Roosevelt High School - Leograph Yearbook (Compton, CA)

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HMJ. .. On to San Francisco is the marching cry ol the Lion Band since it received the honor of representing Compton Secondary Schools in the Centennial Celebration to be held in that city late in the summer. The band has won Division l honors for tour consecutive years in the All Western Band Review held in Long Beach each tall, ancl Division l rating for 'rhreeconsecutive years in the California Secondary School Band and Orchesira Festival held in Pomona each spring. The Las Vegas vs Compton Junior College football fans saw the Lion Band again in top position as Host Band 'lor the occasion. Parades galore expresses the marching activities of the band throughout the entire year. lt played at all home football and basketball games and in connection with the Orchestra and other instrumental organizations, it presented a Spring Concert to the student body in assemblies and to parents and friends at an evening performance. OPEL ed fra ..-. Violin: Patricia Bateman, Concert Mislressg Wilbur Wright, David Prudence, Robert Parmeter, Janet Perryman, Jane Lowe, Albert Walt- ers, Beverly Peterson, Norma Pfankuch, Carol Caverly, Velma Stingley, Maxine Van de Wetering, Eddie Miller, Wayne Brown, Yvonne Bozarth, Diana Doniak, Simone Dixon, Shirley Bale. Muriel Bell, Sue Walp, Carol Cole, Jacquelyn Reed, Lois Pearcy, Richard Anders. Viola: Susan Lawrence, Jeanette Allen, Shirley Lockhart, Louise Cummings, Julianna Gibbs, Barbara Woodward. Violin-cello: Mary Stevenson, Bryce Bar- din, Marcia Bateman, Madelyn Chryst, Saralee Sprowl, lla Hinds. Bass Viol: Donna Hawks, Susan Kessler, Arthur Andrew, Lewis Howell. Oboe: Barbara Parsons, Barbara Teeples. Flute: Carol Kidwell, Annette Waters, Margaret Hineman, Miriam Bardin. Clarinet: Robert Davis, Lois Ellis, Anita Piaft, Jeanine Tibbits, Beverly Rose. French Horn: Merwin Reed, Beverly Fife, Donna Murray, Janet Ness. Trumpet: Jimmy Dykes, Gayle Hoepner, Phil Purcell, Esther Polodian. Trombone: Harold Marriott, Marshall Perry, Esther Scott. Percussion: Virginia Durham, Sandra Bisson, Jan Bruckman. Y, l -50-

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fe it .1 .- Eff Hg' Zim! .... Oboe: Barbara Parsons, Barbara Teeples. Flute: Carol Kidwell, Freema Werner, Annette Waters, Helen Van de Wetering, Doris Shanna- telt. Piccolo: Annette Waters. Clarinet: Donald Brautiqam, Robert Davis, Jerry Brewer, Robert Sallee, Lois Ellis, Darwin Swanson, Patricia Sutton, Carol Knight, Anita Piatt, Barbara Carter, Nancy Taufman, George Simon, Kay Carter, Carla Stoehr, Ettabelle Snagg, Beverly Rose, Ollie Pruitt, Don Tucker, Gay Hickman, Carol Johnson. Bass Clarinet: Anita Piatt. Alto Saxaphone: Robert Goodloe, Arlyn Wardle, Charles Bassett. Tenor Saxaphone: Robert Belknap. Baritone Saxaphone: -Dwight Henderson. French Horn: Merwln Reed, Beverly Fite, Janet Ness, Anna- marie Whisnant, Shirley Kaellre, Connie Kaelke. Trumpet: Bill Hines, Jimmy Dylces, Gayle Hoepner, Ruben Valladolid, Esther Poladian, Da- vid Kerr, Phil Purcell, Jerry Campana, Jerry Droke, James Floe, Glenna McAnish. Baritone: George McMichael, Fausto Visnicker. Trombone: Herold Marriott, Arthur Ungar, Marshall Perry, Marilyn Scott, Don Calloway, Paul Johnson, Bert Tait. Basses: Arthur Andrew, Mike Carpenter, Jon Van Rhym. Percussion: Anita Young, Jay Massey, Req George, Roy Jordan, Jan Bruckman. Drum Maior: Don Brautiqam. Maiorettes: Ettabelle Snagg, Carol Kidwell, Barbara Teeples, Annamarie Whisnant. Banner Carriers: Barbara Carter, Barbara Parsons, Helen Van de Wet- enng. -49-

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Wf. Cami . . . Music, Music, Music has been fhe 'rheme song for Mr. Coverf since he learned lo play lhe 'trum- pe'r in The sixrh grade. He 'roolc an acfive parf in bofh elemeniary and junior high bands, bu'r if was noi unlil he enlered senior high fhaf he wen+ all ouf for music. From his 'ren+h year on, he was a member of fhe band, or-chesfra, chorus, and dance band. During This era he had his firslr experiences in marching and preparing for a fes+ival. A+ lhe beginning of college, music began +o pay off for Mr. Coverl. He organized and conducfecl a dance band and fhe money from 'rhis and a lhou- sand dollar scholarship paid for four years of Col- lege. Ollen he 'loolc a playing parf in his own band as he plays all brass and woodwind inslrumenls. Allhough he enjoys all phases of musical aclivify, his iirs+ love is lhe sfring ensemble worlc. Year by , year his dreams are becoming a realily, bul he says Thai he will nol be happy unlil Roosevell has a I IO piece orcheslra and a 75 piece concerl band. MR. 5p5NC5R COVER-f grin? EHJQFHLE .... The Siring Ensemble has been one of +he busiesi musical organizalions on lhe campus. ll has appeared af various cily lunclions among which were +he lwenry lilfh anniversary dinner ol lhe Junior Chamber of Commerce of Compfon, and lhe inslallafion banguel of lhe lvlelropolilan Cily League of grealer Los Angeles. All members are seclion heads ol lhe orcheslra, all are members of lhe All Soulhern California High or Junior High School Orcheslra, and as a group, fhey have played for lwelve consecuiive lvlolhers Teas. '53 -51-