Exira High School - Exiran Yearbook (Exira, IA)

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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.

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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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This year's theme for the Iowa association of the FFA was You are the Magic.” This theme fits the Exira FFA fairly well. One of the magical things that happened this year is that girls have joined FFA. Girls have been in the FFA before but did not hold an active part in the activities such as selling fruit, cheese and popcorn and participating in contests. When asked how they liked FFA, Karen Killen said, I like being in FFA because you can learn alot of dif- ferent things.” Tom Simpson said, “We need more girls involved.” There were other magical things that happened in the FFA. The FFA students received ninth place gold in the Building Our American Communities project which con- sisted of disking and reseeding the outfield of the ball dia- mond, moving the outfield fence back about thrity feet, planting trees at Littlefield's Park and unloading USDA commodities for the senior citizen’s meals. The chapter participated in many contests at the sub-district, district and state levels and always managed to fare among the top chapters in the state. When asked what was the most pleasant memory about being in FFA, Matt Hackwell said, “Going to the Farm Progress Show.” Randy Petersen said, Going to state convention.” (Randy had fun eluding the security police and climbing through windows in the middle of the night.) Natalie Madsen's most pleasant memory was going to the annual pizza party and planting trees. May 7 wrapped up the FFA year with the annual awards banquet. After the welcome by Clark Parmley and Greg Hansen, the greenhand conduct of meetings team opened the evening for business. Tom Simpson, Randy Petersen and Ran- dal presented their chap- ter program of activities; Kris Nelson gave the FFA creed; and Clark Parmley gave his speech, Is My Cornfield Your Oil Well? After certificates of appreciation were pre- sented and speaker Jim Stuart from Walnut spoke, awards were presented. Craig Parmely was awarded the Star Chapter Farmer Award. We’re really proud of Craig,” said Mr. Stewart. “He's done a great job in Exira's FFA! Let’s hope Exira’s FFA boys — and GIRLS — continue doing an out- standing job next year! 5 (? ouvtty “DiaPtict 18 FFA