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* ¥ PAGE 4 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY^OCTOBER S, IMS 9eneral News Recalling those old fashion rug beaters Youth orchestra fills county school void by Kurt Begalka The McHenry County Youth Orchestra was founded in the summer of 1980 to fill a growing vend left by the elimination of orchestra training in school. Marie Ann Vos, general manager and president of the group, recalled the problem was * compounded when Crystal Lake Hign School District 155 canceled its orchestra program after Crystal Lake South School opened. MCYO draws from 15 to 20 school districts - including many pupOs from out of the county -- but still lacks basses tor a ruH orchestra, according to MCYO music director and conductor Thomas Wilson. Fewer students pursue string instruments, due in part because there is no training available at school to kindle vicious circle, Vos said. Vos acknowledged that only two school districts in McHenry County have an orchestra program -- Jacobs High School and Crystal Lake District 47. The orchestra program was phased out in Woodstock beginning in 1966, recalled C. David Pierce, Woodstock High School band director. E l e m e n t a r y o r c h e s t r a instruction stopped, and by 1970 the last of the string students graduated from WHS, Pierce said. Youngsters transferring into th? district have only one option - MCYO. MCY O is composed of several groups, three of which are divided by ability. The String R e a d i n g O r c h e s t r a i s f o r beginning players and is restricted to violins, violas, cellos and basses. Vos directs this group of 25 students, average age six through eight. Emphasis is placed on music reading skills aad ensemble technique. As the students' expertise grows, they move into toe Full Orchestra and perhaps the Chamber Orchestra. There are seven ensemble groups, three string quartets, two flute trios, a brass ensemble and a percussion ensemble. All practice Saturday mornings at Central School, From 9 a.m. until noon, the musicians are either in ensembles, sectionals or rehearsing with the entire orchestra. * There are 50 students in the Full Orchestra and slightly under half of those play in the Chamber Orchestra. Tbe typical repertoire includes music by Franz Schubert, Wolfgang Mozart and Ludwig Von Beethoven. Average age in the orcheatia is 13 or 14 and many of the students worked their way up through the program. Parents also are actively involved, but they know when to bade off. "We let our kids play baseball," Vos said. "We bite our nails, but we let them play." Auditions consisting of scales, v a short excerpt from a piece and sight reading are held m the fall and summer. Three concerts are performed each year at various locations around the county. The fall semester concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. "Each year they're better than the year before," Wilson said. "I want to make it (the orchestra) as good an instrument as it can be. It's a very exciting group." The MCYO is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, concerts, garage sales and selling T- shirts, totebags and other booster items. Vos said the working budget is $13,500 plus another $8,400 worth of donated services and time. The money is handled through the MCYO F o u n d a t i o n a n d g o e s f o r salaries, music, liability insurance, printing and copying. Lorraine Gausden is the latest one to tell me she has one of those old fashion rug healers. Not Joe! This is a wire one. Bill Dumalsid sent a check to the Cub front office some time ago ordering World Series tickets. He says they sent the check back last week. Pat Coughlin and her Marilyn Rrihantperget. This house out back popular girl has none through a bout wffn llhiess, hut is winning. She had better be ready for a real greeting when we meet again. Each year we see fall beauty in the trees out Bull Valley way. George Diedrich told me i kept some books of old and them ugh! combined to Birthday. wish me a Happy nsemble. All # __ So 1 Hear Meeting and greeting Larry and Lynn Lund lak week was au too short Jack Slaughter, Bob Swartzloff and Phfl Bartmann took off for the north on a fishing expedition. They came home with some good stories, but not many fish. Jack is said to have the fastest cast in the west. Trouble is the hook flew back and lodged in the back of his neck. If it bothers too much, he will have it removed surgically. (Hie hook, not the neck.) but leaves •THng ' Pity the kid who never lived where there were leaves to make houses. Architects planning leaf houses today will have to plan an extra room instead of a little It is hard to beat the colorful sights in Lake Geneva. However, the most beautiful of all trees we ever saw was on a tell day when at Holy Hill. Looking down over the treetops was a sight to remember. All this controversy over a land fill operation in our county again brings back memories. "Tly father used to die a big hole out on the extra lot, leai * a shovel right there to fill in whenever the garbage was Mrs ihe has time and clever wondered if I some time. Says I, "Ttoe time is So we went right down to her home and picked dp the books. Will have copies made. Yi use The time is now. We can any time. Seems a are turning It was a land fill that worked. * i -- Met Ralph Justen the other day. He is in the cane club. Illness hasn't dimmed Ralph's engrafiating smile. Met an old friend who said, "Don't use my name". This lady's trouble is with the fine print m telephone books. Am sure it can't be her age! A lady to the rescue! people ii daylight So. From time to time we will be using some of those little helpers. I'll be thanking that nice, thoughtful gal each time. I'm using some right now. Keeping a secret from some tie is like trying to smuggle past a rooster, You can give an egotist credit for one thing --he seldom talks about other people. If Uncle Sam raises the postage rates much more, it may be cheaper to marry the gal than to write to her. It has been said that as you get: along in years, you feel your corns more than your oats.. by Earl Walsh Hiat was nice. But, when Pat found out the big day is a few weeks hence, she withdrew the whole thing. Petie Schaefer has a standing bet with Denny Conway ana Dave Freund over which team, the Cubs or Sox, would win the most games in a season. He shouldn't take advantage of those young fellows. Saw Pat Burke Friday night, naay Irish who dressed in beautiful She is a Polish married an Irishman. On her that green looks good. I like Polish people for various reasons. One of those reasons is they took the pressure off the Irish when Polish jokes took the country by storm. Hiere are some friends you miss when you don't see them around. One of those good friends is The McHenry Lions Club presented $250 each to the Johnsburg and McHenry Area Rescue Squads at a recent meeting. The checks were made possible by profits from McHenry Fiesta Days activities. 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