Harbor High School - Mariner Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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Who just made that catch? Malorette Kelly Steif and head drummer Joe Saddler look over the football program together, Amend hut! Clarinetist Kathleen Greelief properly stands at attemion before marching onm me competinon field. Woodwind buddies Julie Thomas and Kelly Lwarence talk on a vainy night during a game How does rhis work.7? Bell player Marv Metcalf shows freshman Penny Miller the mechanics of the xylophone while Dave Russell watches. Marching Band 25

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up to keep warm in the frigid temperatures during a home football game Band is simply brilliant! The marching band is most widely known as entertainment for football halftime shows and arousing spirit during games. But this year the Harbor Marching band broke that mold and entered their first year of competition. They set high standards and goals which they worked very hard to attain. They started working a week after school was out so they could become fa- miliar with the music. In August, a week before band camp, they had day and night rehearsals, mostly to work on basics. At the Qualifiers band camp in Alliance, Penn- sylvania they worked for five days to learn a much harder show than they had ever dreamed of. They received much support and enthusiasm from the Qualifiers since they wrote the show cost-free and took a special interest in the band. They were very industrious and productive, and their final performance on the last day proved that. Along with a promising performance, they received awards for best drum major, Dave Lesperance, and most outstanding auxiliary line. They competed in four competitions to qualify for the New York State Competition in Syracuse. Among these were McDowell, 4th place; Jamestown, 2nd; Meadville, 6th; and finally in Girard they placed 1st. They worked very hard each week to con- tinually improve their show. They practiced during school and two nights a week for two and a half hours. Their ambition and persistence paid off when they were re- warded 5th place at their ultimate destina- tion, Syracuse N.Y. It was doubly exciting because they were the hrst band ever from Ohio to compete there. The band plans to compete again next year, and since they already have one year of experience under their belt they expect to do even betterll 24hStudent Life

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Jam! The three top trumpeteers, Art Brace, LlSd Edmonds, and Danny Goodman, work out a different passage dunng reheatsa! Danny and AM are both seniors and have been In the band all four years. 0017'! drop Irl Freshman Charlie Camplese IS gomg to have to grow mto hlS baritone saxV Chatlle IS one of the few freshmen to 10m the band. Oh, Is that how :1 goes? Trumpet play Chris Musoc watches his music as he listens to a recording of it Wha! a section! There is a variew of instruments In ' the brass section. Derry! BirchA slide trombone: Scott Benett, french horn; and AI Allonen, valve trombone 26 Student Life