Coronado High School - Legend Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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sun parade TRUTT 18 A DRUM MAJOR Laune Reda leads the band TRUMPET PLAYERS lead the brass section ir down Montana around the bend at Five Points on the song Espana. Thanksgiving Day.

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music madness “Music is like a backbone of society; it generally dictates the attitude towards life. better because it has better music. Since it came on the air. I haven’t listened to the others. It's just a good station. said senior Marcy Rettig. The PASS. KINT 98. XEROK and KHEY continued to promote new albums and. concerts. T-shirts promoting the radio stations were to be found in an array of colors, styles and designs, revealing the dedication of the station listeners. Music is like a backbone of society; it generally dictates the attitude towards life. concluded junior Barney Given. 3 tyle —a unique tapestry to be originated and built upon by a group making it different from any other artist. Perhaps this was a main factor in the success of such groups as Aerosmith. Kansas and Foreigner appearing consecutively June 23. Aug. 14 and Sept. 23 as sellout concerts. Kansas and Foreigner, both new in the field, presented their best, leaving fans to imagine what was to come. Double Vision. Hot Blooded. and Cold as Ice. by Foreigner, and Dust in the Wind and Point of No Return.” by Kansas, were dominating favorites. Aerosmith returned with Walk This Way. and Toys in the Attic. Other groups appeared to full houses also. Thousands of psyched out fans flocked to the concert halls to see such chart busters as Bread. Nov. 14: Linda Ronstadt. Dec. 19; Styx. Feb. 15; Boston. March 6; Billy Joel. March 16; and Eric Clapton. March 31. Each left their fans asking for more. Although many albums were released this year, among the favorites were Boston's Don't Look Back, after a two year wait; Foreigner’s Double Vision: Joe Walsh’s But Seriously Folks: The Rolling Stones'. Some Girls: and Billy Joel's The Stranger, which was honored as the number one selling album of the year. Creativity not only with the music, but with album covers and cover slips providing the words to the songs, became quite popular. Also new on the music scene. 92FM came alive with The 92 Days of Celebration.” giving station flippers a new station to switch to. I like 92FM 17 music

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» BAND OFFICERS: Belh McAlpine. secretary, assistant drum major; Laurie Reda. drum major; Priscilla Hermos 0. treasurer; Marc Tubbs, histori- an; Ernie Torres, president; Roger SmaiKgan. vice president. PARADE MARSHALL, Mickey Mouse cele- brates his 50-year birthday by appearing along with other comical triends in the Sun Carnival parade. isplaying their marching and playing talent on a cloudy Thanksgiving Day. dedicated band members received the prestigious Sweepstakes Award at the traditional Sun Carnival parade. Senior Debbie Michel reflected, All of the band's hard work paid off when we were recognized as being a superb band; it gave all of us a good feeling. Marching in the parade with Mickey Mouse and the other celebrities was fun. even if the parade route did seem endless.” said senior Guy Tubbs. The band also performed at football game halftimes and at contests. On Oct. 14. band members traveled to Las Cruces to participate in competition at New Mexico State University where We are ‘The Pride of the Westside.’ ” they placed second out of 13 other bands. Then, on Nov. 14. the band was awarded a first division at the El Paso Independent School District marching and pageantry contest. Band is one of the most exciting and worthwhile organizations at Coronado. We express ourselves in many ways through our music. Pride is one factor of our success; discipline is another. That discipline comes from our director. Mr. Richard Lambrecht. who is respected by all of us in the band. Our band means pride, for we are ‘The Pride of the Westside.' ” said senior Ernie Torres. Winning the sweepstakes title at the Sun Parade was great because we had hoped to get it last year, and we felt like all of our hard work this year was paying off. concluded sophomore Lori Guedry. i W DRUMS AND TUBAS help keep the beat as the T-bi»d band members march through the streets in a performance that gave them a sweepstakes award 19 sun parade