Sexton High School - Oracle Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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Dance Band Plays Special Engagements Dave Price, Sue Curtis, and Diane Smith practice for the Band F estival. Besides having the pleasure of making lively music, Sexton's Dance Band per- forms upon request at civic functions. This year it played at a service club luncheon at the Jack Tar and provided memory music for the Silver Anniversary ceremony. BELOW, Dance Band, Row 1: Mitch Stutes, Nor- fleet Kitch, John Lee, John Tome, Dave Price, Wardell Flourry, Sue Davis, Row 2: Warren Sylver- tooth, Eric Thuma, Janis Huffman, Ron Lindsey, Rick Burkholder, Kent Blizzard. Row 3: Jeff Mann, Steve Towns, Damon Stutes, Randy Eddie, Karla Mathiasen, Mark Wright, Dan Kitch.

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Banol Sells Candy to inance Trip to Dallas Lions Convention The Concert Band practices a variety, of music including novelty numbers, pieces featuring soloists, popular music, and serious concert music. Activities for the concert band were the district Solo and Ensemble Festival, the district Band Festival, the spring concert, and selling candy to finance the trip to Dallas to play at the Lions Convention. Selected members of the concert band played for the Old Newsboy's paper sale, the Chamber of Commerce, and at Sextonis 25th anniversary celebration. Promoting school spirit was one of the duties of the Pep Band, which consisted of concert band members. The pep band played at all pep assemblies and home basketball games. Dave Price is '68 assistant- drum major. Row 1: Dave Price, Sue Curtis, Diane Smith, Cora Aho, Steve Malatinsky, Lana Swick, Paula Edwards, Denore Hey, Rose Rudd, Russell Jones, Ken McClellan, Kris Blouch, Claire Evans. Row 2: Tom Glennan, Wendy Jansma, Cindy Anderson, Brenda Rudd, Ray Haka, Bruce Restau, Lonnie Pearson, Bob Stevenson, Sue Warner, Steve Paige, Mitch Stutes, Norfleet Fitch, Virginia Nonhof, Allen Albert, .lohn Tome, Arthur Nonhof, Sue Davis, Wardell Flourry, John Lee. Row 3: Tom Davidson, Paul Ferguson, Leanna Price, Anna DeFouw, Laura Snell, Mark Ciolek, Ron Kissee, Dave Beal, Steve Dillingham, Dennis Mast, Warren Sylvertooth, Steve Sweet, Eric Thuma, .lanis Huffman, Ernie Rawson, Bill Brown, Brad Anderson, Mike McDonald, Dale Leitch, Craig Wright, Jeff Mann, Gary King, Phil Popham, Steve Towns, Allan Kinney, Damon Stutes, Randy Eddy. Row 4: Tom Stumpfig, Cliftom Flourry, Doug Benson, Mike Hicok, Mike Nobach, LaVerne Davenport, Ron Allen Marc Durbin, Ron Lindsey, Bill Snow, ,lim Lovitt, Rick Burkholder, Kent Blizzard, Earl France, Liton Stallmg, Steve Edwards, Nate Zellner, Gary Taylor, Lynn Viculin, Dan Kitch, Mr, Corbett, Karla Mathiasen.

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Urehestra Rehearses or pring Concert The Sexton orchestra scored its first success this year with the per- formance of Handel's Messiah. Much time was spent in rehearsal for the all-school musical, Annie Get Your Gun, and for the spring concert. The string orchestra, which meets daily, is complemented by band members at practices and performances. ' Members of the Band watch as Tom Davidson and John Lee change from Band uniforms to Orchestra uniforms. Many Band members are used to supplement the Orchestra. First Row: Sue Goodine, Ava Baum, France Richardson, Clifton Flourry, Barb Spence, Sue Evans, Mary Amhrook. Second Row: Margaret Spence, -Sue Hepfer, Robert Jenkins, Tom Lott, Delores Owen, Robert McCullough, Dave Price, Sue Curtis, Diane Smith, Claire Evans, Kris Blouch, Steve Malatinsky, Virginia Nonhof, John Tome, Frank Duncan, Walt Smiley. Third Row: Pat Rush, Stephany Wills, Tim King, Lexa Washburn, Sue Could, Tom Stumpfig, Mitch Stutes, Steve Paige, Janis Huffman, Ron Lindsey, Rick Burkholder, Kent Blizzard, Steve Towns, Allan Kinney, Damon Stutes, Randall Eddy. Fourth Row: Mr. Duane Corbett, Conductor, Cora Aho, Steve Edwards, Gary Taylor, Lynn Viculin, Dan Kitch, Dave Zeile.