Whitehall High School - Yearbook Yearbook (Whitehall, MI)

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Whifehall High School T H E C R Y S T A L Nineteen Thirty-one WHITEHALL SCHOOL BAND Front Row: Ruth Peterson, Helen Mickelson, Winifred Rolph, Mr. Walter Eriksen, Gordon Wight, Charles Schecter, Norman Johnson, Carrie Nichols, Edith Forbes, Virginia Rolph, Laurrine Cripe, kzyce Berglund, Merle Strandbeg, Kenneth Connell, Geraldine Hill, Dorothea Erickson, Arthur nowlton, Clarence Mickelson, Courtney Pitkin, Roger Meinert, George Nelson. Second Row: Lames Alfredson, Marian Broman, Amy jean Holmblade, Iris Hanson, Christine Reed, Thomas Ro son, Ferris Moog, Mae Berglund, Helen Langer, Barbara Stierle, Norine Brightwell, Mabel Merrick, Vera Havlik, Irene Turns, Ann Brightwell, Merle Ackerman, Niels Mickelson. Wil- liam Rager, Charles Schecter, Miss Fessenden, julia Austin, Oscar Alfredson, John Keen, Berl Krause, Rodger Gunderson. Third Row: Hollv Fechner. Virginia Swenson, Gertrude Hahn, Robert Kassner. Maxon.Esterdahl. Everett Funnell, Russell Cripe, Richard Cogswell, Carl Cordell, Earl Cornfield, Mary Louise Nelson, Evelyn Hasseldahl, June Peterson, james Esterling, James Collier, Everett Allen, Marian Shoquist. Band URING the season of 1930-'51 our band has accomplished a great deal, having furnished music for many activities, school and otherwise. To begin the season we gave, last summer, a series of Saturday night concerts in the business district of the town. On December 15 we gave our second official concert, this time in the Playhouse. This was of special importance because it was the first appearance of the band in its new, colorful, scarlet and white uniforms. The uniforms added to the appearance and confidence of the players, and helped make the concert a success. Soon after school started in the fall, the junior Band of thirty-one pieces was organized. As soon as anyone from this band has made enough progress to permit him to do more ad- vanced work, he is promoted to the Senior Band. Several junior Band members have already availed themselves of this privilege and are now playing in the Senior Band. Not all of the band's activities have been restricted to its own home town. Several trips, such as the excursion to Ludington to participate in their fourth of July celebration last year and the trip to Clarksville to help that city organize a band were enjoyed by the band members. On May 15 we went to Muskegon to play in the First Annual West Shore Music Festival held in the Central Campus auditorium. Besides playing several numbers alone, we performed in a massed band, composed of the Muskegon Heights, Grand Haven, Ludington, Muskegon, and Whitehall bands, under the direction of Professor Maddy of the University of Michigan. We went to Ludington on May 27 to play in their spring music festival. There we received good constructive criticism on our playing which will be very valuable to us in our work. The climax of our year, however, was the district tournament at Mt. Pleasant. Although we are a Class D band, we entered the Class C division and won first place from bands that had been organized longer than we had. This victory gave us the privilege of entering the state tourna- ment at East Lansing. We realize that we could not have had such a successful season without the help of Mr. Peterson and Miss Fessenden, and we wish to express our appreciation to them for their faith- ful work with us. Page Thirty 'iii' X