Bedford High School - Epic Yearbook (Bedford, OH)

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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

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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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And then Comes JAZZ After the football season was over.the band divided into three groups; Wind En- semble, Symphonic Band, and Concert Band. Mr. Sullivan directed the Wind En- semble and assistant director Mrs. Deb- orah Scheuffler was in charge of the other two groups. In addition to performing at the Christmas and Spring concerts, the band took part in district competition. “This year the Wind Ensemble moved up to class ‘A’ competition instead of class ‘B’ where we had been previously,’ Mr Sullivan explained. “We were being judged on a higher level, so we felt that we should, and could play the harder mu- sic.” As in the Marching Band the three concert bands were composed of underclass students, and will be looking forward to even higher levels of achieve- ment in the next few years. “This year’s Jazz Ensemble was a pret- ty hard working group,” commented drummer Tom Kramer. “Everyone worked together to make the group sound smooth, instead of trying to be featured soloists. The Jazz Ensemble has played at such events as the Home and Flowere Show at the Cleveland Convention Center and the Lakeland Jazz Festival. Each year they also host the Bedford Jazz Festival, which includes performances by area high school jazz aggregations. Another aspect of the instrumental mu- sic program at BHS, under the direction of Mr. Sullivan, was the Orchestra. Violin- ist Becky Dashko commented, “Although we’re not the dominant musical group, we performed a lot better at the Christmas concert than we expected. We’re working towards a possible spring concert. I Wish we performed more often.” BLOW OUT Featured on the trombone to Senior Craig Lott» The football season means a lot of work, but It’s kind of nice to see the games and help the team rally.” commented Craig. 30 Jazz Ensemble