Ben Davis High School - Keyhole Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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At one of the varsity basketball games, senior Kim Martin, a member of the Marching Giants Flag Corps, marches during a halftime performance. The flag corps, as they were most often called, were required to perform at every home ball game. During a summer practice for the State Marching Band Contest Larry Ryan, sophomore, Greg Sprinkle, junior, and Dave Foxworthy, junior, wait as Mr. Darrel Horton, Band Department chairperson, gives instructions. The Ben Davis Marching Giants finished one-tenth of a point from first place in the state contest. Blank git f QX f To help recruit freshmen, Deep Purples swing choir performed Tuxedo Junction during the Fresh- man Orientation days. Students performed for the freshmen to get them interested in one of the choirs when they came to BD as sophomores. The students in Deep Purples created their own dances for their music. lm Ll IINIEIIQ ll IHIINEY AFitTNS'Ei5'bl 23

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MMEILIL WXVDIIQIIIH l IHIEIIIIQ l :mit Band, choir, and art students 'didn't mind' long hours, weariness FIGHTING MOSQUITOES, tired legs, and sun burns, students put in three hours a day during June and July and six a day during August for marching band. Deep Purples swing choir practiced two hours every Tues- day night as well as during class time. In order to enter the L.S. Ayres Scho- lastic Art Contest, students worked on their projects every day in art class, then two to four hours a week after school until the projects were finished. Putting in so much extra time for band, choir, and art may have been too much for some students, but the students who did put the time in didn't mind doing it. I didn't mind using so much of my free time, said Kay Walser, junior. lf I wasn't playing in the band, I probably wouldn't have been doing anything else. their free time without any complaints, a few, especially in art, admitted they got tired. lt Qher paintingj got boring after a while, Jean McFarland, senior, said. But after it was finished, it was time well spent. Although some students did spend a lot of their free time in these activities, teachers and directors spent even more of theirs. To excel you had to put the time in, said Mr. Darrel Horton, Band De- partment chairperson. Mrs. Geraldine Miller, Choral Depart- ment chairperson, said, The extra time was the nature of the field. If you weren't willing to put in the time, then you shouldn't have been in the musical field. TEACHERS WERE ALSO required to be at school one month during sum- mer vacation. Mrs. Miller even taught ALTHOUGH MOST students gave up 221 lHFN'E.'?E':' Junior Dion Fleehearty, a member of the Ben Davis Pep Band, plays ata pep session for the boys' basketball team. The pep band was for any student in a band who wanted to perform at the pep ses- sions. Pep band members practiced their music fifth period. Cheryl Landes, junior, lays out tape for a fine edge finish on her acrylic hard edge painting. This was one of five major art projects for Advanced Fine Arts class. Some of the Advanced Fine Arts students participated in the L.S. Ayres Scholastic Art Contest. students the music for the musical play. Mrs. Kathy Hollingshead, art, put in extra time mounting, weighing, pack- ing, and sending all the projects en- tered in the art contests. Although teachers put in just as much time as students did, they felt it was worth their time just to see their students pull together and develop their talent. MR. HORTON SAID, lt was worth it to see students pull together to achieve one goal, and to depend on one another to get the job done. I enjoyed seeing the students de- velop their talent, Mrs. Miller said. Mrs. Miller went on to say that the most satisfying part of teaching was when a student came back to her and said they wished they could do it again. All

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