Show morgan musicians sweep field in music contest the morgan high school band and chorus walked off with high honors in the recent music contest held in copper ton bingham canyon last thursday and friday here are some of the comments of the judges the band has a tone quality in its pianissimo seldom heard in a band players have a fine conception of tone quality and how an instrument should sound there are no weak section in this band important melodic material always predominates sounding material in good balance all players seem to have well devel aped technique sufficient for any need in in their music best band performance for mance of this class ive ever heard an outstanding out outstanding 9 performance dont see how you develop a band to such a high degree of perfection fec tion an excellent chorus throughout it sound li like ke a high school chorus but like trained singers lost in the night one of the best renditions I 1 have ever heard the judges were R P condle condie J J hawkins awkins II and C johnson following are the ratings the group received band first a cappella chorus first band march first plus outstanding mixed chorus first the following ensemble groups rated first division clarinet quartet composed of colleen coleen jensen loraine bell marjorie smith and florence rogers girls double trio joy halls anna carter marjorie smith shirley randall donna mae heiner wood wind ensemble joyce geary lucille francis marlene francis colleen jensen darlene gustaveson dale francis horn born quartet janet terry marlene francis darlene gustaveson dale francis soloists rating first division were velma toone baritone colleen jensen clarinet ladon palmer saxophone janet terry french horn born donald sherman baritone ellen carroll soprano joy halls mezzo soprano ray jensen baritone barbara ulrich flute dorothy rose contralto the rating of kei keith t h larson has not yet been received in the marching band florence rogers was drum major with marlene francis janet terry lucille francis and venna stromberg as majorettes major ettes |