Jones Junior High School - Focus Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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One the biggest and best seventh grade bands . SEVENTH GRADE BAND was FRONT ROW: Michele Rumple, Rachelle Winters, Kim Waggoner, Susan Everhart, Lori Royce, Cheryl Munson, Ron Dunham, Rhonda Hosier, Bethanne Young; SECOND ROW: Rhonda Howard, Gail Hillsamer, Amy Pence, Sheila Hall, Kelly Douglass, Bess Donahue, Myles James, Ron Ball, Mark Harwell, Mr. Hoyt; THIRD ROW: Spencer Shepler, Scott Edwards, Eric Marshall, David Judy, Glen Catten, Lee Miller, Paul Wilson, Greg Franklin; FOURTH ROW: Robert Barnett, Jerry Wimmer, Mike Oswald, Jon Ferguson, David White, Julie Knost, Janell Reese; BACK ROW: Mike Pense, Jerry Roper, Karl Backus, Paul Siders, Ricky Porfilio, Lisa Head, Ricky Kimmel, Ricky Harsha. I think this is one of the best and biggest seventh grade bands I ' ve ever taught, said Mr. Hoyt. Even though the seventh grade band didn ' t do as much as the eighth and ninth grade bands, but have performed in programs and contest. Some of them were March 17th and May 4th concert, and on Orientation Day. A few students performed in the March 19th contest. They also performed in the NISBOVA solo and ensemble contest. First place winners were: Bess Donahue, Myles James, and Paul Wilson. (RIGHT) Ron Dunham and Cheryl Munson play their clarinets for the piece, Today Explosion. (BELOW) Amy Pence practices, Westminister Overture on her flute.

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(ABOVE) Kerry Wright plays in the Christmas Program. About that he said, It is good to know you ' re doing something for the first time in a new place and with friends that you grew up with and have known all your life, it is really a nice, happy feeling to be part of something new. (LEFT) Sheri Rumple and Nancy Raven, ninth graders, play flute during a pep session, in the pep band, which is a part of the band that plays peppier music than the regular band. For the first time, the eighth and ninth grade bands performed in the Christmas program, along with all vocal groups. The reason for the bands performing in the program instead of orchestra was because orchestra had a choice whether to be in the Christmas program or a fall concert by themselves. Since there were so many other groups performing in the Christmas program, they chose the fall concert. The bands performed in the NISBOVA Solo and Ensemble contest at Kokomo Haworth High School, February 12, 1977. Students receiving a first place for superior performances were: Virginia Reece, Tami King, Missy Smith, Jayne Ford, Karren Gerren, Robyn Osborne, Mardee Bartrom, Tim Powers, Glen Richardson, Clyde Newton, and Klaus Harte. They performed in the March 17 concert and March 19 concert also. The band is expanding, we have a total of 135 members in all bands, and there is over 200 students in instrumental music. By next year we should have at least 250 students in all, said Mr. Hoyt. When Mr. Hoyt was asked about the band room itself, he said, The band room looks nice but sounds terrible, it should simulate a more an echoic effect, and storage has proved inadequate, because the bands are expanding by the year. Mr. Hoyt directs the band in the Christmas Concert.

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