Hamilton High School - Agi H Eco Yearbook (Hamilton, AL)

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5 Trumpet secffori leader Richdrd G-drrison leods his secTion during Homecoming Porode. The percussion secfion moves forwdrd inTo posi- Tion during The hoif Time show of The HorTseiIe fooTbdlI gome. The marching band enters The fieid for compeTi- Tion OT The WesT Aldbomd Marching FesTivoI. The bond wds roTed superior dnd won The division chompionship.

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Marching Band Wins Division ConTesT 'TweeT TweeT horns up! This and performances developing was a very familiar sound To The discipline and social skills, which 'itll members of The marching are necessary for each sTudenT To band as They approached The have, said lvir. Nobles. 'TTT is also field. an imporTanT parT of The sTudenTs The year was sTarTed off by The experiences during high school. A fundamemals, accomplished by good band is an asseT for The The summer bond camp led by school and communiTy. direcior B.T. Nobles. The long pracTices during and Nonpariicipanfs saw The band afTer school payed off. AT The acTiviTies as a simple funcTion, To NorThwesT Alabama Marching The members They were noT. FesTival, held in Gordo, Alabama Several members during The band November 1, The band received camp were overcome by The excellenT and superior rairings, summer heai. giving iT The class division The purpose of band can be championship for The year, along seen as an opporTuniTy for The wiTh four Trophies. sTudenTs To express Themselves There was one person who Through clifferenT Types of music helped The band a loT during The Members of The clarinef section pause during The Sabre Dance drill, The frumpef secfion marches To The cadence and passes in review during The Homecoming parade. firsT semesier, Mr. Kenne-Th Engle. Mr. Engle sTudenT TaughT To fullfill parT of The requiremems To graduaTe wiih a MasTers degree in music from LivingsTon UniversiTy. The Tension work was released by a skaTing parfy, a TreaT for all The work done. A Trip To Birmingham To see a movie was anoTher TreaT for The sTudenTs who helped sell magazine subscripiions for The band's number one money raising projecT. 0uT of The 444 members, The marching band losT 24 senior members, The largesT class ever To graduaire. emu.. R111 A Marching Band

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Hard Work Rewards Majorettes I Being a majorette was not as most of the new routines, and the To finish their season of glamourous as it might seem to other girls would elaborate on marching, the majorettes marched be. what they thought of them, in the alumni and Christmas During the summer before the making a joint effort of it, stated parades, withstanding heat and school year had begun, seven girls Mrs. Sheilah Wiginton, the cold. went to Birmingham for a week of majorette sponsor. lt takes more work than C0fhD- The CCIYTWD WGS not Gil fuh- It cannot be said that the De0D'9 l'hiQhT fhihkf' STGTGC3 The I f0f they hOd to leflfh bOSlCS Grid majorettes do not have a bit of SDOFWSOF- new rOuTiheS fOr The UDCOITHUQ imagination. Many times they used Thefe Wefe The 90045 l'h0fhehTS marching season. hqtg for the megning and for the majorettes and their The majorettes selected their popularity of the pieces of music, SD0hS0f- Wifh CO0DefGTl0hf 'fhGY routines from summer camp and such as Dallas and Swing Shflfed 9000 TihW9S with 9ClCh by the ones handed down through March. Ofhef while 0CC0h'iDliShihQ WhGT the years. Sometimes they would The majorettes received their ThGY Sei' out to GO- listen to taped music of the band reward for their dedication at Q The SDODSOV had STGTGG TVIOT Oil and add their own touch to the Gordo where they received 'h GW' hOfhihQ h0S ChGhQ9C5 SWIG routine creating their own styles. superior ratings for their She hgd heeh 0 fh0l0f9T'f9 GT HHS Susie West, the head performances in action and 59V9h YGQVS G90- Imajorette, would come up with routines. Head majarette Susie West stands reverently as the Alma Mater is played. Y 'l Leading the band in the Exodus number, major- ettes prepare to thrill the fans with a tosseup ripple effect, 6 g Takingabrfefrespitebetween quarters, me moe 6 s Q . jorettes grab the chance to pass a quick word 'ge i ' f A among one another, V i ' I i' ' ' , , r A , essxb- .. . l i - 1 1 3 l l Majorettes