United Township High School - Skyline Yearbook (East Moline, IL)

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clfowgoes fzmome to rome and back for christmas-how did they ever make it-more than just hours ot work in singing prac- tice, or in the booster club raising money-but pulling together as a group with a common goal-the time comes-for some its their first plane trip-concerts everywhere-the airport--the plane-on the streets- echoing voices in the halls of the great cathedrals- always an audience though we sang in english-most important of all, the festival itself-taking third in com- petition against many other high school and college choirs made it worth it. it wasn't all work either-there was lots of time to sight-see-talking in sign language with the natives-the money was really confusing- thousands of lire only worth pennies-noodles at every meal-tasting real italian spaghetti with real italian wine -an unforgettable experience-no one really believed they were there till it was all over-home again-still the best place to be. 'm,w-ff' , i i V, i l nl l A a lot of hard work went into the selling of oranges and grape- fruit. l A at the airport, mr. dyer leads in a round of singing. L the airline stewardess made the choir's flight a breeze. p steph dalton and joana glockhoff hold one of the italian posters advertising the lO-choir trip concerti vocali -choral concert. .419 rw niisiucn ul cuciim vmii at riinrf N11 SIS? IIIHISQU CM ITIIU lil! 5!l0Bl Hlfillli llil SCHIP El!! llil Slliil. lla Alllllf llil Sill!! Ofvuumwn SESHEHH EI di 27-5 Diawanl im l i I Nil!! Clalli an-nie: 30 Ore liw dun limlcn ll! I L ng Q m4 .ur P4-dorm! in ,Ch d rd l li V gl

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Q 6 l A row one: sue hogue, patti drake, lori bentley, renae stewart, chayo sierra, terri howard, julie nelson, joanna glockhoff, Iaurie lynn. row two: steve bartsch, joe sierra, jeri zentz, patti jacobs, debbie compton, shelly fredericks, sue murdock, debbie gynge, cathy ross. row three: richard turner, rex mcgehee, bill nelson, bill call, paul kimmel, mark spengler, ed spllchal, jeff sackett, steve harland, john nelms. row tour: jay nelson, dave sill, ralph cobar, greg kastner, dan vanlandegan, david riggs, tim ramos, randy bartlett, gary tipsword. chow ' clwbvbdp cl1o:7vwp' cl1owhip - chobvbugo - chawmzp AA chow for the second time--within a span of three years-a choir trip to the international chorale festival-a roman holiday-somewhat scarey with armed guards patroling the rome airport-scene of an international hijacking tragedy less than a week before. the uths arrival--for the young vocalists-sights ofa lifetime-st. peter's--the vatican -coliseum-forum--a stop in paris- singingq in churches amid centuries of history and art-seeing and experiencing the lifestyles of the europeans-not believing you were there until it was time to leave-bridging if Q? the communication gap-thousands of lire only 4 worth pennies-noodles for every meal-glad to be back in america. chow

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Q i l i i L at iff? A this big bird carried the choir from new york to rome. ICH! ESEBNH Dill! Ulm: i Q are 21.00 li! tm: ll. S. hull lil! 4 K Inu Iwi! M lk! 1 or ll K l1.fllllll,SllISll 1 Sim! hm Into fum 4. ln. lim hi! sf li. Cham Zuma rr 1971 Haan H had lm! Mn ,ipgnc-u.e.la.1. rnwn A the beautiful city of rome-from the top of st. peter's basiiica. A4 kevin wells snows howto sell grapefruits and earn money for the choir trip. choir trip-11