Baker High School - Novus Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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Auxiliary Band Adding Color and Flash Adding color and flash to the marching band is a group called the Auxiliary Band. It ' s made up of the Dance Team, .in,) I lag and Rifle Corps. Members were chosen through tryouts by judges after a week of training in each individual group. The Auxiliary Band marched with the Marching Band during football season. Mardi Gras. and also participated in marching contests. Many times the Dance Team entertained the audience during pep rallies. Each individual group was actively in- volved in car washes, doughnut sales, and many other fund raisers done as a group. The Auxiliary Band was a welcomed ad- dition to the band during marching sea- son. Baker ' s High Steppers uori hard and are reward- ed with ne.lr pet »ith BAKEK ' i ■ md dance team march en the r learn work. ■re of their many ' 3ns. Band 129

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Baker ' s Band Bigger and Better Baker ' s band is getting bigger and bet- ter every year. The band consisted of 120 dedicated members this year, and will have 140 next year. Without these 140 members, adding ex- citement and enthusiasm, Baker ' s pep ral- lies and football games would not have been the same. They not only played at games and pep rallies, but also during Mardi Gras, gradu- ation, the welcoming of President Marcos of the Philippines, and for spring and win- ter concerts. Competition, a well-known word to the ambitious group, took place at the Deep South Marching Contest at Ladd Stadium and the Picayune Marching Festival in Picayune, Mississippi. The band participated in numerous fund raisers because as Mr. Faison com- mented, It takes tons of money to be suc- cessful!

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Chorus Baker ' s Chorus includes 9-12 grades and is directed by Mr. Clinton Doolittle. They did many activities such as singing in the Malls and presenting the musical, 1776 . A more advanced group of chorus mem- bers is called The Baker ' s Dozen and its members are Marvin Aikens, Jim Tadlock, Vincent Jackson, Arnold Tillman, Becky Vanlwarrden, Julie Coleman, Jeff Cole- man, Vernita Wilson, Laura Foster, Robbie McKinnel, Randy Matthews, and Spence Whigham. The group was involved in several vocal competitions. They went to Troy State for the State competition and to UMS for dis- trict. Bakers Dozen also sang at various places for the public during the year. They participated at the annual Christ- mas candle light singing at the Oakleigh house as well as for several school board officers at the West Area Office.