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The mueic department thia year haa been on a gradual conetructin program. A good
maJl7 atudente not haTing had aJl7 previous mueic made it neceuar;y to build up aa we pro-
greased. This vas e.pecially true in reference to the inatrumente. A number of atudenta
made their first atart on band inetrumenta thia year, and they ahould be of more value to
the band ae they progreee, however, the first year vas eomevhat tedioua for the more ad-
vanced players due to thie fact.
One of the features of the grade music vas that each room vas divided into two divi-
aions with the duty of each diviaion being to furnish a musical program once a month.
Thia has resulted in the building up of the student's confidence in their music and pub-
lic appearance. In addition to this, considerable attention has been paid to lesson• 1n
Music Appreciation and the stories behind the great composition&.
Before the holida;ya a public program consisting of grade operetta, 1 The Indian Prin-
cess", Chriat~as Carole by the grade and high school girls' glee furniahed an evening'•
entertainment.
During the early fall days the band spent conaiderable time outside in learning
marching routine. This made it neceaaary to train a group of majorettes who worked with
the band. These majorettes, with the help of their parents, made aome handsome uniform&.
The girls have appeared publicly throughout the year at various events including home
basketball games.
On March 16, forty-five atudenta Journeyed to Wahoo to participate in the County
~!ueic !'eatival. The number& included aolos, mall ~roups, ,!:irls 1 ,elee, . and Band. The
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Band war chosen to help furnish a part of the eveni~ e progrem alao. This same program
~·as repeated on the nirht of March 19 for the benefit of the annual Farmer's Union Meet-
ing which we• held at Mead School Auditorium.
The atudente arP 'Pre"Perin~t nov for a 'PO@eil:'le entry in the Dhtrict Muaic Conteat
which occurs in A'Pril. At the time this ~toea to the 'Printer we are not in position to
eive the det?ils of the entries or the results.

" Roufek, Bonnie Johnson, Kay Dahareh
Left to right: Sharon Moser, J.rvonna Male h ow. aorma
Beverly Soderberg, Beverly Lindhardt, Ardis Johnson, and Tvila Paye Ecklund.