Comstock Park High School - Hilite Yearbook (Comstock Park, MI)

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Bama' slfers reaped rewards at Sole and Ensemble Festzeal John Steward Band Director At Hamilton High School on February 5, 1966, some of the members ofthe Band earned Wins for ex- cellence in playing. Con- gratulations t o t h e s e instrumentalists. Bruce Larkin won a first in drum solo. Con- gratulations, Bruce! Kathy Anders and Barb Biddinger rated a second in a clarinet duet. Lor- raine Morski was their accompanist. Rating a second in brass quartet were Jack Misner, Stan Ketchel, Gary Moul and Gary Semeyn. Congratulations, too, to Jill Bates and Cathy Smith on the rendition of their clarinet duet, for a first. The cornet trio com- posed of Jack Misner, Robbie Straayer and Robert Stockton rated a second.

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Our band has made many worthy contributions towar d making this a successful school year. An enormous amount of effort and work was not only put into the six halftime shows but also into the concerts and special assemblies that made the school year more pleasure- able. The band also helped to build school spirit by perform- ing at pep assemblies and athletic events. Our band, act- ing as an ambassador for the school, made trips to the Uni- versity of Michigan for Band Day, the district Band and Or- Nlew uni mms inspire and with czdmimb! slzowmanshzjy. MAJORETTES, CLOCKWISE, be- ginning with: Drum Majorette D. Krausbauer, S. Felty, S. West, S. Thompson, Mascot S. Meisel, S. Doyle, P. Trylch, D. Barnes. BAND MEMBERS PICTURED ON END SHEETS: Moneybrake Morris Moul Nicely Okker Peterson Retzloff Schiffer Semeyn Smith Stockton Straayer Taylor chestra Festival, and some students participated in the Solo and Ensemble Festival. Long awaited new band uni- forms arrived in the middle of January and spruced up the band's appearance. We are proud to have such afine group of musicians representing us throughout the school year. K. Anders D. Barnes J. Bates B. Biddinger R. Bouwer R. Couch D. Crame M. Crame R. Dove C. Dykstra L. Goodall L. Gravelin B. Hayes B. Hayward J. Hoag J. Hoag J. Knappen S. Ketchel B. Larkin J. Misner Taylor VandenBerg VanderKuy1 Wassinck Welling Whaley Wurm

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M ixea' Chorus and Girls, Clee Club attended M ixea' Chorus Linda Versluis, first soprano: Barb Bid- dinger, also a first soprano, Martha McKay, second soprano: and Mary Kay Steele, an alto make up the girls' quartet which participated in the annual concerts and other places when asked. Our girls' glee club and the mixed chorus have been on the move this past year. They have participated in a Christmas concert, a spring concert, school programs, attended the Seaway Festival at Reeth's-Puffer on March 17, and the Tri-River Choral Festival at Sparta on February 24. This year the girls' glee club bought blouses to go with their jumpers. The president of the girls, glee club is Linda Versluis, and Ken Main is president of the mixed chorus. FIRST ROW: B. Shattuck, A. Pepple, K. Main, S. Hews, P. Trylch, L. Blackallg SECOND ROW: G. DeK1ein, J. DeK1ein, T. Patz, J. Novak, A. Couch, S. Feltyg THIRD ROW: D. Saunders, M. Steele, L. Growe, J. Visser, D. DePreeg FOURTH ROW: L. Race, S. Wurm, R. Hews, M. Burnham, J. White. 36