Guilford High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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LEFT: AFS OFFICERS: J. Bell, treasurer, D. Bowen, president: K. Price, vice-president: C. Canfield, secretary. LOWER LEFT: Club members Linda Hosnaw, Heidi Rank, and Michelie Brooks practice decorating a tree for the YWCA's Christmas Tree Lane . LOWER RIGHT: Brigitte Gras, Guil- ford's AFS student from France, whose hobby is arts and crafts, practices her crochetingtechnique. is S wb Associations 45

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AFS FRONT ROW: J. Bell, K. Price, D. Bowen. C. Canfield. SECOND ROW M, Strom, L. Gayle, K. Skubal, P. Traynor, S. Erikson, A. Giliberti, B Hopp, K. McCullough, K. Mattison. H. Rank, B. Greenland, M. Bower- master, J. Provi, S, Douglas, C. Bressler. THIRD ROW: C. Groff, S. For- saith, T. Kostantacos, J. Lukasik, L. Weingartner, A. Brown, T. Leeming, AFS exchanges rf' students for students The American Field Service, an organization working toward peace through understanding and friendship, sponsors students to go to for- eign countries, or for foreign students to come here. This year, Guilford's AFS exchange stu- dent was Brigitte Gras, from France. Brigitte stayed with her American sister, Michelle Brooks, '74, and her family. As a club, AFS had a Halloween party and participated in the YWCA's annual Christmas Tree Lane. AFS also held several bake sales. The club is ad- vised by Miss Cheryl Jacobson and Mr. Antho- ny lsabelli. D. Banfield. A. Bussian, LJ. Doolittle, S. Johnson, M. Warren. FOURTH ROW: J. Carlson, L. Brdicka. L. Hoshaw, P. Traynor, C. Hart, D. Forsaith, D. Morris, S. Behmer, L. Smith, C. Miller, J. Tronieri. FIFTH ROW: J. Wheeler. A. Beals, M. Brooks, L. Brdicka, S. Kenninger, K. Kleczewski, N. Miner, M. Aramovich, P. Wenger, P. Pillote. K. Gardmann, B. Gras. Y! Michelle Brooks examines the stuffed panda bear she gave to her AFS sister, Brigitte Gras. 44 Associations

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46 Associations Concerts, halftime performed by Bands The bands opened the '72-'73 season with the appearance of the Nlarching Band, made up of the Concert and Varsity Bands, in a series of half-time shows. The Viking Band made its performing debut in the last show which commemorated the Civil War. After the marching season, the bands looked toward the concert season. The first concert was the Christmas Concert, given by the Varsity and Viking Bands. The bands also traveled to area grade schools to give prospective band mem- bers an idea of what the program is like. Other band activities included fun nights and the Cabaret Show , staged jointly with the Cho- ral Department. The end ofthe year was high- lighted by the annual spring trip. This year, the bands planned a trip to Detroit with stopovers in Holland, Michigan and Greenfield Village. i rw D 5 OHL? BAND, FRONT ROW: J. Borden, R. Mower, J. Karasek, T. Flick, P. Traynor, R. Andrew, N. Deitrick. SECOND ROW S Blom gren, J. Freymiller, B, Carus, P. Dixon, B, Hammel, C. lVlazzola.