Bedford High School - Epic Yearbook (Bedford, OH)

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FIRST PLACE The Band entertained this years' homecoming crowd In more ways than one Besides their usual half time musical performance, the prize winning float “Pave the Panthers” was also their creation. TUNING UP. Mr. Don Sullivan. Band director, works with the wind section during fourth period class An upcoming performance was the motivation for this practice session I’m always glad when the football season is over and I can work on other things. commented Mr Sullivan. SOLO ARTIST. Trumpter Barb Romanowski opens the half time show with a solo performance in Pic- tures at an Exhibition. ‘The trumpet section real ly sounded great.” commented Brian Langguth. 28 Band

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TIME OUT Surrounded by Pom poms and jackets a mini Bearcat takes a break from the tough job of rabble rousing Younger brothers and sisters often get into the act and play the part of live mascots PEPPED UP. Helping to arouse school spirit, espe cially before the biggest game of the season is what being a cheerleader is all about! exclaimed Janice Meredith. The pep rally, held before Homecoming, brought the Bearcats good luck and a victory over Euclid RAH RAH Cheering for the freshmen team is fun but tough ”, stated cheerleader Jill Whims. Not very many people showed up for their games, so we tried to show them that we cared. Cheerleaders 27

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Musicians on the Move MONKEY BUSINESS Who is that hairy faced drummer9 Besides keeping time for the Band. Mike Martinez hams it up for the crowd as they play a pre-game fight song Continued growth and transition were the hallmarks of this year’s band. A Rifle Corp was added to the Marching Band, and the Flag Corp was featured more of- ten than in the past. It was a year of building, with only 24 seniors out of a to- tal group of 150 members. A lot of work was done with an eye towards the future. The Marching Band season began with the annual band camp at Muskingham College. Band camp is a lot of fun, but it’s also a lot of hard work,” said junior John Bradley. “You march about 12 hours each day to learn the routines, but there’s still time to do whatever you want, added Bradley. For the seniors, their free time was often taken up with initiation of new band mambers, called Greenies”. ‘‘Initiation of the Greenies is good because it makes them work hard,” stated Rena Bugarin. Senior Brian Langguth added, ‘‘There were fewer initi- ations this year than in the past, and it showed. Some of the Greenies weren’t as willing to listen to the seniors as they should have been, so they didn’t learn the routines as fast as they could have. With the start of school came the regu- lar season’s schedule of marching at foot- ball games. Besides this, the band also performed at the Nordonia Festival of Bands and at the McDowell Competition in Erie, Pennsylvania. ‘‘Competitions such as McDowell are good because they make you perform under pressure,” stated di- rector Don Sullivan. When the Marching Band wasn’t prac- tising or performing, its members could usually be found working on their Home- coming float. The late hours and missed homework assignments were not in vain however, and the band won the float competition with their theme, pave the Panthers”. Band 29