Minerva High School - Crescent Yearbook (Minerva, OH)

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uk Row: .lim Hetrick. Edgar Eick, 1 1 Row: Barbara lfloopes, Donna Barrick, JOllll You11g,.Ia11et Morehead, l'hil FK'l'5IllS0ll, Sain Figley. Hob llax 1 llockeuberger, Richard McClellan, Gary liorlancl. Gary Nigro, Stanley llunlm-r, Nancy Ullkl'fCl', Clara l'l11ll1ps uv Scliiniclt. Cow: Judy Walker, Linda Simpson, Mike llarter, Kenneth Ferris. .lim Martin, Kay Lovko, Wilma Slfilllllll 1111 llane, llill Marks, Virginia Mcllole, Marilyn Walter. 5 11 Row: Ellen Jackson, Linda Krutel, Melanie Carnahan. Janice Boyce, Mary Bell, Robert Roebuck, llc mee, Charlotte Unkefer, George Locke. ,IN Row: JuneGri111es,.Iudy Flitcraft, Dwight Dickey, Mary Treep, lieth Cassidy, Janet, Smith, Ladd lxowl gina Granger. lst Row: .ludy Parker, Janice Guest, Judi Kurfiss, Gaye Morehead, Bette Lou George. capacity crowd i11 Canton's Memorial Auditorium. Freda Nigro, Janice Guest, Vernon Allen, Kenneth Ferris, a11d Robert Hocken- berger were chosen to represent Minerva in the Select Band of the Festival. Several members of the band attend- ed music contests during 1959. The Stark County Contest and District VIII Solo a11d Ensemble Contest was attended by Freda Nigro, Janice Guest, Ann Burrows, Ke11- neth Ferris, Phil Ferguson, Robert Hocke11- berger, Todd Smallwood, and Gary Nigro. . Pla ed Un All of Minerva's soloist and ensemble participants received ratings of superior, excellent, or good. A select concert band e11tered the MENC Contest for bands and choruses. The group rehearsed every day and had several evening rehearsals as well. The social highlight of the concert band was the military ball held in the Spring. The band members attended a banquet in the cafeteria and the members and their guests spent the remainder of the evening dancing in the auditorium.

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Left to right llasl Row: Toni Weaver. Yl'l'llCll Allen, llinda Wyatt, S0lldl'il Iflollzc. Sandra George: James Lamb. illStl'1lC1'U1 Gill: Carole lfllton, llill Wunderle, Susan Unkefer, Carole Measo, Ruth Trcep, Roger Paxton. Richard llrown, lo 1 'smallwood, Jeanine Sanor, .loe Weir, Richard Moore, Jenny Lee lletz, Dennis Atkin, Mariaelena Thomas, lout llarrick. lth: Ronnie llellyor, David Garner, Saundra Cox, Sally llying Lois Palmer, .ludy Scott, Jackie llille, Sandra uc Eileen Perry, Maryln-c iXlc.Xvoy, Paul Adams, Ann Burrows. ird' Ronald Krnnilanf, Susan llawkins, Linda Pcron, Ida Amon, Loo Davis, Fred Edwards, ltlargaret. iXl.1l1o1 Pain lllll0lliS0ll. Kay Fry, Freda Nigro. Jud: liohcrta Young, Norman Suininvr, lXlicl1as-l Yoagley. Lois Starkey. Sandy Swearingcn, Ronald Lee. lst: Lynn Borland, James Buxton, Pat Lutz, Marilyn Adams. . ..andtheBA D After the ribbons, batons, cap-lights, whistles, and field drums had been careful- ly put into their places, after the last foot- ball game and the last thunderous re- verberation of the marching cadence had left the football field. East Street, and the parking lot in ghostlike stillness, the music stands, conductor's podium, and dusty concert instruments were dragged f1'Om the closets and then the Marching band started the long difficult task of making itself into a Concert band. The first formal presentation of the Concert Band was on December 12, at the Instrumental-Choral Christmas Concert. The outstanding cvent on the concert calendar was the annual Spring Concert held on April 3. Many seniors were featured in the concert. On February 2, the entire band journeyed to Canton to participate in the Stark County Music Festival. There Minerva's 100 piece concert band joined with the other bands of the county to create the huge 1400 piece mass band that brought music to the ears of the over-

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SWING BAND Standing: Director .lalncs Llllllll, Tom Weaver, Phil Ferguson. Hack Row: Ladd Kopp, Nancy Strachan, Regi11aGran1:er, Kay Locke, Robert lloelce11he1'g'el', Richard McClellan, Kenneth Ferris, Stanley Hunter, Todd Smallwood, Dill Wunderle. Vocalist: Mariaelena Thomas. Front Row: Janice Guest. Dennis Atkin, lf'redaNigro, Naney Unkefer, Leo Davis, lvlargaret Mahoney, Fred Edwards, Paul Adams, Jim Buxton. At Piano: Norman Summer. SIGNIOIR l'l'Il' BAND BACK ROW: Marylee MeAvoy, James Martin,Tom Weaver, Vernon Allen, Norman Summer, .lim Buxton, Clara Phillips. SECOND ROW: Saundra Cox, Roberta Young, Kay Locke, Carole Elton, Susan Unkefer, Carole Moase, Jeanine Sanor. FIRST ROW: Freda Nigro, Joyce Barrick, Bette Lou George, June Grimes, Paul Adams, Dennis Atkin, Jenny Leo lietz, .Indy Parker. 92