Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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Our band ' s sound echoed throughout the town and state. The First Stage Band also entered contests this year. The Stephen F. Austin Stage Band Festival called for a trip to Nacogdoches, and the Buffs also entered the Castle- berry Stage Band Festival. This year the i-irst Concert Band entered several contests and walked away with honors. Two Haltom students were selected from the All Region Band Auditions on December 11. Castleberry had a band festival on April 8, at which the Buffs received ratings of II in concert and sight-reading. Similar to the Castleberry competition was the UIL contest, which the band also entered. Brian Oilman and David Young jazz up the band with some slow soulful sax. First Stage Band, First Row: Doug Betts, David Young, Brian Gilman, James Trietsch, Randy Cardinal, Jerry Hampton, Gary Barnett, Joey Phelps. Second Row: Denise French, Bill Wright, Wayne Stovall, Richard King, David Routt, Phillip Dvorak, Donnie Heaslet, Berni Kratky, Gerald Neece. Spirit

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Now presenting — the Haltom High School Marching Band. Think about it a minute. Just what would we have done without a band? Could you imagine a football game without that fight song blaring out? What would the Highsteppers have done without the band? Pretty strange sight. There were several different divisions of the band. The one with which most students were familiar was the marching band, in which members of all bands were eligible to enter. The marching band performed at all foot- ball gam.es, and participated in the Bell Marching Contest on October 30, and the UIL (University Interscholastic League) Marching Contest on No- vember 9. Twirling out ahead of the band. Majorette Dorothy Woods puts a little fire in her act by using fire batons. Besides winning a chair in the All State Band, Joey Phelps with the help of Denise French leads the band as drum major. Mr. Roy Price (Director) Spirit 39

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Fir t Concert Band, First Row: Gary Blassingame, Di- ane Boone, Phyllis Fitch, Denise French, Melinda Lee, Emily Dahl, Clare Lanford. Second Row: Don Earp, Mike Rhodes, Pat Enos, Mike Plunk, Rodney Taylor, Terri Harring, Allen Swindell, Bill Wright, Randy Car- dinal, Richard Baker, Doug Betts, David Autrey, Wil- liam Owen, Brian Oilman, David Young. Third Row: Sheryl Van Noy, Jayna Pankey, Virginia Covington, David Lane, Tommy Helmer, Greg Davis, Donnie Heaslet, Lundy Tidwell, Alan Riley, Bernie Kratky, Phillip Dvorak, Gerald Neece, Larry Sewell, Kenny Rhine, Tom Gaylor, Joey Phelps, Mike Massie, Jerry Hampton, Gary Barnett, Robert Lockhart, Judy Clem- ent. Fourth Row: Katrina Woods, Maggie Blizzard, Ronnie Cogburn, Carl Mayer, David Routt, David Lar- sen, John Dowdy, Keith Kilpatrick, Royce Rhodes, Jer- ralCreecy, Mike Day, Mr. Roy Price (Director), James Trietsch. Playing their way to victory on February 26 at the Birdville Solo and En- semble Contest, the Buffs won 24 first place medals and 14 second place certificates. Members of the band participated in the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest on June 3 and 5. The charming, friendly band secretary, Judy Clement, is chosen by her fellow band members as their favorite sweetheart. Bright and brassy cornets blare out the fanfares and melodies in the lively pieces during a sectional. Spirit 4)