Diamond Bar High School - Taurus Yearbook (Diamond Bar, CA)

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NX 1 Ne- ' -- ' -Mn cc - L , ci-rfrfns. - 4 SLY SMILE - Senior Kwame White concentrates on his drums, Drum Line won many sweepstakes at their own competitions. LOOKING GOOD - ls Senior Wesley lto as he directs the band. Everyone tried hard to make this year the best. it ,1 'A' E I I THUNDERING HERD 1987-88: Carlo Abulencia, Zafar Alikhan, Debra Allan, Wendy Allan, Albert Alorro, Mark Baker, Eric Bowler, Patricia Brooks, Paul Cannings, Jeffrey Caples, Lorraine Castro, Immanuel Chan, Nicholas Chang, Brian Chisholm, Chris Clonts, Stephanie Cochran, Deborah Coffin, Bradford Cumm- ings, Michael De Simone, Brad Dickie, Patrick Drum- mons, Scott Edwards, Nathan Eliason, Todd Elkin, Jessica Ellis, Inger Freng, Wendy Glasser, Rasekha Hai, Jennifer Harrison, Gary Hayden, Mathew Heckmer, Ellen Huang, Wesley lto, Jason Kern, Mark Krueger, Felix Ling, Bryan Londot, Kevin Lowther, Sheila Madhaven, Jay Martin, James Manson, Keni Manson, Anthony Mattero, Sonny Mattero, Michelle McCreary, Brian Mercier, Heather Montgomery, Katrina Minck, Leon Monzon, Jeremy Mosied, Randy Norschow, Mark Novy, Jennifer O'Brien, Tina Patel, Todd Pirce, Donald Rasussen, Cynthia Reis, Jennifer Rosen, Nicole Schuld, Phillip Solano, Brian Tobar, Amy Vasquez, Elaine Vega, Kwame White, Kevin Williams, Paul Winward, Winnie Winward, Kisha Young, Jennifer Zeller. 64C

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54 B Playing fo Perfection tls halftime, and you are eating your greasy wrinkled hot dog, the sun is beating upon your lukewarm Pepsi, mak- ing it even warmer. The loudspeaker suddenly an- nounces, Diamond Bar High School proudly presents the award winning Thundering Herd! and the harmonious sounds of the Fight Song echo through the tranced stadium. This will be the best year yet, commented Wesley Ito, Drum Major. We have a great new band director, Mr. Bryan. He helps us a lot. He is very enthusiastic about his first year, and he can really relate to the band members. The band members themselves, are really dedicated and enthusiastic also. It would be hard not to achieve the goals we set for ourselves. The Diamond Bar Thundering Herd fulfilled many of their goals by practicing long hours in the summer and after school everyday. Practice was really hard and hot, but I loved every minute of it. I met a lot of new friends and it gave me something to do in the summer instead of just moping around the house, said Nathan Eliason. Some of the com- petitions they won were: Band Award, Western High and Sierra Vista. Other than competitions as an entire band, there were also many smaller individual groups that competed in com- petitions. For example, Drumline won several sweepstakes and scored highly at many of their contests. I love Drumline, there's a certain kind of excitement and satisfac- tion after playing in a competition or halftime, said Leon Monzon. I was so happy once, I trashed someone just for the fun of itf, Monzon added. The Thundering Herd practiced long hours to perfect many of their routines, but their long hours paid off. Because of competitions, this year was a great deal of hard work for everyone, but through patience and practice that feeling of perfection was worth all the long hours. GIVE IT ALL YOU'VE GOT - ls Kevin Chisholm with total concentration. Many band members found this to be an asset at the tough competitions.

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DRILL I9 TOGETHER IN STEP I l eft, left, left, right, left! No, it was not the sound of the Army marching, it was the Drill Team practicing, The above phrase was often heard while the Drill Team practiced. The cadence helped them to perfect their steps in unison and work as a team. The Drill Team practiced many long hours during the summer and everyday before and after school to perfect the dance and precision routines. 'fl learned a lot about working with other people,'l stated Michelle Robinson, senior. Michelle was captain of the Drill Team with Monica Vargas and Cynthia Provencio. Monica Vargas, senior commented, 'Everyone on the team worked hard to learn the routines. The Drill Team's enthusiasm to succeed may have been in- spired by the new advisor, Denise McElrea. She brought a new outlook to the team and also entered them in many competitions. Dawn Lane, sophomore exclaimed, Competitions are stressful, but after they are over everyone is excited to see where we placed. The Drill Team's long hours of practice and hard work paid off, at the first competition at Baldwin Park they received second place. The Drill Team continued to place high in all competitions throughout the year. DRILL TEAM 1987-88: Guddi Bhatia, Deanna Bonura, Misty Buckwalter, Tiffany Burke, Carolyn Carson, Heidi Conrad, Jocelyn Corominas, Tiffanie Fuller, Mandi Gerrard, Maureen Gonzales, Yvonne Gonzales, Christy Harrel, Tami Hecker, Cindie Jackson, Suna Kang, Jean Koo, Dawn Lane, Tif' fany Martinoski, Erica Morris, Tuong Nuong, lrene Orejel, Cynthia Provencio lcapt.l, Michelle Robin- son lcapt.l, Kelli Rudan, Helen Samson, Sumita Sethi, Sandee Shin, Kristen Schuler, Katherine Songco, Diane Szalankwiez, Tiffany Tanner, Monica Vargas lcapt.l, Aubvey Williams, Aimee Wyler, Patty Yang, Bryna Yoo, and Bernadette Zamora. 3 READY TO START - Sophomore, Yvonne Gonzales is in line to start the show. The Drill Team had new uniforms. A CIRCLE OF COLOR - The Drill Team performs with multi- colored hoops. They added many f .,,.,, . . , QQ-,P i Q X it tvs new props to the routines. Jim ,fl Jer if ' rf. . l Q with . if arf' ff? -nf' -w-urn I 2 Y . . I Aw Q. it n ,f 'T? f--f':f., Ni?- '-.,- Q, , ,,, H 1 . .sky -A , .MVN , , ' r 1 ri ' ' - .r - ' H' ' ' .J t. ' , 64D A