Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Ti by MI Prior +0 fhe in+roducfion of fhe sen- ior finalisfs, Safari Singers offer a few pop selecfions af Safari Spoi- lighf. All afienfion is on direcfor Lou Leo- nard while Chorale performs fhe opening song al fhe ioinf junior and senior high concert Girls' Ensemble, Concerr Girls' Choir, and Chorale and Spring Woods orchesrras accompanied sponsored lhe Talenr Show. Teaming up wilh Despiie fhe soggy homecoming weafher, seniors Gary Goodland. Tom Blue, and iunior Scofi Jackson offer 'rheir arrangemenf of 'rhe nafional anfhem before The North- brook game. The 'rrio was one of lhree groups and fwo solos chosen lo Sing preceeding fhe home games. for 'rhe 'rradiiional Candlelighr mall concerl. Choir sludenis fell' Jrhis was a good way lo share Chrisrmas ioy. l ihoughl if was neal, because we gol' iogelher and acled as a whole, and 'rhere was no compelilionf' sophomore Leanne Schmidi said. Combined Norlhbrook Chorale on Pegolisi's Magnilicai lor Jrhe sacred Chrisrmas conceri indoors. Among The many aclivilies Thar did nor include oiher schools, bul did include a lol ol work, 'rhe choir deparlmenl launched lhree fund- raising aclivilies, and lhe drama deparimenl 'ro produce The Sound of Music, choir members spentweeks ol class lime and hours alier school in preparalion. We slayed alrer school almosl every day praclicing and working on se+s, senior Becky Chin said. Choir

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lllilflllllllll Ill EI llllllTI'l.lIIl A new sTyle OT marching and The addiTion oT a sTage band combined To roundfoTT The band program. One oT The maior changes in The band program was a new sTyle of marching. Bobby Wren. direcTor oT bands. made The new sTep change because iT allowed The band To march To a series oT precision drills which could noT be done previously, fXnoTher major change in The band program was The creaTion of The sTage band. which specialized in original iazz and pop music. The sTage band is unique in iTselT. lT leTs The band members challenge Their musical abiliTies To The TullesT by inTroducing Them To new sTyles oT music. i Robby CasTon. direcTor OT concerT and sTage bands. said. Many rewards accompanied The Tedious hours oT aTTer school pracTices. One oT These rewards was The Teeling oT saTisTacTion aTTer marching in a halTTime show. A consTanT group eTTorT by The band members was also rewarded when The band goT a l:irsT Division in The UlL Marching ConTesT by receiving a superior raTirig Trom each oT The Three iudges. Five sTudenTs were also rewarded by making All- STaTe Band. They were Treshman STeven Casey. senior Mark Jacobs, and senior Tracy Womaclc, wiTh seniors Susan PeTers and KaThleen Long as alTernaTes. l wasniT even going To Try ouT Tor DisTricT Band and was very surprised To malce Region Band. buT iT was a very exciTing Thing To malce All-STaTe Band. Womack, clarineT player. said. The band held many Tund raising proiecTs To raise money Tor Their expenses. One OT The maior Tund raisers was The Jog-a-Thon. Band members huTTed and puTTed as They circled The Track collecTing money Tor each 1-. QL-- ban: iq. U5-0 3 L . E 131 As The band prepared To leave Tor l.uTl:in. sophomore Kenneih Kosub carefully loads The Tim- pani drum aboard The Grey- hound bus. The Trip To Lufliin was The longesT excursion Taken by The band To march in a game, The inTensiTy of a pep rally is expressed by bass drum players Dori Carley. Craig Brown. and Nelson Williams. Band members raised The enfhusiasm of pep ral- lies wiTh Their playing and spirit FBISIHQ.