{"id":229,"date":"2014-04-30T12:10:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T12:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leonperformingarts.org\/newsite\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2024-09-13T15:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T15:35:20","slug":"leon-chorus-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.leonperformingarts.org\/newsite\/?page_id=229","title":{"rendered":"Leon Chorus History, 1921-present"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leon High School has a rich choral tradition. \u00a0The choral program was founded in 1920 and remains strong to this day.<\/p>\n

Timeline:<\/p>\n

1920-1921 School Year: Boys and Girls Glee Clubs established<\/p>\n

1932-1933 School Year: Girls Quartet established(renamed Girls Octet 1934, renamed Triple Trio 1937, finally renamed Melodears in 1944)<\/p>\n

1966-1967 School Year: Madrigal Singers established<\/p>\n

1971-1972 School Year: Capital Singers established<\/p>\n

1976-1977 School Year: Opus established<\/p>\n

2002-2003 School Year: Mane Event established<\/p>\n

Below is a list of all the people who have served as a Leon Choral Director:<\/p>\n

\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMrs. Myrtle Burr (1921-1926)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMrs.\u00a0Lula H.\u00a0DeGraff (1926-1927)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nOllie Reese Whittle, 1927-1945<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nMary Brown, 1945-1946<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nHarold Chapman, 1946-1967<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nRaymond Kickliter, 1966-1988<\/p>\n

(pictured with wife, Patsy)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nSusan Conrad, 1967-1969<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nHomeretta Ayala, 1973-1977<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nNancy Marsters, 1977-1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nDr. Judy R. Arthur, 1978-2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nDr. Darryl Jones, 1988-1999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nJames R. Hershberger, 1999-2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nTabitha Peck, 2002-present<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nPeter Pursino, 2016-2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nLisa Leaman, 2020-2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nMaggie Smith, 2021-present<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leon High School has a rich choral tradition. \u00a0The choral program was founded in 1920 and remains strong to this day. Timeline: 1920-1921 School Year: Boys and Girls Glee Clubs established 1932-1933 School Year: Girls Quartet established(renamed Girls Octet 1934, renamed Triple Trio 1937, finally renamed Melodears in 1944) 1966-1967 School Year: Madrigal Singers established … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-229","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leonperformingarts.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leonperformingarts.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leonperformingarts.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leonperformingarts.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leonperformingarts.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=229"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/www.leonperformingarts.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2998,"href":"http:\/\/www.leonperformingarts.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229\/revisions\/2998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leonperformingarts.org\/newsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}