Glass High School - Crest Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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“And the head, 2,3,4,.. .,” sounded the muffled voice of Billy Mason through the loudspeaker. Calisthenics began every Marching Band practice, followed by group practices, then the whole band together. ‘‘Off the line!”’, “Hurry up, let’s Move!’’, and similar orders were heard repeated over and over. By the end of the day, band freshman had quite a job cleaning the marching field. So many empty drink cans were piled in the trash cans that they became quite a beehive, and a few people were stung. These were the least of the casualties of the fall marching season; everyone suffered aching backs and feet, tired arms and legs, sore muscles, and heat prostration at least once. The band put in the usual unpaid forty hour plus work week for two weeks before school started: August 22 — September 2, from 8 until 12 and from 4 to 8. But that was not the beginning of the marching season. In the spring of 1977, Individual groups such as the Drum Corps, Flag Corps, and the Rifle Corps had try-outs and began practicing. When summer came, every Monday night at 7:30 the whole Marching Band met to practice music so that the instructors could decide which music to use and what the marching formation would be. The half-time show produced was the combined efforts of all the Marching Band instructors: Mr. Neal Haworth, Mr. Jim Meredith, Tim Montgomery, Kim Olds, George Zingali, Dino Ciccio, and Gary Covitz who put in as many hours as the band itself. The finished product premiered at the first home football game and every other home game. The group was tense as Sara Cheverton announced, ‘‘The 1977-78 E.C. Glass Marching Hilltopper Band,” as the band burst onto the field to the theme from “Star Wars’. The rest of the half-time show consisted of the Spanish “El Gato Triste’, Tschaikovsky’s ‘‘Nut Cracker Suite’, ending with ‘Evergreen’. Meanwhile during all this practice, Marching Band students had to break into a new school year, keep up with homework (ha-ha), and of course, sell the all-famous hoagies to raise money for upcoming competitions. Part of this fund raising included selling tickets to the 24 BAND Put Another Nickel In Lynchburg Classic. The day of the Classic dawned rainy and the rain continued throughout the day. The Parade of Champions was cancelled but the competition that night went on in the downpour. The Glass Band performed last so by the time they took the field it was gushy and slick mud. Remaining on two feet was the concern of most, but the band still gave a fine performance. The end of the winter marching season, as usual, was the Christmas Parade. Regular season competitions included a first place rating at the Chilhowie Apple Festival, and a fourth place overall ranking at the Tidewater Marching Festival and at the Falls Church Band Festival. These trips were not without their hectic moments as band members had to dress en route to avoid being late for performances to having to sleep on hard gym floors in sleeping bags. Making the scene at half-time, Tony Tanner and Bo Boylan return to the stands to drum up Electronic marcher, R2D2 makes his appearance at the Heritage-Glass game. The Grunwells and a few friends built it to accompany the band during the theme from “Star Wars”. excitement for the last half of the Hilltoppers’ and Pioneers’ football game.

