Show monticello eSlo 1 high 11 wi ll 11 school band to 0 compete I 1 in statewide stat state e wide vide musical contest at price band organized latt fall doing exceptionally fine work under the leadership of lon H kennard the monticello high band consisting of thirty seven members and their director lon H kennard will leave tomorrow morning for price arice to compete in he e state band contest on satur 1 gpo gp o ler arview view with mr kennard yest lay brought out the interesting story follows altho a pre word concerning the director is in order since he has hac withheld any inform information aton of himself nor does he take credit for the fine work accomplished by the students mr kennard came to monticello last fall to accept the position of director of music and immediately began to work toward the organization of a band his previous affiliation in the field of music included three years at the at logan and one year at BYU in provo and we are informed that he has signed his contract for another year as director here which is good news for our students mr kennard 3 s story and a list of the students and the instruments they play f ollow follow at the beginning of the school year the students at the monticello high were notified that a new activity would be undertaken that of organizing and maintaining a band such an undertaking seemed at first almost an impossibility inasmuch as there were only two or three students in the s hool who even knew how to hold an instrument and it seemed evident that interest in starting a band was low from the fact that ai the first rehearsals the band consisted of from six to ten tell students shortly after the beginning ar kl klements ments were made with a nake music company for the le ie A 1 of instruments at a low rate it was not long after this that a grand junction music lusle com coln pany consented to present an instrument ment display in the school gymnasium this dippl display ay w was as well vell attended by both students and their parents this together with a music achievement test which was given by the same company seemed 0 io o start the ball rolling in the direction of our present organization instruments were bought and students began staying after school tilt nil six for group instruction and they also kept their families awake nights nighta with their individual practice the regular band rehearsal was changed from four I 1 ak in the afternoon which ae t ted with other activities to e 1 in the morning fhe band students deserve much edit for the regularity and pi promptness they have shown in etting to school by eight throughout the winter months the band has proved a real ast A to our community through the appearances ppe arances it has made both as and ensemble groups any comments have been continued nn rage page 13 high school barid band to compete at price continued from page one ona t eg arding the contributions of the band on s uch such occasions as chi chit calt t I 1 mas basketball games throughout the winter and during school chool assemblies sem blies in addition to these appearances pe arances the band presented a two hour concert on april 3rd ard and entered the content at moab on april 13 abee e they made a very creditable showing on friday and saturday the band will be in price where they will enter the contest in competition with bands from other parts of the state which have been organized for several years band members are proud of the new uniforms which chic h have been provided for them they are de tei mined to make monticell Mon of them and will show their ap precision preci aion by the performance they will give at the price contest the following students compres the monticello high school band mal Mai maegaret garet anderson clarinet brian bailey trombone clyde barton clarinet kent christensen cornet jerald cole cornet TI madolyn adolyn evans alto saxophone joseph palmer foy trombone julia gonzalez snare drum katheryn han hanson hanon on alto saxophone betty jensen tenor saxophone hazel dawn jensen cla clarinet rint buster nielson trombone richard pehrson clarinet bill pehrson alto saxophone donna pehrson clarinet barbara redd clarinet helen B read flute josephine redd solo clarinet lucy redd alto saxophone margaret redd clarinet wyman redd solo cornet kay sieber cornet robert sitton cornet junior steel cornet rex barton trombone wendel black sousaphone grant bronson alto horn neal jensen tenor saxophone ralph hunt clarinet merle dalton snare drum gordon hyde bass drum arthur lopez cymbals buckley christensen clarinet ethel young clarinet afton barton E flat clarinet pete lopez baritone patrica bailey snare drum |