Hobart Senior High School - Memories Yearbook (Hobart, IN)

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HHS Bands celebrate 50th Anniversary This is a Special Year was the theme used by the Hobart High School Band Department for its 50th Anniversary Band Concert. Held on March 21. 1975, the concert celebrated fifty years of music for the people of Hobart and also the first year for the bands to per- form in an accoustically built auditorium. Six of the former eight directors of the Hobart bands were able to attend the concert. The concert program included selections done by the Junior High School Concert Band and the Senior High School Concert Band performing songs conducted by each of the six former directors. The Band Boosters Association of Hobart has been believed to be the first or- ganization of its kind in the United States. The Hobart High School Band was national cham- pions for nine years until national contests were discontinued in 1938. Since then they have received firsFs in every concert that they have entered. This’has totaled up to forty-four firsts, which is the best record in the United States. 1. Conducted by former director Frederich Ebbs, the high school concert band performs ‘ Chester. ' ' 2. Dr. Richard Worthington leads the concert band as they perform Ode for Band . Opening 7

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1. Former directors of the high school band talk before the 50th Anniversary concert. 2. Members of the high school band wait outside the band room before entering the auditorium. 3. Mr. Bertram Francis, former director from 1935-40, directs the band as they play “The Sinfonians. 6 Opening

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r Bill Wilfong and Coach Steve Balash are caught in the middle of a lot of pushing during the wrestling match held at halftime of the faculty basketball game. In the first convo of the school year, the Navy Lifeboat Band performs Blue Moon . I 8 Life