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The Skyland Post
West Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina
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Nathan's Creek High School won second place and West Jefferson third in the fifth annual harvest festival of music at A. S. T. C., competing with students from Ashe, Avery, and Watauga counties. Boone took first place. The event was sponsored by Appalachian State Teachers College's music department.
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Competing with three hundred and twenty-five students from Ashe, Avery and Watauga county schools, Nathan's Creek high school won second place and West Jefferson third, in the fifth annual harvest festival of music at A. S. T. C., last week. First place was won by Boone.
The event was sponsored by the music department of Appalachian State Teachers College and was under the chairmanship of Virginia Wray, who had the assistance of both college and demonstration school faculties as well as the music department of Lees-McRae College of Banner Elk.
Instead of first and second-place positions, rating was accorded on merit of performance with figures one and two given to denote good and excellent. With O. M. Hartsell as the director, Boone received excellent rating on vocal trio, boys' quartet, soprano solo by Josephine Miller, and advanced piano solo by Charles Boone, and second honor rating on mixed chorus, girls' choruses, soprano by Betty Winkler and alto by Betty Webster.
Nathan's Creek came second with one excellent and second honor ratings on tenor solo, baritone solo and bass vocal trio and soprano solo, and West Jefferson rated three second honor ratings on vocal duet, vocal trio and soprano solo. Crossnore took a second honor rating on girls' choruses.
The three Ashe schools taking part in the event included Nathan's Creek, Lois Dixon, director; West Jefferson, Margaret Phillips, director; Fleetwood, Hortense Vaught, director.
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A. S. T. C.
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Last Week
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boone won first place with excellent ratings on several performances; nathan's creek second with one excellent and multiple second honor ratings; west jefferson third with three second honor ratings; crossnore received a second honor rating.
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Competing with 325 students from Ashe, Avery, and Watauga county schools, Nathan's Creek high school won second place and West Jefferson third in the fifth annual harvest festival of music at A. S. T. C. First place was won by Boone. The event was sponsored by the music department of Appalachian State Teachers College under the chairmanship of Virginia Wray, with assistance from college faculties and Lees-McRae College. Ratings were given on merit: Boone received excellent on vocal trio, boys' quartet, soprano solo by Josephine Miller, advanced piano solo by Charles Boone, and second honor on mixed chorus, girls' choruses, soprano by Betty Winkler, alto by Betty Webster. Nathan's Creek had excellent and second honor on tenor solo, baritone solo, bass vocal trio, soprano solo. West Jefferson had second honor on vocal duet, vocal trio, soprano solo. Crossnore had second honor on girls' choruses. Participating Ashe schools: Nathan's Creek (Lois Dixon, director), West Jefferson (Margaret Phillips, director), Fleetwood (Hortense Vaught, director).