Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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Zgancfa of ffm . V jlffftlfLl 9 These are the future bands of tomorrow. They have not won any contests or other special recog- nition but they will merit their awards in the near future. The students of these bands have de- voted many hours to practice. Also their director, Mrs. Lida Stage, has devoted many hours to these beginning band members. With this practice these students will broaden their knowledge and make better bands of tomorrow. omior gan! Junior Band is the second step in becom- ing a bandsman. Here the fundamentals are learned and more practice is acquired. Simple marches and overtures are studied to prepare the students for the Senior Band. Finally, un- der the decision of Mrs. Stage, the students reach the top step and are advanced to Senior Band. The Junior Band is made up of the sixth, seventh and eighth grade students. They meet every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at eight o'c1ock. Eighth grade graduation is the main ac- tivity of the Junior Band. Here they play the processional and recessional and also have sev- eral numbers during the year. Their only other activity this year was playing at a Junior High Basketball game. Junior Band is under the direction of Mrs. Lida Stage. She had approximately thirty stu- dents this year. F irst rojn: Charlene Higley, Sylvia Van Leuven, Karen Billings, Karen Walker, Carol Ginder, Janice Bacon, Redlth Miller, Sandra Rimmel, Kay Brown, Walter Shultz, Sandra Doolittle, Eleanore Clear, Johnnie Meeks. Second row: BillRing- enberg, Edith Love, Sharon Werner, Gail Bellamy, Joan Thomp- son, Betty Rohlof, Don Blair, Donald Meese, Harold Adams. Third row: Howard Krontz, Keith Kelt- ner, Max Huffer, Loren Hankey, Allen Raney, Judy VanZile. ...23... F irst row: Patricia Culler, Avis Armstrong, Phyllis Blaker, Mary Ann Harrold, Deloris Howe, Allen Peters, Catherine Vachon, Beverly Fender, Kenneth Womack. Second row: Carol Hollinger, Charles Baird, Evelyn Richmond, Teddy Warstler, Howard Bice, Robert Young, Richard Campbell, Billy Howe. Third row: Marjorie Smith, Danielle Jones, Diana Love, Barbara Lung, Lenore Ringenberg, Georgia Blanchard, Lee Pierson. Fourth row: Louanna Keesler, Helen Oney, Johnnie Smith, Olan Krontz, Jerry Buttermore, Kay Bacon, Timmy Ramey, Carlotta Moreno. .iginnerd gan! This is the first step in becoming a bands- man. Here the students become familiar with their instruments and learn the basic fingering. They lay the foundation for future develop- ment. When the students have advanced enough to play the scale and other simple arrangements they are placed in Junior Band. Any student just starting to learn to play an instrument is eligible to belong to the Be- ginners Band which meets every Tuesday and Thursday morning at eight o'clot:k and any other free period which they might have. Mrs. Lida Stage directs this organization. She had over thirty students this year.

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f of lffte fqfwenf The band, directed by Mrs. Stage, is com- posed of fifty-nine junior and senior high school pupils. Each and every one of them has been working for a certain goal, and that is the goal of perfection. Soloists and ensembles in the district solo and ensemble contest won seven superior and nine excellent ratings. Participants were: Super- ior ratings, Dick Roan-cornet solo, Donna Hook -vocal solo, piano-Helen Coll, Marjorie Smith, Eleanor Lucas, Helen Bacon, Lenore Ringen- berg. Excellent ratings: Clarinet trio-Don Imler, Joyce Blair, Nila Michael, Woodwind trio-Don Imler, Joyce Blair, Marilyn Darby, Brass Sextette-Dick Roan, Vaughn Billings, Max Warstler, Helen Coll, Howard Zerkle, and Joan Hankey, Piano-Marlene Doolittle, Donna Hook, Jewel Beebe, Wilma Shultz, and Eunice Meeks. The Manchester college band entertained at the local high school gym on the evening of May fifth. The members of the band spent the night at the home of Butler band members and friends. The band brought their work to a climax at the Spring Concert on April 15. First row: Jack .Maxton, Judy Parker, Neil Hankey, Terry Fisher, Marilyn Rimmel, Paul Tom. Second row: Karen Walker, Charlene Higley, Marlene Doolittle, Carol Hollinger, Sandra Doolittle, Danielle Jones. Third row: Helen Bacon, Anne Korsmeyer, Don Imler, Nila Michael, Joyce Blair, Shirley Harris, Marilyn Darby. Fourth row: Wilma Shultz, Cecile Hendrix, Wanda Brade, Jewel Beebe, Evelyn Knox, Joyce Adams, Marilyn Ginder, Sondra Rosenberry. Fifth row: Dick Roan, Gene Smith, Vaughn Billings, Melva Young, Lois Gunsenhouser, Janet Jenkins, Joyce Jenkins, Dea Michael. Sixth row: Maxine Zerkle, Jean Miller, Joan Hankey, Barbara Lung, Beth Hankey, Gus Higley, Arthur Bowman, Marjorie Smith. Seventh row: Jim Harter, Bishop Hathaway, L'Dea Handy, Joyce Funk, Helen Coll, Jerry Call, Donna Hook, Margie Grable. Eighth row: Robert Wagner, Fred Thompson, Max Warstler, Jim Brown, Jim Lung, Howard Zerkle, Janet Smyth. l --22- ,

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1 Band on parade at Tomato Festival. 2 Band lights at Christmas floor show at basketball game. 3. and 8. Marlene Doolittle twirling with lighted baton. 4 and 6. Corngrowers banquet served by band. 5. Flower pots, six twirl ers with lighted batons. 7. First row: Danielle Jones, Karen Walker, Sanda Doolittle. Second row: Neil Hankey Carol Hollinger, Charlene Higley, -Marlene Doolittle. 9. Helen Coll leads the band at a ball game. Zinc! ,fgczfiuizfy The Butler High School band presented a Christmas program at the Churubusco game. They played many carols. They formed a Christmas tree, star, and a bell in the dark with each player and drum major wearing red or green electric lights. The school children of Stafford, Troy, Franklin, and Newville town- ships were guests. Another hit of the evening was Santa drawn in a sleigh by two little elves. V The band participated in the Memorial Day services. They also marched in the parade held during the Tomato Festival. The Peppy marches played at the ball games gave our crowd the 'fyellingl' spirit and gave our boys that fighting spirit. Due to the threat of polio, the band did not participate at any of the fairs. The biggest event of the year was the trip to Bloomington, Where the band participated in a large band festival and witnessed a football game. -24-.