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===Choir=== |
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The RHS choir program has been very successful, with the top group (Chamber Choir) competing at the [[Indiana Concert Choir State Finals]] and placing in the top-16 every year since 1997. In 2006, the group received their highest ever ranking of sixth place. In 2007, Chamber Choir placed 10th at the State Finals. |
The RHS choir program has been very successful, with the top group (Chamber Choir) competing at the [[Indiana Concert Choir State Finals]] and placing in the top-16 every year since 1997. In 2006, the group received their highest ever ranking of sixth place. In 2007, Chamber Choir placed 10th at the State Finals. |
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==School Song and Alma Mater== |
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====School Song==== |
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(Set to the tune of Illinois Loyalty) |
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We're loyal to you, Richmond High |
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We're red and we're white, Richmond High |
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We'll back you to stand, 'gainst the best in the land, |
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For we know you have sand, Richmond High, Rah, Rah. |
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So pass 'round that ball, Richmond High |
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We're backing you all, Richmond High. |
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Our team is our fame protector, on team, for we expect a |
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Victory from you, Richmond High. |
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====Alma Mater==== |
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Dear Richmond High, stately thy grace, all hail. |
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Tribute we bring to thee as we sing, all hail. |
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Mem'ries float by as through the halls we trail. |
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Cherished with pride, oh school of our life, all hail. |
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Cherished with pride, O school of our life, all hail. |
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==Key Administrative Staff== |
==Key Administrative Staff== |
Revision as of 18:59, 16 September 2007
Richmond High School is a public high school in Richmond, Indiana, located at 380 Hub Etchison Parkway. It is the home of the Richmond Red Devils, who are members of the North Central Conference of the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA). The current enrollment of the school is around 1,700. Prior to 1939, the school was known as Morton High School in honor of Indiana's Civil War Governor, Oliver P. Morton.
Facilities
Completed in 1939, the Colonial revival-style school consisted of an academic building called Morton Hall, a gymnasium called Civic Hall which is now the Civic Hall Performing Arts Center, an auditorium which seats 924 and McGuire Hall which houses the Richmond Art Museum, believed to be the only public art museum connected with a public high school. An icon of the museum collection is a very large self portrait of the American impressionist William Merritt Chase painted for the museum in 1915-16. After outgrowing the Civic Hall gymnasium, the Tiernan Center was built as the home to boys and girls basketball, volleyball, and wrestling. It is the fifth largest high school basketball venue in the United States, with a seating capacity of 8,100 persons.
The Richmond High School Alumni Association is one of the oldest public high school alumni associations in the United States and boasts a significant scholarship endowment known as the Richmond College Incentive Plan.
Music Department
The Music Department at Richmond High School is a multi-million dollar facility that is named Civic Hall. It contains an orchestra, band, and choir room, but also contains a stageroom that is used for the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, various performances, speeches, and for school assemblies.
Orchestra
The orchestra department at Richmond High was the first high school orchestra in the nation, established in the year 1899. A plaque commemorating this achievement is located in McGuire Hall.
Band
Wind Ensemble and Concert Band
The band, during the school year, is divided into two parts: a Wind Ensemble and a Concert Band. The band is large enough to divide the better players into a separate group so that they may perform at a higher level. Richmond’s wind ensemble is a high-level instrumental performing group. The band has performed at ISSMA during the years 2002-2007. They perform at a group one level, the highest out of four. The concert band, a lower division of Richmond's Band, performs at a level three.
Marching Band
The Marching band at RHS has competed at the Indiana State Fair Band Day from 1959 to 2006 with the exception of 1984 and 1997. Some accomplishments include 1st place in the state competition in 1973 and 1988 and 2nd place in the state competition in 1965, 1986 and 2003. Recent shows include “Miss Saigon,” “Circ du Soleil,” music from “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Music from Disney’s “Reflections,” and in 2006 “One Track Mind.” The 2006 show received third place and two captions: General Effect caption and the overall Percussion caption.
Choir
The RHS choir program has been very successful, with the top group (Chamber Choir) competing at the Indiana Concert Choir State Finals and placing in the top-16 every year since 1997. In 2006, the group received their highest ever ranking of sixth place. In 2007, Chamber Choir placed 10th at the State Finals.
School Song and Alma Mater
School Song
(Set to the tune of Illinois Loyalty)
We're loyal to you, Richmond High We're red and we're white, Richmond High We'll back you to stand, 'gainst the best in the land, For we know you have sand, Richmond High, Rah, Rah.
So pass 'round that ball, Richmond High We're backing you all, Richmond High. Our team is our fame protector, on team, for we expect a Victory from you, Richmond High.
Alma Mater
Dear Richmond High, stately thy grace, all hail. Tribute we bring to thee as we sing, all hail. Mem'ries float by as through the halls we trail. Cherished with pride, oh school of our life, all hail. Cherished with pride, O school of our life, all hail.