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Look of surprise! Queen Patrice Hubbard's face shows her excitement as 1977 Homecoming Smiles of excitement fill the faces of the junior and sophomore Homecoming Court and the Beauty Reigns — With crowns signifying their Homecoming honors 1978 Queen Patrice escorts as the nominees are announced during the assembly. Queen Sheila Wells offers her congratulations. Moving to the beat — Ginny Martin and Jimmy Howard enjoy the Homecoming Dance which wrapped up the weeks’ activities. Hear the music! — Pam White and Richard Hayes move to the music at the Homecoming Dance. The Saturday night event provided the perfect conclusion to a terrific week of activities. Hubbard and 1977 Queen Sheila Wells ride around the field together. HOMECOMING 23

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0 Caught in the middle, Billy Mason blushes as the other drum majors, Kathy Atkins and Julie Ferguson express their excitement after a great performance. Proudly displaying the awards won over the past three years, these seniors have tangible evidence of the ; contributions made while marching. Drum Majors: Cathy Atkins, Billy Mason, Julie Ferguson. Rifle Corps: Debra Newton, Beth Almond, Lsura Shannon, Leslie Cole, Dru Ann Lundy, Patrice Hubbard, (saber); Robin Brooks, Ann Stratton, Elise Key, Mary Lane, Delores Read. Drums: Chris Fahland, Tim Wutke, Tommy Mehaffey, Greg Alty, Tony Tanner, Ronnie Callands, Jeff Scheckwitz, Kenny Snead, Ricky Kirkpatrick, Lynn Atkins, Lisa Trevy, Sue Peffley, Melinda Mead, Cindy Knight, Regina Phillips, Lisa Harrison, Bo Boylan, Mike McKee, Mike Scott, Frank Mccarthy, John Gardner. Flag corp: left row; Laura Cole, Susan Taylor, Dawn Clements, Dianne McClurg, Ann Orr, Angie Pennington, Laura Hanowitz, Dana Clements, Kim Driskill, Joyce McVey, Daneen Fry, Melanie Scott, Cathy Showalter, Torrey Staples, Leigh Lundy, Anne Farris, Romaona Lacy, (right row) Lee ann Moore, Merritt Becker, Shari Hoffman, Laura Riley, Jill Albertson, Linda Peffley, Frankie Jones, Cathy Lemke, Wendy Kaminski, Rosalind Duncan, Martha Pressley, Barbra Riley, Robin Hill, Chery! Camden, Ann Page, Cathy Newton, Susan Tyree. Band: Seniors: Tommy Albertson, Alan Benedikter, Mary Bergman, Bill Ford, Chip Garcia, John Goode, Randy Grunwell, Spencer Harrison, Joanna Hunt, Craig Johnson, Lee Jones, David Kidd, Ann McClenon, Peyton Moore’ Lisa Rogers, Sandra Smith. Juniors: Alex Aderton, Scott Anderson, Bobby Angel, Ricky Belcher, Steve Brueck, Chery! Callahan, Mike Chesson, Todd Cohen, Jane Cornelius, Carl Cress, Diane Doss, David Glenn, Connie Gunter, Lynn Hunt Greg Hurst, Cindy Mallay, Cindi Milne, Anna Papayanis, Laura Phelps, Allen Pickett, Rudy Primm, Sherry Saunders, Charlie Sydnor, Paul Van de Graaf, James Whorley. Sophomores: Brenda Banks, Keith Belcher, Carol Brooks, George Creswell, Andrea Dodgion, Rob Duckworth, Laura Echols, Geoff Garcia, Steve Gartett, Sharon Grunwell, Julia Harmon, John Hicks, Sharon Hicks, David Hoffman, Carter Jones, Tim Lane, Preston Little, Cathy Logan, Keith Lytton, Jim Mehaney, Susan Mason, Marca McClenon, Dwayne Morgan, Laurie Pahel, Jonat Charles Taylor. Freshmen: David Alm Andrews, Fred Bergman, Jeff Bernas, Booker, Steve Canard, Meg Cannon, Will Cardelll, Anthony Carter, Marty Clingenpel; Melaney Collins, Martha Dixon Deborah Douglas, Burks Echols, Kirk Ellis, Karen Evans, Adam Feldman, Darryl Francis, Lee Gammon, Tina Gardner, Chuck Gentry, Susan Glenn, Anthony Gray, Greg Hallman, Warren Harrison, Valerie Hudson, Josie Jefferson, Barbra Kirkpatrick Russ Mallay, Maureen McClenon, Frank McVeigh, J Debbie Morris, Clive Papayanis, Chris Peffely, David Kevin Ray, Rob Read, Mike Read, Janet Reid, Linda Schammerhorn, Gerri Simpson, Bam Snidow, Kevin Snow Sa Sprinkle, Stuart Staples, Suzette Straub; Vincent Tanner, Sandy Vest, Diane Winter, Cricket Witt, Tammy Wood, John Wranek Bob Wren BAND 25 ee ea Se