Linden High School - Linden Legend Yearbook (Linden, MI)

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THE BAND PLAYS NEW YORK

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fi After an extremely busy marching season the band settled down to the tranquility of concert season. But, to their surprise, it was anything but tranquil. They were immediately handed Christmas music for their annual Christmas concert and their first-ever Christ- mas parade. Then, following these events, came the difficult music for band festival, an annual event that judges the bands potential. This year the band re- ceived the highest possible score of straight I ' s, which they have received for the past three years. Following this, music for the upcoming New York- Washington D.C. trip was passed out. The band left for New York on May 2 with just over 90 people. In addition to the 2 performances, I each at the Old Post Office in Washington and City Hall in New York, the band visited several of the Smithsonians, Trump Tower, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, the World Trade Center, Times Square, and an original Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Weber ' s The Phantom of the Opera. The students were allowed to meet several of the actors afterwards, and a special plaque with the actors autographs was pre- sented to the band. The year ended with a pops concert and an awards banquet, where each of the students received awards.

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5t The Yearbook Staff made a goal early on to produce one of the best books in Linden ' s history. In order to make this happen, they felt they had to bring back color to the book and add 16 pages. They also chose a festive theme which is strongly reflected in the introduction and on the cover. It is carried out subtly throughout the book with some artwork and neatly done graphic design. With these goals, the class had to get more aggressive this year and raise considerably more money through their advertising. Also, the cost of the yearbook was increased to reflect rising pro- duction costs and the addition of color and more pages. As usual it was easier to set the goals than to make them actualize. The Staff found out that taking the pictures and doing all the developing work in their own darkroom was an extremely large task by itself. Add to that, the preparation of the copy and the layouts and they soon found out that 16 people had to work very hard to produce a respectable yearbook. In general, the staff feels good about this book. We feel we have raised the picture quality of this year ' s book and we did some nice things with the graphic design, stated Yearbook Staff advisor, Mr. Raymond. Yearbook staff includes: Trisha Aldrich, Bryan Bale, Laura Bennett, Karen Easton, Rob Farmer, Heather Foren, Andrea Harwood, Rob Hughes, Brittany Kourt, Jeff Leek, Jennifer Mulford, Lori Puckett, Tracey Reeves, Kris Sanchez, Matt Sanders, Steve Sluyter, Jaimi Smaka, Sandi Swink, and Maria Woodbury.