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

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C27 FRONT ROW: Candie Thompson, Ricky Konshak, Mary Jane Fletcher, Pamela-Gene Drew, Jean Worthington, Jeanette Buss, Devore, Karen phimps, RQW THREE: Tgrry Becker, Nancy Sonnenberg, Mary Frances McGlothlin, Peggy Taylor, Lyn Miller, Anita Mackey, Mary Anne Davitt, Lynn Hicks, Velma Pam Degn, Pat Perry, Carolyn Kellogg, Linda Murphy, Linda Brightman. ROW TWO: Eve Hoff, Nancy Gustafson, Cheryl Holland. Songsters and Girls' Choir Participate in Drama MR. BEARZI TRIES to instruct the choir in each facet of music. Appearing in the school musical, Dubble Trubble, singing in the Yuletide Chorale, and giving various per- formances for the student body and the public were the major activities of the Girls' Choir and the Sophomore Mixed Choir. Both organizations were under the direction of Mr. John Bearzi. The 46 members of the Girls' Concert Choir were taken from all three classes. One of their major per- formances was Wasson's annual Spring Concert. Another highlight was the purchase of 100 new arrangements for the choir by the Vocal Music Department. These were sacred, folk, and popular music, including Broadway show tunes. The officers were Kathy Danskin, chairman, Mary Ann Davitt, vice-chairmang Pat Caulder and Nancy Sonn- enberg, co-treasurers, Terry Becker and Sandy Vineyard, co-secretaries, and Cheryl Miller and Eve Hoff, librar- ians. The accompanists were Julie Tanquary and Everlyn Fransen. An innovation in the Vocal Music Department, the 63- voice Sophomore Mixed Choir voted to call themselves the Songsters. They were a versatile group, performing sacred as well as secular music. The choir was formed as an intermediate group between the preparatory choir and the Choristers. Special performances included sophomore assemblies and programs at the junior high schools which send students to Wasson.

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SOPRANOS Karen Maxson, Diane Baan, and Suzanne Speed find that it takes much practice to reach those high notes on pitch. rf Choir Year Looked Upon as a Learning Experience I don't care how many mistakes you make - but try!,' This was Mr. Meeker's encouragement as he strove to provide the Choristers with a learning experience through experimentation. The music studied ranged from the works of the old masters to contemporary folk songs. They were as di- verse as Mozart's 4'Gloria from his Twelfth Mass and Rogers and Hammerstein's No Other Lovef' The Choristers performed for the student body at the Thanksgiving and choir assemblies, in the Christmas pro- gram, and at Commencement Vespers. In addition, they sang publicly throughout the year for local civic groups. Their public performances were climaxed by the annual choir tour, in which the members never know their desti- nation until the day of the trip. DAVE BERNARD, DAVE SCOTT, and Tom Green work toward better intonation as they rehearse for the Christmas program. MR. MEEKER AIDS the Choristers in the interpretation of a musical number.

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FRONT ROW: Pat Caulder, Charlotte Perry, Nancy Vanaman, Sandy Vineyard, Carol Schumm. Everlyn Fransen, Pat Manga- Mary Castaneda, Sandra Schoncman, Jan Geiger, Jean Haas. nello, Lynn Feldhauser, Julie Tanquary, Lee Worley, Merrie Kathy Danskin, Delanie McDaniel, Pat Wooten. ROW TWO: Calhoun. Highlight of the Year, 'Dubble Trubble' FRONT ROW: Louise Sutton, Martha Harris, Helen Williams, Karen Aianiva, Jennie Pettigrew, Linda Ricketts, Mary Kay Terwilliger, Linda Lucas, Pam Girard, Janice Pierce. ROW TWO: Gwynneth Taylor, Arleen Joyal, Gwenda Durall, Karen Furda, Vicki Potter, Pamela Warner, Sue Beyer, Candy Ehmka, Ruth Reil, Susan Jones. ROW THREE: Terry Williams, Jane Meyer, Lis Yancey, Nancy Meyer, Cathy Mattson, Susie Sween, Claudia Taylor, Edwina Bigler, Janet Hunt, Janel Karper, Suzanne Powers, Sharron Howard, Gretchen Borst. ROW FOUR: Mark Horn, Marc Thompson, Ronald Louis Hardy, Jim McKinnon, Phyllis Stanley, Roberta Joyal, Twyla Williams, Sandy Lavalleur, Mary Ann Miller, Charles Kennedy Phillip Paris, Michael Thompson, ROW FIVE: Jerry Bush, Jeff Gordinier, Tim Ives, David Remington, Charlie Watts, Butch Sim- mons, Mike Daughtery, Frederick Martens, Randy Stanley, Steve Ochs, James Grove, Mike Downing, Mr. John Bearzi.