Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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LIKE A MAGICIAN, Director James Kibby A makes magic happen with the help of his wand as he conducts the band. AFTER SCHOOL REHEARSALS involved a 1 lot of time for the band, as seen by the horn section as they prepare for the State Fair. Malta I ,bs ,ft PERFECTING THE MARCH of a new routine, 1 head majorette junior Sheryl Hatke goes over a new routine with the band. HOLDING THE CYMBALS junior Martha La- A punka awaits the gong from sophomore Frank DeSantis. JUNIOR STEVE NELSON improvises by using Y his hand as a mute to mellow the sound of his french horn. 1 Band-15

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Practic s Create Joy nd Tear lasting thrusts of music filled the bandroom at all hours of the day, as students were constantly practicing for upcoming concerts. The month of March was especially busy for the orchestra as they worked on the mus- ical, Oklahoma. But March was not an ex- ceptional month for work, because all the seasons brought constant hours of practice sessions. A special session of camp was held during the summer at St. Joseph College in Rennsel- aer, IN, under the instruction ofthe new band director, Mr. James Kibby. Drum major senior Jeff Parrish and leading majorette Sheryl Hatke led the band through the majority ofthe marching techniques, of learning, drilling, reviewing and mastering them. Yet while the band will always be remember- ed for their outstanding accomplishments, it wouldrft have been possible without those daily practices and endless hours of drills. PERFORMING DURING THE HALFTIME of A Homecoming game, the band stands proudly in formation. b ,.. 'Pnl V- I' I V V JUNIORS MARION HANSEN and Cindy Farm yer get the technique down as Mr. James Kibby marches along side. .X N if

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it 'Q 'S' an Q. Q9 tQ.t'K'5'XS -1' LT l6B A Practice does make perfect, or almost perfect. With the help of two coaches, Keith Gerbers and Neil McKeeman, the Spartan baseball team ended the season with 15 wins and 6 losses. The most outstanding player was junior Terry Fife with a 12-0 record. Strike- outs were his specialty, along with his no-hitter against Angola. Fife was named to the All-Conference first team as pitcher. Also with him were senior Jeff Dalman at second base and freshman Kent Berning at shortshop. On the All-Conference second team, senior Fritz Sirk was named to the centertield position and homerun hitting junior Brad Schuchhardt was nominated at third base. The Spartans had a 9-0 conference record to win the NEIAC crown. They ad- vanced two games into the Regional play- offs but unfortunately lost the champion- ship to Warsaw, 8-4. Freshman Kent Berning set a new single season school record for batting average with a .408 mark to finish off a good season. I t A33 . i 511 mb-LD' -rg ,bd - - 'I ' ',:.-- STANDING ON THE PITCI-IER'S MOUND, ju- Q nior Terry Fife gets ready to hurl another ball for a strike out. STILL RUNNING STRONG, sophomore John y Grimmer crosses the plate for another Spartan IUII. AN ENTHUSED HOMESTEAD BENCH A watches as one of their teammates attempts to hit a home run. SENIOR RICK BRUNS takes a mighty swing at 1 the ball during an early season game against Bellmont. , . -I, l- uh Il 1 I . xx 4 111' 4