Arkansas State press., 1953-04-10

ooNsARs SEVENTH INTERSTATE RAND FESTIVAL
| COMING SOON 'NSo festival
me seventh annual interstate band festival will no held
Aprl 10th, at Dunbar high school Fifteen hana r. t
invited to participate in this fesvy These bands
ha ~ STATES Missouri Tennessee Texas and Arkansas
acti+t invited TO perform and compete the various
49, y" DooNet l. washington high Merose high and Man
asSas gh Memphis Tennessee Lincoln high Kansas CITY
s LUMBAR nigh, Texarkana Arkansas; Lincoln high
Dr.; i'h' Lincoln Nigh Camden Lincoln high Hot Springs;
me @ueel hlgh Conway; AMIN college Pine Bluff: Phi
lander Smith college; Wilson high Malvern; Sumner high
" LOUIS Missouri Washington high Texarkana Texas
Lincoln high Forrest City
The Dunbar band is DESTROYS of winning 'an bonors" in
the coming event Buriey Mitchell director of the band
working toward that achievement The festival
divided into three sessions morning afternoon night The
morning session Will consist of Sooss from various bands
the afternoon session will present small ensembles
cert bands and the night performance will feature marching
bands at War Memorial stadium
Featured SOloists from Dunbar high John Hill Glenn
Whaey Leroy Patton Maxine Sutton Preston Terrence Hugh
Holloway Otis Lewis, William Vault and Bobby Daniels.
The public is invited attend each performance. The
admission price fifty per session Boost Dunbar by
supporting your Dunbar band
DUNBAR MARCHING MAJoRETTEs WIN BATON
TWIRLING EXHIBITION
March q, big day for the Dunbar high school march
ing maoree On this day they participated in and won first
place the baton twrng exhibition held at Phlander Smith
college during annual festival The maorettes
Dorothy Yancey, captain Jamie Seals June Lewis, Lnnie
Thomas, Dorothy Johnson, Annie Graves Sylvia Burt
Bertha Halliburton and Phyllis Hongsworth. Mrs Nadine
Bnns girls physical education director is the sponsor OF
the majoretteS.
band first place in concert performance
annual festival Two selections rendered Marce
Fantastic" and Heberts Favorite The group par
ticipaed with the bands ensemble in playing Military rs
eor" and Ambition at the evening performance.
DUNBAR PLAYERS PLACE SECOND IN
DRAMATIC TOURNAMENT
Students from the junior and senior classes oil DUNBAR
presented one-act play, THE Forgotten Man during the
annual one play tournament designed for the various
high schools throughout the states Walter Long senior
Won t, ttion scholarship to Phander Smith college for
being the individual winning first place O'her pat
chants in the play Marjorie Lupper Ella vera bze
Merrill Lee Cemme Phillips and Aonzo Pettus
Dunbar high schools musical organizations again proved
their extraordinary artistic abilities at TINS state Wlae us
festival The CappeIa choir and the girls gee cruz ie'
ed eunnror ratings mixed chorus and the piano SOLO
rendered by Grace Helen Hayes received excellent ratings
Frederick Ransom is choral director ~,,,,
WINNERS IN THE JUNIOR HIGH SPEECH FESTIVAL
The annual Junior high speech festival sponsored by the
ENGLISH department presented in the Dunbar auditorium
on March 81 Winners in the various areas are as loo"s
Free reading Shirley Phillips 1mpromptu speaking lien
lotto yancav Original poetry Rose Brown ExtempoTaneous