Wasson High School - Wahian Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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Christmas Assembly Features Wa-tones AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS, a skit performed by the Wa-tones, featured B. J. Douglas singing I Wonder As I Wander. DURING THE PROGRAM Pat Daniel. a member of the Choirsters, sang tho solo, O Holy Night. From the organ came the strains of familiar Christmas carols, as the audience settled down for the Christmas assembly, The First Christmas at Wasson. The first part of the program featured three groups: the combined voices of the Choiristers and the Preparatory Choir, the Girls' Glee Club and the Choiristers alone. B. Douglas, Pat Daniel and Jack Hoff sang solos in this first section. An Old-Fashioned Christmas featuring the Wa-Tones and Christmas-time at Was- son with the choirs combined completed the second part of the program. This first Christmas program was pre' sented to parents on December 21, 1959, at 8:15. The following day it was presented to the student body. 9

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IN THF court scene Fimflip gives Clementine a dancing lesson the King and Lady Grahitall watch. 'Q' ' T 5' Q l V45 Dramatics Department lnitiates L ric Theatre Once upon a time. as all fairy tales begin, there lived a Princess Cathleen. who was ousted from her kingdom by Lady Grabitall, Lady Grabitall wanted her daughter, Clementine, to marry Prince Michael, but his father said he would marry the girl who danced most gracefully, proxided she had royal blood, Wfitzy, King of the Leprechauns, made Cathy magic dancing slippers, After the usual confusion of a fairy tale, all ends happily, and Cathy and Prince Michael are married and live happily ever after. Thus vlfas the plot of 'The Last of the Leprechaunsf the Chile dren's Theatre Production, provided by the Dramatics Department, This lyric play by Sister Marcella Marie Holloway, C.S.'l., with music by Sister de LaSalle Mclsieon, C.S.j,, was presented to chil- dren in grade schools and junior high schools in the Colorado Springs area. 1 Q , i , f -J l Q , is i'k!

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0 BOW ONE: Jan Holloway, Colleen Blair, Joan Barnett, Judy Warren, Judy Thomson, Barbara White, Peggy Hardy, Sheila Allen, King Thompson, Dale Ward, Dick Cherry, Mike Salem, Tom Jenkins, Don Novak, Elbert French, Pauline Turk, Jeanne Reubens, Chris Castaneda. ROW TWO: Sonnie Jones, Ann Carter, Donna Wolsleberi, Ruby Stites, Joan Kramer, Diana Stewart, Denise Choristers Sing For Dedication Red robes with gray stoles fluttered across the stage as the Wasson High Choirsters took their places on the risers during first assembly in the new auditorium. The pur- pose of this assembly was to' introduce three new songs - The Thunderbird Song by Mr. Gus E. jackson, Wasson Victory Song and Red Tinsel and Silvery Gray by Mr. Charles A. Meeker E and to promote sales for the first recording by the Choirsters - First Christmas at Wasson. Singing for the dedication, the Christmas assembly, and church groups were among the Choirsters' many activities. The Junior High-Senior High Song Fest was inaugurat- ed in the spring for the purpose of introduc- ing to the junior high choirs the type of music used in senior highs. 1-.. ,pm . at Garriques, Dennis Unger, Lannie Green, Dick Smith, Harrx Inte mann, Maynard Robison, Jack Hoff, Judy Stites, Val Tanda Marge Powell, Charlott Clutter, Jeri Peterson. ROW THREI' Virginia Wills, Margaret Stoner, Sharon Stringer, Mary Beth Sehneebeck B. J. Douglas, Deanna Warner, Lana Rae Keplinger, Pat Daniel Gary Israelson, Jerry Nelson, Lynne Hare, Charles Kramer Ashton INITIATED BY Mr, Meeker, the choral director, the Boys' Glu Club and the XX'a-tones round out a full music at Wasson X ,...-- il f 5