Union High School - Gleam Yearbook (Union, SC)

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Clee Club Cets Mrs. Vaughan As New Director Second semester brought a change to the chorus as Mrs. Charles Vaughan took Mr. Smithis position as di- rector. The chorus met during first period in the band room on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. After winter sports were over Mrs. Vaughan, with the help of Mr. Smith, organized a night class. This class was for the benefit of students whose schedules would not allow them to take chorus during the regular school hours. They met on Tuesday nights with the regular chorus class. A sextet was selected from this group, and these girls entertained at the annual Teacheris banquet in February. Later, the combined classes presented a program of Easter music in assembly, and brought their season to a close with their annual spring concert. Earlier, in the first semester, the chorus sang in assembly, appeared in Unionis Christmas parade, and also sang on the program at Rose Hill on which this old mansion and its grounds were dedicated as a State park. CHORUS. Bottom: Jean Christopher, Gayle McGowan, Delle Ivey, Carole Murphy, Carolyn Hembree, Sylvia Simpson, Kay O,Shields, Judy Smart, Claudia Howell, Dianne Treadway, Kathy Dills, Alpha Lyon. Second Row: Sandra Robinson, Susan Puckett, Ann Adams, Carlisle Dreier, Annette Smith, Brenda Blackwood, Kaye Hicks, Ruby Io Stevens, Sybil Garner, Beverly Cain, Anita Chorus officers Sandra Gregory, secretary, Rusty Weatherford, vice-president, and Karen Farr, librarian are just trying out a piece. President Kathy Lybrand Was absent from school that day. Cowan, Brenda Dockery, Mary Sue Palmer, Kathy Lybrand. Top: Carolyn Garner, Jeanette Baldwin, Willie Vaughn, Sandra Gregory, Sheryl Robinson, Kay Bailey, Jane Toney, Donna Io Cooper, Rosie Godshall, Martha Lawson, Janice Going, Janice Thackston, Karen Morris, Toni Gallman.

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BLAZER CLUB. Bottom: Dennis Yount, Erma Lee Langley, jane Toney, Gayle McGowan, Kay Bailey, Jean Brown, Brenda Baker, Stanley Hcmbree. Top: Anita Gowan, Annette Corn, Wil- Blazer lub Members To qualify for the Blazer club, a band or chorus mem- ber had to be in the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade. He had to be able to play or sing all the major scales, to have played or sung a solo, or to have participated in a small ensemble, and he had to have no unexcused absences from rehearsals and performances. Besides all the musical requirements, he had to maintain at least an 80 average and be a well-rounded student. A member of the Senior All-State band was eligible for membership in the Blazer club. MAIORETTES. Rosemary Nabors, Suzette McGowan, Phyllis Kelly, Katy Morrisey, Kaye Mullinax Cdrum majorettel, Mary Frances Kelly, Frcdia Smith, Gwen Simpson, and Gloria Eubanks lard Jackson, Rosie Godshall, Boyd Scott, Jack Greene, Charles Whitener, Alice Grady, Barbara Ward. ust Be ln pper Grades On December ll a group from the Blazer club traveled by school bus to Spartanburg to hear the Festi- val of Christmas music at the Spartanburg Memorial auditorium. Brian Sullivan, leading tenor of the Metro- politan Opera, was guest soloist. Also on the program, were the Converse College chorus, the Wofford College glee club, the Spartanburg High School chorus, and the Spartanburg Symphony orchestra. Each member that went paid a small fee to cover cost of bus transportation. are shown practicing their precision drill. They appeared in all band performances of the year. Wherever they went, they were acclaimed for their smart appearance and their timely precision. .

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Annette Corn, on French horn, and Gayle McGowan, on clarinet, were chosen Senior All-State band members at this year's audition at University high school, Columbia. Representing the 1961 junior All-State band are fseatedj: Sharon Feaster, fluteg Phyllis Kelly, French horn. QStandingJ: Carolyn Whitener, French horng Richard Reese, percussiong June Wilson, bassoong and Mickey Brabham, clarinet. The Junior All-State band played a public concert at Winthrop College late in January. Eight Band Members Place In ll-State Rating WVillard Iackson, on cornetg Kenneth Pegram, on bass horng and Rosie Godshall, on iiuteg were the three from Union High's Senior band chosen for the Representative All-State band, composed of members from each South Carolina school that has a band. Chorus members help one another board their float as time nears for Union's Christmas parade to start its colorful course down Main Street.