This is the Sandusky
High School A Capella Choir during the 1957-1958 academic year. The A Capella
Choir was organized in 1934 by Miss Eulalie Shaw. In 1947 the Choir was heard over a local radio broadcast for the first time, and the Sandusky Rotary Club presented the choir with
thirty-seven handbells in 1960.
The fiftieth
annual Christmas concert was presented by the A Capella Choir of Sandusky High
School on December 19 and 20, 1983. Over twenty holiday songs were sung at the
concert, with the final number being the Hallelujah Chorus from the “Messiah,”
which was dedicated to the memory of former choir director Harold C. Kaufman. A
special program was created for the Golden Anniversary concert of the Choir was
created by Mr. Charles T. Mayer. It featured drawings of the directors of the A
Cappella Choir from 1934 to 1983.
This key to the illustrations appears
inside the front cover of the program.
A history of the A Capella Choir is found in the 50th
Anniversary program, along with the story of the Sandusky High School choir
robe.
Here is a picture of the first A Capella Choir, from
the 1934-1935 school year:
Visit the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center to
learn more about the rich history of the Sandusky City Schools. Several
archival boxes are devoted to graduation programs, photographs, and many other
historical items. Concerts by Sandusky City School
students in band, choir, and elementary music classes have been enjoyed by
local residents for many years.
