Northview High School - Viking Yearbook (Covina, CA)

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Drill Team, Tall Flags, Banners, Majc DRILL TEAM FRONT ROW: Advisor Miss Cindy Devers, Jamie Krumme, Captain Katfiy Wingett, Blanca Vasquez SECOND ROW; Cappy Fox. Michelle Ybarra. Kim Hart THIRD ROW: Checking to see if she ' s on cue. Debbie Michelle Naranjo, Cindy Case. Jennifer Landesman. Sandra Rose FOURTH ROW: Yvette DaWs performs at a football halftime. Rodriguez. Mary Davis. Gina Gerrits BACK ROW: Debbie Davis. Chantei Krumme, Rhonda Newman. April Browning During a morning practice. Mashel John- son concentrates as she perfects her moves for the upcoming performance- 32 Drill Team S»(

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Recieves Sweepstakes Award Other officers included: President Danny Cordero, Vice-President Kelly Miles, Secretary Teresa Grapp, Instument Managers Daryl Sanchez and Eddie Somoza, Librarians Ralph Ramirez and Activities Lisa Cordero. Each officer ' s job was important to keep the band in order and was received through election. This year ' s band, The Black and Gold Sound Machine , began practicing during the ummer and practiced daily when school started. Besides practicing music, they worked on other techniques such as march- ng, showmanship, and espritdecorps. Music played a great part in the band ' s jverall performance. Some songs they Diayed included top hits such as Beat it , Billie Jean , Fascination , Rosanna , and Flashdance . Some others included Cham- Dionship and their competition march, ' Ea- ]le Squadron . Their skills were put to the test when they entered in the Canyon Country Parade and ecieved a Sweepstakes award, the highest award to be received. Other competitions in- cluded: The Azusa Golden Parade, West Arca- dia Band Review, the Chino Band Review, and the Rowland Heights Band Review. Leading the band was Drum Major David Youngberg. Some of his responsibilities in- cluded: keeping the band in order when the Band Director, Tom Mazur, was out, directing songs, and assisting the band director when needed. Kim Norman looks towards Band Director Tom Mazur for directions while Dennis Tarver concentrates on reading tiis music- Dunng a half-time performance, Mary Anne Duncan contemplates keeping the beat Ken Collins plays the alma mater after the football game against la Puente. n Km B s i 31

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ettes March Through Excellent Season The ' 83-84 Entertainment Units perfornned in many parades, competitions, and halftime shows. Drill team, tall flags, banners, and ma- jorettes all worked very hard this year. Com- petitive events included the Golden Days Pa- rade and Rowland Heights Band Review, where drill team placed third and Kathy Win- gett, captain, placed fourth. The next compe- tition was the West Arcadia Band Review. In this competition drill team missed placing by .8 of a point. The Canyon Country Parade was cancelled due to rain, but the units marched anyway, showing spirit and good attitude. Miss Devers said, The leadership of the squad was very good. The squad showed a definite improvement. They had a very posi- tive attitude and a lot of school spirit. Rose Varga, tall flag captain, said, Tall flag had a very hard working year and were very enthu- siastic. Majorettes this year were Elaine Ta- laski and Nicolette Byrd. Performing at most football halftimes, these two girls were very talented. Banners had very good showman- ship for a squad of beginning members, and were also very spirited throughout the year. While keeping in step, banner carriers Hei di Sweeney and Cheryl Berry proudly s iow off the Northview banner during halftime MAJORETTES, BANNERS. TALL FLAGS FRONT ROW Elaine Talaski, Nicolette Byrd BACK ROW: Donna Roscoe. Heidi Sweeney, Cheryl Berry. Leslie Simon, Rhonda DeMunckMortier. Veronica User pater. Francine Padovich, Maureen DeMunckMortier, Kathy Finnigan, Debbie Mar- tin, Tracey Foster, Leslie Rauch, Captain Rose Varga Tall Flags, Banners, Majorettes 33