Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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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-.

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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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. Sanfah Macafion The elementary grades presented the Christmas operetta, SANTA'S VACATION December 28. Mrs. Santa is disgruntled over a last- minute order for five more Christmas dolls. Fairies and elves are also out of spirits. Santa is blamed and all insist he needs a vacation, as they could manage quite well without him. Santa consents, and heads for the South Pole. It is discovered that the Sandman, the magic sack, the reindeer, all have gone with him, for they were all too much a part of him. When panic is at its height, Santa returns, just in time, to the re- lief and delight of all, for they had learned flhat there could be no Christmas without im. Ja A lliafeurf? IQ W IT'S A DATE is the story of Ginger Jones and Joe Brown, a typical girl and boy in love who are trying to- decide on a date for their Wedding. But every time they say It's a Date, Ginger played by Gretchen Gierman, changes her mind, much to Joe's disgust. At last Joe, played by Jack Ruff, in- sists that they talk it over systematically, taking the months one by one, in crder a decision might finally be made.