The Sidney herald., 1958-04-24
Sidney Music
Students Rate
High at Clendive

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Sidney high school music stu
dents carried home a large num-
Der of high ratings along with
the conviction that many hours Of
practice had. paid off" at the
Glendive Music Festival April 10
and 10.
Miss Ruth Johnson's vocal stu
dents who rated 1 (superior) were
Ronald Quilting and Joyce Sven
son. Those with a II and III rat
ing, which means excellent and
good, were Sharon Fay, Conrad
Hanson, Ruth Benton and Carol
Lizotte.
The junior sextet, sophomore
quartet, junior trio and Hanson
Quilting duet received a II or
excellent rating.
Good or II was given to the
senior triple trio and the fresh
man double duet.
Three chorus groups sang Sat-
urday afternoon. The a cappella
choir received I (superior). The
mixed chorus and girls chorus
were each rated II.
Piano students who have stud
led with Mrs. Anabel Osborn
and Mrs. Marion Criger were
rated as follows: Lorna Mikel-
son and Conrad Hanson, solos,
I ~(superior); jeanne Eicholtz and
Jacqueline Yoder, duet, eighth
| grade, l (superior). The IFS and
HIS were Ruth Browning, Bar
bara Kappel, Ina Chandler, San
dra Reiman, solos; Kathy Peter
son and Bonnie Hauk, and Dona
Obergfell and Barbara Larson,
duets.
The Sidney high school band
under the direction of C. Orlan
Strom a given a l ~(superior)
rating.
Broken into ensembles and
solos, the ratings for the band
Instrumentation were as follows:
Rating 1 Superior Ensembles:
Clarinet Chair - Judy Ander-
son, Warren Miller, jeanne Eich-
oltz, Michael Lowe, Joan Ness,
Roger Berry, Greg Turner, Joyce
Swenson, Julia Conway, Betty
Ann Tote, Jack Redgren, Phillip
Foss.
Flute 1t. No. 2 - Kathy john
son, Judy Sunwall, Jackie Yoder,
Sandra Beagle; Woodwind Quin-
tet - Sharon Anderson, Lorna
Mikelson, Judy Anderson, Sandra
Beagle, Julianne Hoversten.
Trombone - Baritone Duet
Ronald Quilting and Craig Price.
Flute Trio - Sharon Anderson,
Penny Buchholz, Beverly John
son.
Flute 1t. No. 2 = Sharon An
derson, Penny Buchholz, Beverly
johnson, Laurie Black.
Cornet Trio - Kathy Price,
Paula Strom, Carol Hoversten.
Rating 1 Superior Solos:
Alto Clarinet, Julia Conway;
Flute, Penny Buchholz; Flute,
Sharon Anderson; Cornet, Rita
Anderson; Alto Clarinet, Joyce
Swenson; Oboe, Lorna Mikelson;
Bassoon, Ruth Swenson; Rari-
tone, Bernice Sorenson; French
Horn, Joyce Christensen; from
bone, Ronald Quilting; Clarinet
Solo, Michael Lowe; Trombone,
John Lee; Clarinet, Judy Ander-
son; Tenor Sax, Sharon King
Clarinet, Barbara Weitz.
Rating III Excellent Ensembles:
Clarinet Duet - Judy Johnson
and Dona Obergfell; Snare Drum
Trio - Linda Burns, Gloria
Steppler and Harvey Benson;
Saxophone 1t. - Janet Frandsen,
Ilo Viestenz, Shirley Anderson;
Sharon Kingery.
Rating III and III Solos:
Flute, Kathy Johnson; Flute,
Beverly Johnson; Clarinet, Joan
Eicholtz; Baritone, Craig Price;
Laurie Black; Oboe, Rita
Horn, Julianne Hoversten;
Bassoon, Sandra Stolzenburg.
The following is an explanation
Of the numerical rating system:
Rating I - Superior - A first
rate performance for the event
and the class of participants being
To receive a superior
vocal or instrumental So
loists must perform from mem
Dry.
Rating III Excellent - A
,ommendable performance show
ing a high standard of musical
accomplishment but lacking in
some of the characteristics of a
superior rating.
Rating II - Good - An aver
age performance, but lacking in
several major qualities such as
intonation, precision, interpreta-
ton, and the like.
Rating w - Below Average
performance showing much