast Nebraska Shriners Banquet. The members of this year's Swing Choir included: Seniors-Tom Baum, Terry Buethe, Mike Fricke, Tammie Lantz, Becky Laue and Tim Morrissey; Juniors-Sharon Baum, Kris DeFreece, Alan Horn, Joe Horn, Rhonda Miesbach, Jane Phillips and Gail Ramsey; and Freshman-Kevin Miesbach. They were accompanied by Sophomore-Jennifer Brinkman and Freshman-Paul a Brinkman. The uniqueness of the group was signified by Tim Morrissey's classy introductions. The Swing Choir provided excellent entertainment and were a well-balanced group. They afforded more experience than in previous years as most of the members returned from last year. Their audiences enjoyed such popular selections as: Where is the Love, Corner of the Sky, Lean on Me, I Write the Songs, and What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life. 18