Exira High School - Exiran Yearbook (Exira, IA)

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1 Amy Van Aernam. Monica Petersen, and Jon Haffercamp play for the Spring Thing. 2. Sara Kendrick looks up in surprise as Cindi Wiskus and Renee Parmely keep on tooting away! 3. Steve Godwin and Tom Petersen ham it up during a pep rally 4 Randy Petersen and Bob Harms practice under Mr. Fauquet's watchful eye. 5 Jon Pedersen and Chris Ruhl hard at work” on a typical band day. 6. The future stars of Lawrence Welk: First Row — L. Vis. A. Van Aernam. M Towne. J. Anderson. K Nelson. C. Ruhl. L. Jorgensen. C. Jessen, B. Jayne. J. Jessen. Se- cond Row — R. Parmely. D. Jacobsen. J. Wedemeyer. S. Godwin. M. Petersen. C. Parmely. and J. Pedersen. s4ccfo Tftant 16 Band

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 4 cuui a Sfruuty Mixed chorus started out with All State Tryouts in October. Amy V., Michelle P., Chris R., and Clark P. tried out on the 25th. None were selected for the festival, but Mrs. Paulsen said they were young and would have good ex- perience for next year. For the first time, the chorus had their own fall concert. Several felt it was a success, especially the pop bottle hoedown. By far the high school’s favorite was the old ditty “Lay Me Down and Roll Me Out to Sea. Unfortunately, the Southwest Iowa Choral Festival was cancelled due to snow. Four people had prepared to go, though: Sally A., Cathy A., Lennie D., and Clark P. Another success was the pops concert in February. Tom Petersen on drums and Annie Rattenborg on keyboard supplemented the groups on many numbers. Of course the apex of any musical year is the contest. Small group was in April and the chorus members ended up doing quite weli with 12 I's, 13 M's and 9 Ill’s. Late in April around prom Mrs. Paulsen took leave to have her baby and Margery Walker stepped in to sub. Mrs. Walker opted not to participate in large group contest, but did prepare for the Spring Concert April 28th and also for graduation. One highpoint of her stay was the junior high spring concert May 19th which, along with the chorus included Joe Muhr and Janell Wolf with solos. Mrs. Walker’s last effort was in conjunction with the Spring Thing. Again, besides the chorus, there were solos by Jessica J., Chris R., Sandra H., Michelle P., Amy V., Clark P., and Renee P. We had a lot of inexperienced people, but I was glad to see so many out,” said Mrs. Paulsen. “I hope the trend continues. Many of them showed a lot of growth. I also thought we had an excellent group of junior high students this year and I’m looking forward to next year. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to finish out the whole year, but will be ready next fall!” At last count, over 40 EHS students were signed up, so we can be sure that Mrs. P. will have her hands full! s4ctctcc w IZcteett Chorus 15

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 S vie tA Mt SqcUfwtettt, ? tc. tctdu M V et Utuvuf @£l Uc 4 “'fyoUKy “Scutct ‘PctCCb 7 uxcc Last year’s annual reported as a closing statement that there was going to be con- cern for several departing seniors. Was this l year’s band at EHS going to be able to handle the responsibility? Yes, answered Mr. Fau- quet. At the beginning of the year we were con- cerned due to the graduated seniors, but the band really came through and showed tremendous improvement during the year. Some of this improve- ment was shown at district small group music contest. Bob Harms received a I rating for his tuba solo. The percussion ensemble also received a division I rating. (Luann J., Michele P., Steve G., Mark T., and Tom P.) The trumpet trio consisting of Derek J., Kris N., and Chris R. also was awarded a division I rating. The band at large group con- test received a II. What activities does the average EHS band student participate in? Fall starts out with marching band, of course. Early in the morning before school you can often hear the band out on the dewy field tromp- ing through their latest routine. Other activities include homecoming, concerts, pep rallies, Drake Band Day, the conference band festival, 4th of July, etc. I feel the band is very young and the teacher is doing his best,” said Jon Pedersen when commenting on band this year. Band is important to me because a person will always use music and hear music all his life. It’s very important to know about.