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Recital Programs The Studio  ·  Recital Programs  ·  Former Students Remember These three programs came out of the shoebox Mrs. Shafer's niece found in her hall closet. I've typed them exactly as they were printed, purple mimeograph and all, except that I can't reproduce the smell. I chose 1968 and 1973 because I'm on them, and 1981 because it was the year I helped her backstage for the first time, as a grown-up teacher, and because of the last line. The pieces will be familiar to anybody who ever took lessons. Mrs. Shafer believed in the classics, and some of these were played at every single recital for sixty years. If you're on one of these programs, I'd love to know where you are now and whether you still play. A note for the sharp-eyed: that spring of 1968 the Methodist Church merged with the Evangelical United Brethren and became the United Methodist Church. Maple Grove had new signs by the fall, but Mrs. Shafer had typed the 1968 program in March and saw no reason to type it again. SPRING PIANO RECITAL Students of Mrs. Marie Shafer Maple Grove Methodist Church Sunday, May 19, 1968    2:30 P.M. Minuet in G   J. S. Bach Sue Loughman Melody, Op. 68 No. 1   R. Schumann Charles Goggans The Happy Farmer   R. Schumann Tracy Dye Arabesque, Op. 100 No. 2   F. Burgmüller Lori Honea Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1   M. Clementi Dale Symons Old French Song   P. Tchaikovsky April Schwartz The Wild Horseman   R. Schumann Richard Oaks Für Elise   L. van Beethoven Leslie Yonker Invention No. 1 in C Major   J. S. Bach Geraldine Reynolds Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6   F. Mendelssohn Murray Delorme Waltz in A Minor (posth.)   F. Chopin Marilyn Vincent Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28 No. 4   F. Chopin Dorothy Sykes Sonata in C, K. 545   (first movement)   W. A. Mozart Alberto Stines Clair de Lune   C. Debussy Edith Studebaker Refreshments will be served in Fellowship Hall following the recital. Lori's notes: I was twelve and had just been moved to the grand. I wore a navy dress with a white collar and my hands were so cold that my mother held them between hers in the car. Edith Studebaker was a senior and played Clair de lune like the moon was actually out, and every girl on that program wanted to be her. Mrs. Shafer's mark beside my name is a small check with a dot over it. I have no idea what it means, and I have decided it means "good." SPRING PIANO RECITAL Students of Mrs. Marie Shafer Maple Grove United Methodist Church Sunday, May 20, 1973    2:30 P.M. Minuet in G   J. S. Bach Daniel Arias The Happy Farmer   R. Schumann Juanita Costello Clowns   D. Kabalevsky Kerry Dolezal Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1   M. Clementi Audrey Basler Arabesque, Op. 100 No. 2   F. Burgmüller Bill Messner Ballade, Op. 100 No. 15   F. Burgmüller Nathaniel Bedford Sonatina in G   L. van Beethoven Maria Wilson Arietta, Op. 12 No. 1   E. Grieg Teresa Cox Für Elise   L. van Beethoven Nancy Powers Invention No. 8 in F Major   J. S. Bach Michael Akridge Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28 No. 4   F. Chopin Sandra Mackenzie Maple Leaf Rag   S. Joplin Judy Futch Sonata, Op. 27 No. 2   (first movement)   L. van Beethoven Jeanette Howe Sonata Pathetique, Op. 13   (second movement)   L. van Beethoven Lori Honea Clair de Lune   C. Debussy Jean Hawkins Refreshments will be served in Fellowship Hall following the recital. Lori's notes: I was a junior in high school. Judy Futch's Maple Leaf Rag nearly started a riot; there had never been a rag at a Shafer recital before, and the older ladies in the third row didn't know whether they were allowed to tap their feet. (They were. Mrs. Shafer tapped hers.) I played the slow movement of the Pathétique and missed one note in the left hand that nobody in the church heard but the two of us. Her mark beside my name is the same check with a dot, plus a tiny star. I've decided that one means "very good." SPRING PIANO RECITAL Students of Mrs. Marie Shafer Maple Grove United Methodist Church Sunday, May 17, 1981    2:30 P.M. Minuet in G   J. S. Bach Melissa Yoder Melody, Op. 68 No. 1   R. Schumann Ricky Prescott The Happy Farmer   R. Schumann Dana Salsbury Arabesque, Op. 100 No. 2   F. Burgmüller Renee Crissman Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1   M. Clementi Anthony Labarre Tarantella, Op. 100 No. 20   F. Burgmüller Joanne Bolton The Entertainer   S. Joplin Dennis Skiba Sonatina in C, Op. 55 No. 1   F. Kuhlau Shirley Swarts Invention No. 13 in A Minor   J. S. Bach Lesley Hankinson Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28 No. 4   F. Chopin Audrey Edmond Gymnopedie No. 1   E. Satie Timothy Christian Waltz in D-flat, Op. 64 No. 1   F. Chopin Barbara Booker Prelude No. 2   G. Gershwin Erick Tighe Clair de Lune   C. Debussy Sharon Dooley Hungarian Dance No. 5   (four hands)   J. Brahms Mrs. Shafer and Lori Honea Refreshments will be served in Fellowship Hall following the recital. In loving memory of Jesse Shafer, who poured the punch. Lori's notes: The first recital after Jesse died, and the last line on the program is the reason I chose this one. Mrs. Shafer asked me that spring to play a duet with her at the end, and I said yes before I realized it meant playing in front of all those children with my old teacher sitting eighteen inches away. She took the bottom part. We practiced it every Saturday for two months. When it was over she stood up and bowed, and then she made me bow, and then she went to the fellowship hall and poured the punch herself. There is no mark beside my name on this one. She was busy. The Studio  ·  Former Students Remember  ·  [email protected] Last updated September 21, 1999