James A Shanks High School - Tiger Yearbook (Quincy, FL)

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New staffers take notes on designing an annual while watching a filmstrip.

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Reaching the goal of the band, to be perfect,” requires many days of practice. Perfect alignment is indispensable in the performance for half time shows. SHS Tiger Band Provides Spirit James A. Shanks' Band played an essential part in many school activities. At football games, during pep rallies and special assemblies, the band revealed its talent with creative marching routines and favorite tunes. Directed by Mr. Charles Burns, the eighty-nine member band received a rating of good at the District Marching Contest in Panama City on November 1 3, 1976. Tallahassee and Thomasville watched the marching Tigers in the Springtime Tallahassee Parade, FAMU Homecoming Parade and the Thomasville Rose Parade. Wolter Williams provides the beat in the annual Homecoming parade. 69

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Sophomores Added to Annual Staff When the tenth grade was moved to Shanks, it increased the school's population as well as the number of members on the annual staff. During the first six weeks. Advisor Cheryl Gaskin, Editor-in-Chief Marcia Thompkins and seniors taught the techniques of designing layouts, cropping pictures, writing copy and selling ads. When each page was designed and okayed, the photographers gained the responsibility of taking and developing pictures in the school's darkroom. Staffers and photographers worked together to meet each deadline for the 1977 Tiger. Marcia Thompkins and Alice Brady look through lay- out books to get ideas for their layouts. 71