tags Eight SCARLET AND ELACK Frida my I. WM ,[IeVeIamI and Cowles Win Annual Fetzer Sing In First Approved ("o-ed Competition By Susan Taylor "Children’s Day at P. S. No. (47" delighted the audience at the 29th annual Fetzer Sing last Saturday night in Derby Gymnasium, and it won the naninious vote of the judges or first place in the compet- itive event. Cleveland and Cowles Hall, combining their ,vocal talents in me first cored Fetzer, and portraying their yague, if so long ago, recollec- tions of second grade, walked away with the trophies. Read and North Younker Halls, singing “Set Down, Ser- yant” and ”Legend of the Christ Child,” placed second in the competition They opened the show since North Younker had the “honors,” after retiring the traveling trophy last year. While this chorus may have not been equal to the Cleveland» Cowles effort in such things as audience appeal and original~ ity, they were certainly equal, If not better, in their arrange- ments, difficulty, and perform- ance of the numbers they se» Iected, Third place was captured by flames and Rawson Halls with the theme “Spectrum of Song." Their selections included "Black is the Color," “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White,” “Green Leaves of Summer," and "Deep Purple," Dressed appropriately for their roles as second graders, the Cleveland - Cowles chorus performed and sang under the direction of Bill Morian, ap- propriately dressed himself in I tux and tails for his role as school marm, He had some difficulty controlling the s e youngsters, but for the most part, and considering the cir- cumstances, they were well, behaved. There were a few disturb- ances, however, Little Georgie Buck, attracting his professor’s attention b e t w e e n numbers, ' found it necessary to leave in the middle of the perform» ance, but he promptly returned so that the chorus would be complete. Other small disturb- ances were caused from time to time by little Firnist Alex- ander, who had a special line “What a good boy am I!” Firnist could not seem to get his line in at the right: time, but he was appropriately aided by “Piglet." , A highlight of the perform- ance of these second graders was the announcer of their numbers, Little Dickie Bailly. Dickie was dressed for the oc- casion, with little bright red bows carefully tied in his big black beard. Though he had to fight stage fright off and on, he did a fine job and the numbers were appropriately announced, Aside from their second grade motif in dress and actions, Cleveland and Cowles presented an outstanding musical pe » formance, Their selections i cluded “Once in Love With Amy," and Five Nursery Rhymes: “Humpty Dumpty Sat," "Little Bo Peep Has Lost," “Little Jack Homer Sat,” ”Mary Had a Little," and “01d King Cowles," From the gently lulling "baa . . . baa" to the crisp staccato of ‘Old King,” Morain main- tained excellent control over the chorus The arrangements and the musical performance were very well done, and stood out in nice contrast to the slap- stick dress and perlorrnance ate mosphere. As good a Fetzer Sing as I can remember. was my over- all impression. All three chor- uses which placed had excel- lent arrangements, and good directors, They showed earnest work within the halls, if not earnest frustration of all sides, Mother’s Day —‘Sunday, May 10 Remember your MOM with . HALLMARK COSMETICS CARDS I30 Nationally Advertised Brands) WHITMAN CANDY PANGBURN CANDY WE WRAP FOR MAILING CUNNINGHAM DRUG Dial 236-3I5I — GRINNELL. IOWA —- 827 4th Ave. but they put on a good show. I hope that the new co-ed ef- fect will be continued. Group singing is fun, and the Social Coordinating Committee would probably be delighted with the mixing its provides of neces- sity. Then there were the pictures that the enterprising photog- rapher had trouble taking. Es- pecially Cowles and Cleveland Wouldn't be still long enough for him to focus, And now the 8&3 is madly trying to run him down to get a picture for the paper. . . The individual singers varied from the very professional— who knew what they were do- ing and their posture showed itito the first time performers who tried to look professional by beating out the rhythm with their heads. Then there were the halls with outstanding sec- tions and those directors who did so with ”vig-ah," There were the boring marchinglines between the numbers, but these were relieved somewhat by the pleasant commentary. It was interesting to watch the town families with four kids come in. The show was good," and those who devoted so much time to it deserve a vote of thanks If you drive one of these sporly gems the only way you’ll beat Ford’s new Mus- tang is with a tune-up from GOLLUM’ SERVICE STANDARD ‘l' DENO'S PIZZA Cold Beverages Spaghetti Every Monday and Wednesday FREE DELIVERY -— CALL 236-6334 mu. 9 I994 .Avluq . A MunlaN aLAalsIa . use»: IIII JOSEPHS JEWELRY a" 4th AVE. — I'EL. 2355550 GRINNELL, IOWA "A Joseph Diamond Is more brilliant, is u bemr buy." 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