Big Stone Gap High School - School Bell Yearbook (Big Stone Gap, VA)

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SAFETY PATROL GLEE CLUB

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MEMORIAL LIBRARY BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA BETA CLUB MONOGRAM CLUB

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SCHOOL BAND Back in 1938, the cry “Do Wc Want a School Band?” was answered by a small but enthusiastic group of pupils who formed the nucleus of the present sixty-piece organization. The band’s rapid development in size and ability may be attributed to the constant help and super- vision of the leader, Mrs. Sam McChesney, and their own hard work and eagerness to make the Big Stone Gap High School Band one of the best. The colorful blue and gold uniforms, peppy school songs and marching formations, have made the band a memorable part of football games. Entered in the 1939 Dogwood Festival at Bristol, the band gave a performance which ranked it among the best there. Our band led the Armistice Day parade at Norton and won the first honors. The Appalachia Easter Parade, 1940, found the Blue and Gold again marching and playing well — marching and playing in spite of numbed hands and stiffened knees caused by the extreme cold that day. Not to be forgotten, too, are the times our band played at Wise, on out-of-town football trips, basket- ball games, and concerts. Now made up of sixty members, the band has done much to encourage school loyalty and pride. So, because of their hard work, loyalty, and ability, we of Big Stone Gap High School should say “Hats Off” to the sixty members, our Drum Major, Freddie Morton, the majorettes, Doris Fletcher and Ruth Miller, and save the biggest cheer for Mrs. Sam McChesney, the director.