Wamego High School - Wa Kaw Yearbook (Wamego, KS)

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OPPOSITE FAR LEFT: Girls Triple Trio, who sund their big hit, Younger Generation, at the Spring Variety show was a new en- semble. OPPOSITE TOP: Four boys can really put out the sound on stage. OPPOSITE BOTTOM: Mixed Ensemble really gets rolling when they sing Spinning Wheels”, with Robbie Oder on the drums. LEFT: Junior and Senior girls help lead the Girls Glee with their developed voices and experience. BELOW LEFT: Boys Glee Club perform on many different occasions. Per- formances include a program for the junior high music classes and several concerts. BOTTOM: Fresh- man and Sophomore girls gain valuable experience as they learn to sing in a large group of seventy girls. 13

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Glee Clubs and Ensembles Sing at State New ensembles began swinging when Mr. Dan Com- merford organized a Mixed Ensemble, Girls Triple Trio, and a Boys Quartet. These three groups competed in the State Music Festival at Emporia. The Girls Tri- ple Trio received a I rating and the Mixed Ensemble and Boys Quartet both took II ratings. The small en- sembles performed for many different organizations outside of school. They added much enjoyment to the programs they attended. Although they have little practice time, the Glee Clubs of WHS add much sound to a program. Girls Glee and Boys Glee both performed at the State Music Festi- val in April. They both received I ratings. WHS Girls Glee was the largest glee club to perform at the State Festival. Four soloists also attended the State Festival. Noel Sylvester and Lorraine Simpson received 1 ratings. Both Jan Gant and Linda Haynes took II ratings. ?

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Debators End Season WHS Debate squad brought home many trophies from their tournaments this year. At the Fredonia Debate tournament held September 30, Lorraine Simpson and Steve Bradford took third place. Dan Crilly and Jim Maguin won second place at the Invitational Debate tournament held October 28, at Manhattan Junior High School. Participating in the Gardner Invitational Tournament November 18, Crilly and Maguin took first place. Simpson and Bradford and Maguin and Cril- ly tied for second for the sweepstake award at the Junc- tion City tournament December 8-9. Other tournaments that they participated in were the Winfield Tournament held December 1-2 and the District tournament held January 12-13 at Manhattan. Wamego hosted a tourna- ment here on December 16. Bradford and Maguin were tournament managers. The debate topic this year was that the Federal Gov- ernment should provide exclusive funding for secondary and elementary public schools. Each team during the year took either a negative or affirmative stand on the above topic. TOP: Debaters show off the five trophies they captured during the 1972-73 season. ABOVE: Mark Tessendorf, Mike Morton, and Bill Umscheid participated only the second nine weeks of first semester. Debate coach Mrs. Pat Greene said, Those boys did quite well consider- ing that they had less time to prepare. RIGHT: Debate team all climb a tree to their success this 1972-73 school year. 14