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

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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

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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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05 C 1 20 HUM ma9'ne a r'sk winler morning—the IIUIIII kind where your breath frosts in the ill air. You can see the sun peeping over the uneven horizon of an untouched blanket of snow. Now picture yourself at the top of the highest mountain with a mild breeze lightly stinging your face. Visualize racing down the virgin snow and feeling the exhilaration of leaving civilization behind as your skies cut deep into the heart of the snow and the powder flies like dust around you. You now sense a freedom of the spirit because your troubles melt away like the last snow before the spring. This is every skier’s ultimate dream. These blizzard wizards will try any dangerous stunt, face any kind of weather and brave any sort of skiing conditions to feel that freedom in their mind. “Blizzard Wizards will try any dangerous stunt to feel freedom.” This special breed of people roam the halls of Coronado. A T-bird skier can easily be recognized by the way he sits in class wearing his ski jacket (in 80 degree weather). A ski hat which covers half his face complements his jacket, and of course, no outfit can be complete without 80 lift tickets hanging from a zipper. This person most likely has a blank look on his face with a pen clutched in each hand (poles) and traverses in his seat. When the teacher asks him what a complex number is. the student replies. ‘‘Taking a run down Caliente backwards. Yet the ultimate dream is sometimes more like a bad dream. Wizards pick the weekend that every other T-bird chooses to go to Sierra Blanca and then have to wait three hours for a lift ticket followed by six hours to ride the lift. Equipment costs shatter fantasies also. Most students do not own skies so there is the cost of renting skies, boots and poles (which are too long, big and short). Unsuspecting beginners (whose best friends have taught them all about the wonderful world of skiing) buy $200 ski outfits equipped with hats, gloves, goggles and socks. These snow bunnies also have to pay for skiing lessons, lift tickets and seamstresses (to sew up torn outfits). And the experienced skiers? They end up breaking a leg on the first run SNOW BUNNY Nipam Pater waits lor his ski in- structor on Sierra 8lanca Mountain. (doctor costs) or spend their time involved in another sport in the lodge (no fee). However. Coronado students flock endlessly to resorts in Colorado and to Ruidoso to check out the slopes. These skiers start as early as Thanksgiving holidays, continue through Christmas and on through the warming part of winter. To realize the vision, you face narrow, dangerous roads, mob-size crowds, hazardous weather, moguls and icy snow. But in the end. everything comes out for the best; you end up only breaking one leg instead of two. and you only lose one pole on the chairlift. And. a couple of holes in the new ski outfit just add class. But you crack your $20 ski goggles, hang a glove up in a tree, receive blisters on your frozen feet, chase a runaway ski three times and run over eight beginners along with two trees, a senior citizen and a goat. The ultimate dream ... You call this fun? Ask any blizzard wizard and he will tell you (those who survive the season)—it’s a blast! i