Teton County High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Choteau, MT)

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son A glrls quartet composed of Mal garet Jackson Eda Gregoly Helen Gorham and Irene Clealy was olganlzed These two gloups touled the county and gave programs at Dutton Power Fan fleld Bynum and Pend roy The next fall Mlss Wllllamson s effol ts were rewalded by the mterest whlch some of the students took 1n orgamzmg an orchestla Al Banna tyne started the 1dea by gett1ng a saxaphone Lyall Crary and Paullne Jacobson lmmedlately got the c1a7e and IH a short t1me they also had saxaphones Then of a sudden the 1dea became catchmg Cllfford Saterlle and W1ll1am Burns ordered trombones and Harold Crane and Jllll Looney cornets Mr Sweat not to be outdone got a C soprano saxaphone A set of drums were pulchased fol Clark Coffey to practlce on hm and Frances Prldham who already knew somethlng about then 1nst1 uments Jomed F1 ances playlng the clarlnet and Jlmmy playlng the w1ol1n and tenol ban1o The operetta Gypsy Rover was gn en thls year The year 1924 the mus1c department sent replesentatlves to the State Mus1c Meet wh1ch was held at Creat Falls Ap11l 3 4 and 5 Thuty Harrlet Larson sololsts James Pr1dham v1ol1n1st Helen Gorham p1an1st Frances Prldham clar1net1st Glrls quartet Margaret Jackson Har rlet Larson Eda Gregory and Helen Gorham Glrls duet Harrlet Larson and Margaret Jackson Boys quartet Clalk Coffey Ea1lW1gg1ns Har old Crane and B1ll Burns In the fall of 1924 there were two vacancles 1n the ranks of the or chestra J1m Prldham who graduated wlth the class of 24 and Jlm Looney who left our m1dst for Bo7eman Sevex al new faces and many new mstruments were 1n our ranks Phyllis and Lloyd Green 1o1ned the or chestra w1th a trombone and a trumpet Helen Gorham Helen M01 gan Wayne Wood Clarence Stephens and Lawrence Fltzgerald each got a v1ol1n Gwenyn Burch and D2lI'W1I1 Crane trombones Arthur Pealson bamo Patsy Prldham flute and Clalence Stephens French holn There are also two E flat bass horns and one E flat alto hom wh1ch no one has as yet volunteered to play Among the act1v1t1es du11ng th1s year was the Olg3.l'l1Z3.t1011 of the Ukelele Club Thls club composed of g11ls gave sevelal enteltalnments durmg the term The operetta for 1925 was Once ln a Blue Moon It was g'1V6I1 Apr1l 24 l l J .1 l' H W VV ll XY e ' , 1 1 1 ' ' 9 ' y 9 1 y 1 r ' . 4 a v L - s av 4 9 1 ' , , . . ' . . 7 9 . . , , . . y D 1 . , .u . L - y . . , CC 97 ' 7 ' l l Y ' I 2 - 1. 2 1 - . Q . representatives were chosen to go. Among them were Clark Coffey and . y . 3 . , . . . 5 , . . 3 . . . . , . 9 ' ' 1 ' . . , I . 1 1 ' ' , 0 0 1 ' . g L 0 y , '- , . , . I . 1 I . . . , . 1 7 : , k 4 . Q L ! 9 ' 7 S , S ' ' y - 3 ! l I 1 ' I . , .g , , Q . CK ' Y! ' 53 , . .. I K, ,U , , ,

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mrs11141111m:'gsnsEln5,l.mxr.1Qsi1,:wgams P O W - W O W MUSIC DEPARTMENT The muslc department 1n Teton County Hlgh dates back to 1919 when the mus1cal play Alabama Jubxlee was glven The chorus for th1s was composed of every pupll IU Hlgh School At th1S t1me the muslc was under the dlrectxon of Mr Wllllamson In January 1920 the glrls glee club presented the operetta The Wlld Rose and thls same wlnter a boys octette was orgamzed In the autumn of 1920 Mlss W1ll1amson fwho teaches muslc at the present t1meJ was added to the teachmg staff Thxs years Glee Club was more successful there belng twelve boys and twenty elght glrls en rolled The mus1cal comedy Paul Revere was glven The next year C1921J MISS Wllllamson st1ll plloted the Muslc Depart ment The outlook was more favorable slnce there were more members both ln boys and glrls glee clubs Thls year the Muslcal Comedy I Indla was glven by the glrls glee club Fmally 1n 1922 Mlss Wllllamson began to see some results of her two years hard work Cherry Blossom a mus1cal comedy was glven and was consldered a success by every one The sprlng of 1923 a boys octette was orgamzed The members of thls group were Clark Coffey Clarence Lmdseth Jlm Looney Clxfford Saterlle Bud McNeal Harold Crane Hank Hammond and Brlck Ander ,W . Girls' Glee Club - u - sr - - , . . . . - 1 as Q r . ,, . . , . , . 7 . l . . , , , - - ' GK 77 ' . , , . - 1 ' 7 ' ! ' ' KI . , Il ' n ' ' 1 , . a sq no - ' - 1 v . . , . . . 1 1 9 9 r s ' 57 ,W W, ,, ..-,--,,, ..,. 1-1, W , Q r Y- , , , WW.. H- ,W T, A x11:::.:'jL::::lj:1::1:1:1:' :::I1.g:11Q1r515x1Lrz:::zzz4gZ.1::Jix315.g::1:gl:::11:g1.1 I .J ggggigzrrgzHug:L:1Lg1::zru1I:n1yg::.'j:g:u5'.:m2:1r1grrx51rx:!11x1xz.51..:: 7

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