Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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if .rs N .. e , 'Casa ,is . LK Before the Durango contest, Mike Kunkel, Jerry Evans, Kelly Willoughby, Charles May, Paul Taylor, John Luttrell, Jeff Cooper and Dennis Street relax. During the Christmas holidays, band director Mr. Dee Tucker leads the band. The choir also performed at the Hyatt. Q W Mud interferes with half-time numbers New uniforms for marching band, new director for choir department The art and science of combining tones in varying melody, known to most simply as music, played a special part in the lives of students enrolled in band, choir, or musical productions. The band program consisted not only of marching season in the fall, but concert season during the rest of the year. Marching band included attendance at summer band camp and practices throughout the fall. Heavy rainfall and bad conditions on the football field prevented the band from performing at two half-time shows. At another half-time, the flag corps used only poles in order to keep the flags clean for contests. The marching band purchased new uniforms to present a new look to au- diences and judges. White coats, orange sashes, and black aussi hats composed the new part of the uniforms, while black pants and white shoes remained the same. Although delivery was scheduled for early October, a shipping delay prevented the band from wearing the new uniforms until the last football game in November. In both the Cleburne Marching Festival and the UIL Marching Contest, the band scored a one, the highest possible rating, for musicality, marching ability, and general appearance. Each band member had his or her own reason for liking marching season. Tammy Malone, senior flag lieutenant, stated, Marching is my favorite part, I love to twirl. Carol Wehmeyer, sophomore, added, Band is great and l love flag corps! ln contrast to the marching program, concert band worked on preparing for con- tests instead of performing in public. The band split up into two separate groups, concert band, in which younger musicians gained experience, and sym- phonic band, which was the main perform- ing band with the stronger players. Both bands put on concerts with the junior high feeder schools and participated in UIL con- cert competition at Trinity High School. Individual members competed in UIL solo and ensemble contest, but restricted their practice to time outside of class, The choir program with new director Mrs. Carol Pyle had two divisions. The mixed choir served as primarily a training choir, while the chorale choir acted as the top performing group. ln mixed choir, anyone could participate without an audi- tion or any previous experience. A member of the chorale choir earned his position by audition only. In addition to these two choirs, a special group of choir members formed a select group called Odyssey. Thirteen singers, one of which played keyboards as well, formed the group. Members auditioned for their places in Odyssey as well as chorale choir. Mrs. Pyle evaluated the auditions. Odyssey performed at UIL solo and ensemble contest, and sang in civic pro- grams at Christmas and in the Choir Festival. They sang mostly pop and swing style music. As a new feature of pep rallies and home football games, individual choir members sang the National Anthem. The administration approached Mrs. Pyle and asked for the use of the choir for this pur- pose at the beginning of the school year. I think we've come a long way, Michelle Maxwell, senior choir member, stated. Revealing the secret of the choirs' ac- complishments, Sharon Johnson, junior, related, She fMrs. Pylel makes us work hard, but it pays off. Musical Productions, another class in- volved with the performing arts, prepared for musicals presented to the public. Mrs. Kay Van Norden and Mrs. Pyle both taught the class. All aspects of putting on a musical are learned in the class, stated Mrs. Pyle. The classes participated in all of the pro- ductions that were put on. This included mailing press releases, making a program, selling ads, drawing posters, and selling tickets. Students also did the choreography, make-up, and production sets. Members had a better chance of get- ting lead roles in the plays that were presented at school, said one student in musical productions.- FINE ARTS

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Learning a white collar trade, junior Steve Pfiefer studies drafting, either a one or two hour course. Sometimes it gets hot and dirty in auto mechanics attests Kirby Stinson. .fe 161. 'A cl-Iustler can Theory With the unemployment rate on the rise, some students chose to supplement their education with pre-employment courses. These classes combined bookwork with actual job experience and lasted either two or three hours a day. Although the courses were a good reference to use in gaining employment, jobs were not required for credit in class. Cosmetology students gave per- manents, manicures, pedicures and learned about coloring mixtures for hair. They kept notebooks, both for personal use and for district contest, Products were tried out for companies who re- quested them to be tested. At all times they wore regulation white uniform coats and shoes in accor- dance with health laws. After completing the course, seniors took the state board examination test in Austin to acquire a license to work. It's fun, you have to work hard, and you get a lot out of it, stated president of cosmetology VICA Darlene Bennett. Unlike other pre-employment courses, Vocational Drafting offered the only class that gave students the opportunity to work at a white-collar job after graduation. Denese McGee, vocational drafting PRE-EMPLOYMENT LABS QR smpfwry earn 1000 weekly full-time' plus experience accords lab students head start student, said, It's helped me in understanding my decision to go into the fields of art and architecturef, Mr. Roland Kuhleman's class also drew up the plans for the principal's new office. Two other vocational classes, auto- body and auto-mechanics, also served as pre-employment classes. In both courses students spent three hours a day, with one hour devoted to classroom work and the rest in the shops. Mr. Charles Cauttrell, auto-body in- structor, taught his students how to paint car exteriors and work on upholstery, frames, both window and body, and fenders. Auto mechanics' students, on the other hand, concentrated on the car engine, including transmission and all braking, electrical, and cooling systems, according to instructor Mr. Harold Black. Joe Bertholf, senior auto body stu- dent, said, I will be making around S5400 a week when I start working full time, if I goof off. I could get up to a S1000 a week if I hustle.'I Good pay was just one benefit to consider when a student became involved in auto body or auto mechanics. Another pre-employment course, Vocational Office Education Lab, of- fered students concentrated training in office skills. These skills included the study of filing, banking, business forms, how to apply for a job, personal im- provement, and other business related subjects such as data and word process- ing introduction. This course was taught for two hours and earned students two credits. The course is recommended for non-college bound AND college bound students who may use their skills to help finance college education, stated Mrs. Marsha Murray, VOE teacher. General Construction Trades, a class designed to teach students the art of carpentry, plumbing, electrical, and bricklaying trades, taught by Mr. George Bishop, gave students a chance to work on their skills for two hours per day with four credits a year. Mr. Bishop explained, Construction Trades helped students acquire jobs by learning the basic skills of the various crafts so that they could enter a trade at a higher level. Last year the classes remodeled a frame house purchased by the district and re-sold this winter. They constructed a garage for their project this springl