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Show LETTER To The Editor Something sad happened in our town last week but not many people knew about it. A young and talented music teacher in 'our school system had worked hard for months day and night to get a group of fine young 9th grade songsters ready to present Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland." Posters had been put in store windows, KSUB announced it, and the Record printed the notice of it. The opening night, Thursday, had arrived. The accompanist was ready, the kids were so excited! ex-cited! (they Just couldn't help but steal a peak or two from around the curtains) But still people didn't come. They went ahead with It anyway and sang their happy songs to a house ot empty seats. They had such worth-while plans they were going to sell tickets and buy some good sound equipment for that building. It surely needs it! Well they won't get their sound equipment. I went to the ball game Friday night and It was so exciting to see the Cedar High team beat Dixie! I yelled and screamed with the rest of them, and it was fun! But I couldn't help wishing that some of that crowd could have been down to the Jr. High Aaditorlum. We drove down that way after the game and there were only a very few cars there, so we knew that again they had sung their happy songs, with sad hearts, to a house of empty seats. In a few weeks, that ball game will be Just another exciting ball game, but it will be months and years of good memories I'll have remembering how self-conscious 9th grade boys and girls forgot themselves long enough to share with us (few) the happy melodies melo-dies of "March of the Toys," 'Toyland," and, many others. Good memories, that is, if I didn't have to remember also the dlappolntment of a dedicated teacher and a group of 9th grade boys and girls. It's a sad story Odessa Hunter (P. S. I don't have a child In the 9th grade.) |