Park Falls High School - Torch Yearbook (Park Falls, WI)

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TRADITIONS ARE BROKEN The fans in the stand cheer the team on despite the cold weather, and they sure eniov doing it! 17 As part of the Homecoming festivities this year, the LHS Band hosted their 1st Invita- tional. Here Patti Wartgow. the drum majorette, is directing the Band while they march in perfect formation. HOMECOMING Homecoming 1973 brought about a slow changing of traditions as old ones were dropped and new innova- tions and ideas were added. The festivities started as usual on Thursday night as the cheerleaders and the band, dressed in outlandish costumes, led the squirming snake dance through the downtown streets to their final destination - the huge bonfire built by members of the junior Class. As the Medford football player was burned in effigy, Coach Lou Pirotta introduced the Cardinal football players amid the cheers of the fired- up crowd. But unlike other years, no class floats were built. Most generally agreed that not enough students participated in their own class float's construction, so this tradition found its way out of the usual Homecoming. No parade was held Friday afternoon, so the student body prepared to cheer their team on to victory. That evening, however, the team suffered a crushing loss to the hands of the Medford Red Raiders, 27-0. The Cardinal Marching Band performed a fantastic half time field show as the Queen and her attendants were pre- sented before the crowd. On Saturday, the first PF Band In- vitational was held. Seven bands marched in a parade, interspersed with Homecoming Attendants. That after- noon, after being judged on street appearance, each band presented an original field show. A composite score of both events determined the winner of the competition. Saturday capped the activities when the dance was held with the music of Hay Fever in the background. This year, with the efforts of several senior girls, the gym was decorated very lavishly in the school colors - red and white - with balloons hanging from the ceiling to provide a carnival effect. Senior attendants Gary Liebelt and Debi Graffunder crowned King Jim Nessman and Queen Debi Singer. Other attendants included juniors Steve Pritzl and Joyce Skotterud, sophomores Ann Marie Fuhrman and Wayne Daubner, and freshmen Dolly Pala- check and Ed Engel. Thus ended the different, yet excitingly new Home- coming.

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(Back, left to right) Jeff Hilgart. Rick Johnson. Dean Nordall. Linda Yunk. Dena Sheedy. Hal Koshak. Jeff Treml (2nd row) John Balczewski. Bob Pribnow. Joe Schmidt. Steph Hecimovich. Joe Hilgart. Jerry Wocelka; (1st row) Ted Prickril. Cindy Hilgart. Dawn Yunk. Brenda Bolz. Jim Glick. FLOATING ON NOTES Stage Band is another group of the Concert Band that meets outside of class. This group is made up of 5 saxes, 4 trombones, 5 cornets, percussion, bass guitar and piano and it meets every Monday night to rehearse. Down South Dixieland music is their style and they play many charts such as Salina Come Home , More Ways Than One , Moonlight Serenade , Bud's Blues , and Walls of jericho. Unlike Concert Band music with a straight tempo, most of the music played in Stage Band is swung , so you have to have a feel for the music before you can begin to learn the articulation, tone quality, and rhythm patterns that vary from chart to chart. This year Stage Band went to the District Music Festival, the first time in a few years and Mr. Nordall was quite proud of the group. One concert is given a year and Mr. Nordall feels that with each concert the group is steadily improving in musicianship. PEP BAND A miniature band is what the Lincoln High School Pep Band might be called. Each year at the start of basketball season, Mr. Nordall will pick 4 or 5 members from each section of the band and form a Pep Band. All the practice is done outside of class since this group only meets 3 or 4 times during the season to rehearse. Then at every home basketball game, the Pep Band performs after the jV game and during half time of Varsity games. Their repertoire contains many favorites including, El Cum- banchero , The Work Song , Yakety Sax , The Thunderer , and Sweet Georgia Brown . Those in Pep Band consider it an honor to be in it, and so they work at it. Schmidt. Vice President. The Senior Band Officers are: (L-R) Patti Wartgow. Secretary Treasurer; Jim Glick. President; and Joe Left, right, left, right are the thoughts of the Senior Marching Band as they perform their half time show during the Homecoming game 21

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AT HOMECOMING An onlooker as the Medford football player is burned in effigy in the Homecoming bonfire built by the Jr. Class (below). (right) Remember me? I'm Freddie the football that's used at all the Cardinal football games and here I'm just relaxing after a hard game. Homecoming. 23