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

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Under 'rhe direc'rion of Robby Caslon, coordinalor of The sfage band, sophomore Lou Ann Pfeil, accompanied by senior Leslie Mauldin, slands To gel The maximum sound from her renor saxophone during fhe concerf for The Band Boosler Club. Moving +0 fhe beaf of iazz was 'rhe newly organized Srage Band as 'rhey performed for rhe Band Boosier Club. The 20 member organiza.ion was a new addifion fo ihe band program. 3 X , A relen+less siare al his music provides senior band member Kirk Vanderbill wilh an under- slanding of his new arrange- menl. Vanderbilf par+icipa+ed wirh orher l-lousronian band members af a Region Band prac- Tice. Porfraying Rosanna-Rosanna Dana, Tracy Womack, senior band member, parlicipales in fhe Weekend Updafe slcif with seniors Lisa Powell and Mc Weber al lhe band bariquel, Band

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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.

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