Key Administrative Staff
- Principal: Barbara Bergdoll
- Grade levels 11/12 principal: Rusty Hensley
- Grade levels 11/12 principal: Joe Spicer
- Grade level 10 principal: Rachel Etherington
- Grade level 9 principle: Rae Ferriell-Woolpy
- Athletic Director: Chris Rodal
Famous Alumni
- May Aufderheide, ragtime composer
- Baby Huey (singer), popular music artist
- Clark R. Bradley, rodeo professional[1]
- Timmy Brown, former NFL running back and actor
- John Wilbur Chapman, Evangelist
- Al Cobine, jazz musician[2]
- Vice Admiral Terry Cross, Vice Commandant, United States Coast Guard
- George Duning, Oscar-nominated composer[3]
- Weeb Ewbank, coach of the 1958 and 1959 NFL champion Baltimore Colts and the Super Bowl III champion New York Jets[4]
- Jack Everly, pops conductor, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Vegas Ferguson, football player
- Paul Flatley, former NFL Rookie-of-the-Year (Minnesota Vikings)
- Norman Foster actor, director[5]
- Harry "Singin' Sam" Frankel, radio star, minstrel[6]
- Richard T. Ginman, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
- Mary Haas, linguist
- Jeff Hamilton, jazz drummer[7]
- Micajah C. Henley, roller skate maker
- Charles A. Hufnagel, M.D. artificial heart valve inventor[8]
- Dominic James, basketball player at Marquette University, 2006 Big East Rookie of the Year
- C. Francis Jenkins, television pioneer
- Harold Jones, jazz drummer[9]
- Jim Jones, founder-leader of Peoples Temple
- Melvin "Deacon" Jones, blues organist
- Harry Keenan actor[10]
- Esther Kellner, author[11]
- Johnny Logan, professional basketball player
- Joe Longstreth, harpist, actor[12]
- Lamar Lundy, football player, one of the L.A. Rams Fearsome Foursome
- Kenneth MacDonald, actor[13]
- Dan Mitrione, counterinsurgency specialist for U.S. government
- Daniel G. Reid, industrialist/philanthropist
- Ned Rorem, Pulitzer prize-winning composer[14]
- L. Lena Sawner, educator[15]
- Wendell Stanley, Nobel Prize winner[16]
- Bo Van Pelt, professional golfer
- Burton J. Westcott, automobile manufacturer
- Gaar Williams, cartoonist
- Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer[17]
References
- ^ Clark Bradley, http://sports.espn.go.com/prorodeo/features/bio?page=g_bio_PRCA_Bradley_CR, URL accessed October 28, 2006.
- ^ Really Good Music: Al Cobine, http://www.reallygoodmusic.com/rgm.jsp?page=composers2&compid=123140, URL accessed September 9, 2006.
- ^ Space Age Pop Music: George Duning, http://www.spaceagepop.com/duning.htm, URL accessed September 9, 2006.
- ^ Weeb Ewbank, http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=65, URL accessed May 30, 2006.
- ^ FindAGrave: Norman Foster, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11777752&pt=%3Cb%3ENorman%3C/b%3E%20Foster, URL accessed September 9, 2006.
- ^ FindAGrave: Harry Frankel, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10193921, URL accessed September 9, 2006.
- ^ Jazz at Newport 2006, http://www.jazzatnewport.org/home.cfm?dir_cat=47265, URL accessed September 9, 2006.
- ^ Mendel Medal recipient: Charles A. Hufnagel, http://astro4.ast.vill.edu/mendel/hufnagel.htm, URL accessed September 9, 2006.
- ^ Harold Jones' web site, http://www.haroldjonesbigband.com/, URL accessed May 30, 2006.
- ^ Harry Keenan, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444645/, URL accessed September 9, 2006.
- ^ Esther A. Kellner (1908-1998), http://www.mrlinfo.org/history/biography/kellner.htm, URL accessed May 29, 2006.
- ^ Naples Illustrated, Past Lives, http://www.naplesillustrated.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_article&whicharticle=112, URL accessed September 9, 2006.
- ^ Kenneth MacDonald, http://www.surfnetinc.com/chuck/villan27.htm, URL accessed September 9, 2006.
- ^ Official Ned Rorem Website, http://www.nedrorem.com/, URL accessed May 30, 2006.
- ^ Uncrowned Queens: L. Lena Sawyer, http://www.buffalo.edu/uncrownedqueens/files_2004/sawner_lena.htm, URL accessed May 29, 3006.
- ^ Wendell M. Stanley, http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1946/stanley-bio.html, URL accessed May 30, 2006.
- ^ The Wright Brother, http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/wright.html, URL accessed May 30, 2006