Topeka West High School - Chevalier Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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Instrumental Music Performs Variety Of Familiar Tunes Instrumental music was alive and well at Topeka West. Seven musicians did so well that they were selected to play in the District I Honor Band and Orchestra concert at Shawnee Mission northwest. They were: Porter Bertel- son, Kay Cochran, '81, David Ed- monds, '80, and Rob Neil, Penny Thompson, '81, Ken Ticknor headed the Instrumental Music Department, which included Concert band, march- ing band, stage band and orchestra. Every morning at 7:30 the marching band was on the tootball tield practic- ing tor the game on Friday. Familiar tunes heard at basketball games and at assemblies were pro- vided by the stage band, which also performed a jazz concert in lanuary. The instrumental musicians played tor the musical i'The Boyfriend, and they provided music tor all-school as- semblies. The students also presented public concerts and played tor several community groups. 41 BELOW: The band was one ot more than 80 high school bancls in Lawrence Saturday, Sept. 29, to take part in 1979 University ot Kansas Band Day activities. They marched in a downtown parade Saturday morning and were guests ot the Univer- sity at the afternoon football game between KU and North Texas State. iii! IIE KEVIN KELLIM - Charger Choir, Choralaires, Varsity Choir, Singers I-2, Music Composition KEN TICKNOR - Concert Band, Guitar I, Or- chestra I-2, Stage Band l-2 -mv' qv People X Instrumental Music X IOQ

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Hr' rl TOP: Orchestra. SITTING: Suzanne Sawyer, STANDING: Penny Thompson, Anders Linden, lack Iohnston, Shyla Sundernath, Ken Ticknor, Kim Faulk, Sandra Hastings, Kay Cochran. ABOVE: Stage Band. FRONT ROW: Mike Kauf- man, Sunny Cleland, Susan Stroud, Ioe Neal. SECOND ROW: Rusty Heisler, Iames Peter, Ri- chie Heckman. THIRD ROW: Chuck I-Iepford, Steve Owen, Amy Hamm, David Edmonds. FOURTH ROW: Ron Winters, Suasan Hodges, Don Leonard, Ken Ticknor. CENTER: Topeka West Charger Band. KNEELING, LEFT: Robin Higgs. KNEELING RIGHT: Amy Hamm. FRONT ROW: Sunny Cleland, Iudette Nordyke, Carol Spring, Susan Stroud, Angie Hylton, Kathie Hott- master, Sherri King, Karen Gillogly, Kathy Kaul, Tracy Pashman, Carol Rasor, Kathy Wacker, Brenda Land, Betty Conklin. SECOND ROW: Susan Gildersleeve, Brenda Kern, lane McMil- lan, Scott Saia, Iami Osborne, Rob Neill, Nancy Scoggin, Michelle Hein, Don Leonard, Annie Ripper, Renata Heironimus, Wally Bankston, Sara Kuckelman, David Morris, Mike Kaufman, Ice Neal, Scott Holtgren, Bruce Friesendahl, Sherri Elliott, Beth Thurston, Porter Bertelson. THIRD ROW: Colleen Brown, Mary Roehl, Sara Gildersleeve, lanet Miller, Robin Haas, Lisa Nan- ley, Rich Howard, Bindy Snyder, Larry Glover, lO8! People X Instrumental Music Mike Day, Curt Blair, Chris Borchert, Mike Men- dez, Bryan Hayes, Bill Uhler, Ianis Zimmerman, Lisa Wacker, Greg Dalrymple, Todd Stover, Da- vid Welch, lim Smiley, Sam Mclviahan, Chuck Heptord, Steve Owen, Cory Skinner, Tom Far- rier. FOURTH ROW: Gena Lantis, Debbie lur- gensmeier, lim Standbury. Shawn Dixon, Phil Gramly, Iames Peter, Rusty Heisler, Vicki Woods, Stacey Parks, Tim Carlson, Terry Koerner, Mark True, Richie Keckman, Glenn Geisler, STANDING: Ken Ticknor, Brian Fox, Mike Holt, Pat Iordan, Mark Rein, Phil Neuer, David Edmonds, Iohn Stroud, I .D. Bloomar, Tim Claiborne. RIGI-IT: Stage Band. FRONT ROW: Colleen Brown, ludette Norclyke, Porter Bertel- son, bruce Friesendahl. SECOND ROW: Iames Peter, Phil Gramly, Mark True, I.D. Bloomar, Iohn Stroud. THIRD ROW: Greg Dalrymple. Richard Cantrell, Tom Farrier, Bindy Snyder, Steve Owen, Mike Holt, Bryon Fox. FOURTH ROW: Rick Weber, Chris Lynch, Tim Claiborne, Ken Ticknor. ABOVE: Stage Band. FRONT ROW: Mike Kaufman, Sunny Cleland, Susan Stroud, Ioe Neal. SECOND ROW: Rusty Heisler, Iames Peter, Richie Heptord. THIRD ROW: Chuck I-Ieptord, Steve Owen, Amy Hamm, Da- vid Edmonds. BACK ROW: Ron Winters, Susan I-lodges, Don Leonard, Ken Ticknor. 9? O

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BOTTOM: Singers Sara Yeager, Troy Fowler, Michelle Binkley, Paul Mellring, Debra Freeman, Brad Henry, Susan Hodges, Ronnie Winters, Ruth Marshall, Robert Clasen, Teresa Davis, Todd Huntley, Linda Manley, Scott Saia, Iulie Cox, Doug Norman. RIGHT: Charger Choir FRONT ROW: Daveen Litwin, Kim Adams, Angela Hylton, Hana Coch- rane, Todd Huntley, Robert Clasen, Don Leon- ard, Brad I-lenry, Perry Todd, Rebecca Dischner. lulie Browning, Ruth Marshall. SECOND ROW: Donna Thomas, Gretchen Wachs, Maria Ionson, Vicky Woods, Scott Saia, Don Wright, Paul Mellring, Susan Hodges, Debra Freeman, Terri Brende, Teresa Davis. THIRD ROW: loy Mellr- ing, Carol Flesher, Sara Yaeger, Sandy Hastings, Scott Swenson, Daryl Bloomquist, Tim Carlson, Ronnie Winters, Troy Fowler, Kelly Hightill, Te- resa Wortham, Linda Manley, BOTTOM RIGHT: Singing during the winter concert are llane Cochrane, '81, and Donna Thomas, '80, S 'W X ,fx w I 'fffyf it - , F fl t , L i t I t R i t i iiofpeopiefvacai Music i i