Benton High School - Wahwahlanawah Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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A Leader of Spirit And Harmony Little does anyone know how much work goes behind making a successful Pep band. But, Mr. Reese and the 25 Pep band members do. To have a successful band, you must have hours and hours of practice, and dedicated workers. The Pep band shows their success at basketball games, football games, and at cor- onation assemblies. Left: Steve West carries his music stand to the gymnasium for a pep assembly. Below: From front to back: Sherrie Hogan, Michelle Turner, and Andre Sampson all show how much concen- tration that is needed to play a musical instrument. Far below left: A few of the Pep band members get set up before a pep assembly. Far below right: Ronnie Mattice is amused at one of his sour notes. Pep Band 17

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Above: Dennis Royer seems amused while listening to Terry Grace practice. Right: Paul Furlong plays his french horn during a coronation assembly. Below: Chrissy Fike and other band members practice very hard to bring Benton students good music. 1983-84 Pep Band Jeff Br mdle David Caw Mark Chinla Mark Drag Kevin Duty Chrissy Fike Paul Furlong Terry Grace Sherry Hogan Chris Hughes Rodney Kennedy Chris Martinez Ronnie Mattice Brad Maudlin Debtoi McCormick Eric Michaels Mike O'Dell Mike Parker Joe Pr okop Dennis Royer Andre Sampson Michelle Turner Lonnie Wade Wayne Wheeler John Whitmore 16 Pep Band

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Meg (Janell Masteller). Sister (Julie Leaverton), and Doris (Cheryl Wolverton) tell the Commissioner (David Richardson) and Gloria Thorpe (Sherry Prindle) that Joe Hardy isn’t a phony. Director John Hoffman had many positive things to say about “Damn Yankees. He said, We had to rely on more poeple this year to pull the play off than we have ever had. Technically, this was one of the most difficult plays we have ever put on. The scenic artist and set con- struction crews had more drops and sets to build than on any play done here at Benton. This play also allowed more people to show off their talents in more larger sized roles than in most plays. The line work in the play was harder than usual because the wording was so common that you had trouble memorizing them word for word. The cast overcame this with flying colors. Overall the play was a suc- cess. The only drawback was that we had an average sized audience. When you start a new tradition, like moving the play to the fall, you can expect a smaller crowd than usual. It was the first time this play was done in St. Joseph and it provided good, family entertainment. Above: VanBuren (Mark Zuptich) and Welch (Sam Rogers) plan a surprise par- ty for Joe. Below: Meg (Janell Masteller) and Joe Boyd (Conda Robbins) are reunited at the end of Dam Yankees. 18 All School Play