Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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Cynthia Smith gives a speech on sign language and talking to the deaf. This wins her first place at the contest. Speech team members are Tracy Overstreet, Vicki Clark, Scott Darveau, Linda Fairbanks, Steffanie Cobb, Matt Peterson, and Darla Prelle, (above) Linda Fairbanks and Vicki Clark portray a scene from The Bad Seed, (below). Speech Team Qualifies Two for State Leaping lizards! exclaims Annie. Tracy Overstreet's serious prose speech, based on the movie, Annie, wins second place at Districts. With Mr. Ross as sponsor, the eight member speech team put in a lot of hard work and attended meets around the panhandle. In order to prepare for a contest, each person or duet had to choose a topic, write it up, time it, cut or add information accordingly, and practice, practice, practice! All this paid off at the District meet in Chadron as the team placed fourth. Tracy Overstreet and the duet consisting of Linda Fairbanks and Vicki Clark went to state. Speech Team 17

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Music Parents Raise Money for Band Uniforms Music Parents, with the help of other organizations, spent $30,000 on new band uniforms. These could be marching or concert uniforms, depending on the overlay the band chose to wear. The main money making project was selling magazines. It was very successful with a total profit of $4000 which was more money than they had made in previous years. This money was added to the fund for the uniforms. The group suggested something new for the pep band-new shirts. These made a really big with the band members and also provided a sense of pride and unity among the entire group. Meeting every other Tuesday, members decided who would sponsor trips taken by the choir and band, who would receive the various scholarships, and tried to get more parents involved. As Mrs. Oralene Hofmann, the choir director, had to say, I think Music Parents is a real fine support group. Mr Dick Rischling, band director, inspects the quality of and also shows the pants of the new uniform These pants are royal blue with a darker blue satin stripe down each leg. Mrs Hofmann and Miss Beth Young, high school and middle school choir directors, respectively, and other members discuss the up-coming musical events. 1984-85 Music Parents officers Secretary Peggy Chouanard, President Delma Turgeon, and Treasurer Saundra Petersen proudly display the new band uniform. (Vice President Rachel Vaughn is not pictured.) 16 Music Parents

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AHS Band Marches to First Place This year's flag team consisted of: Captain Katie Chouanard, Basketball Co-Captain Veronica |esse, Rachel Schmer, Patty Shaw, and Marcy Kerns. (Valerie Curtiss and Marching Co-Captain folene Brenner are not pictured). As a sophomore flag girl, Patty Shaw shows the concentration needed to perform at halftime during a home football game After a lot of early morning practices, the AHS marching band started off on the right foot by earning a ''one” rating at their first contest. However, a week later at the Sidney Oktoberfest Band Day, they won first place in both street and field marching in their division and second place overall. Their show included an introduction to the music ''Novena, a flag team feature to We Got the Beat, and concluding with Shadows of the Night.” Keeping with the beat, the flag girls added a flash of color and synchronization to the band. After a lot of hard work and dedication, they received excellent comments on their performances at both football and basketball games. As Captain Katie Chouanard said, Like any team, everything was not all roses; we had our rough spots. But I think we got it together and had a great year!” Angie Kerns, among others, carefully watches the majorettes for the tempo of the music. 18 Marching Band Flags