Eisenhower High School - Pantherama Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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'1 :sf A-1-. -it Here's a uarter . . . A11Thatjazz The Marching Panthers started out their season with a marching band camp in early August at East- ern Illinois University. They worked hard, putting in at least eight hours a day marching or more. They worked at first on the basics, such as walking correctly and just staying in step, but soon they improved and started learning their show. Many times during camp, upperclassmen took the op- portunity to voice their opinions on the marching abilities of the other band members. Learning the step- ping techniques was harder than the Panthers thought it would be, but they finally mastered it after much screaming and ranting by their di- rector, Mr. Streight. They finished up the week of camp with a perfor- mance for the parents. The first public performance of the year was in the Labor Day Pa- rade. The Marching Band was kept busy going to contests, playing at the home football games, and prac- ticing. All the work paid off as they earned fifth place at the U ofI band contest in October, beating out their cross-town rival, MacArthur. 5 The band also won third place at Shelbyville, then first place at the Mt. Pulaski Fall Festival, winning three-hundred dollars. All these wins culminated in winning first place in the Decaturjaycee's Christ- mas Parade, winning two-hundred fifty dollars. The band was over one-hundred strong and performed smartly. The band worked hard to be the very best that they could be. They were excellent and deserved the praise that they received. 1.jazz Band Members are 1. Frontzjeff Hendricker, john Richardson, Geoff Dick- ey, Tim Pritts, Rick Romanger Middle: Dean Klinker, Danny Honnold, Paul Lewis, jeff Swearingen, Greg Haas, Lee Parks, john Branstand, Mr. Steight Back: Fred Conley, Darren Klockenga, Mark Brown- ing, Billy Frank,jim Hall 2. The Eisenhower Marching Panthers march by in the Homecoming Assembly with great style. 3.john Richardson plays a solo in an after- noon jazz Band session. 4. Rick Romanger looks intently at his mu- sic as he plays in jazz Band. 5. lst. Row: K. McElvain, S. Gruender, Trolia, R. Bordenkecher, M. Bilyou, L. Hensley, Mr. Streight, L. Green, D. Thorpe, A. Kovach, B. Cuddeback,j. Parjani, P. Crews, 2nd. Row: B. Reed, M. Freeman, A. Beard, C. Burse, M. Marquis, L. Holt, S. Whited, S. Trummel, M. Muschal, C. Sum- mers,j. Moore, L. Lauderdale, P. Swift, Horne, L. Meadows, 3rd. Row: R. Pickett, A. Summers, C. Wooten, W. Bradford, T. Waldrop,j. Sanders, Hall, Grant, R. Wallace, D. Klockenga, Hendricker, F. Conley, B. Frank, T. Martin, D. Morton, M. Browning, Gilmour, B. Shepard, S. Gauble, j. Oettel,j. Nelson, V. Short, S. Vanderlaan, 4tl1. Row: G. Haas,j. Bran- stad, L. Parks, R. Luther, Swearingen,j. Birk, S. Hilton, B. Turner, K. Diller, johnson, M. Bushey,j. Latshaw, C. Daniel, R. Tish, P. Lewis, D. Honnold, T. Pritts, G. Dickey, S. McDonald,j. Richardson,j. Patterson, T. Maurizio, D. Klinker, R. Ro- manger, N. Guthrie, R. Huss, D. Miller, S. Morton. Clubs

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Playing ith Time Throughout the year band mem- bers were required to play many dif- ferent tunes. One week they might be playing and practicing a field show, during which the emphasis was on playing loud and moving in patterns on the field. More often than not, though, they could be found indoors practicing some dif- ficult piece that required every bit of their musical ability to play. With a symphonic band mem- bership of over eighty and a concert bband membership of about twen- ty-five, this year the bands gave an impressive showing. Members of the concert band worked hard in the hopes of moving up to sym- phonic band. Many of the concert band members were freshmen, and even if they didn't make it into the top band this year, there was always next year. Playing their concerts on the same dates as the symphonic band, the lower band would some- times play a number with the sym- phonic band. They always per- formed well and showed much tal- ent for future years. The symphonic band members had barely a month in which to pre- pare for the annual Christmas con- 1 N . Wx ., J 1 1, Mr. Streight directs the jazz band in a musi- cal number for an upcoming concert. 2. Beth Cuddeback makes a statement about band - a picture says a thousand words. 5. Kim Mclilvain showing enthusiasm for an- other day in band. 4. Mr. Streight discusses the proper way to play a symphonic piece. 6. Vicki Short, Beth Cuddeback, and Lowellette Lauderdale talk over band CPJ before class. 7. Misty Marquis prepares for practice by breaking in a new reed. 78 Concert-Symphonic Bands cert, but they put the short amount of time to good use. The concert was a success, and the band once again showed their versatility. They then went on to prepare for con- tests inthe spring and their project- ed tour, set for late spring. Their pieces were difficult and the time spent to perfect them seemed like forever to the long suffering band members. Their director, Mr. Strieght, was tireless in striving for perfection. Sometimes it seemed they would never get that particular section right, but after much work the music sounded great.