Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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ill Tuning U 'i A 3 t -A ay, A lttt ue to the small class size and laci ot publicity Orchestra was not so well known as Viking Band and A Cappella. String instrument players wen joined by woodwinds, brass, and percussion from band to make a full orchestra tor concerts and UIL Contests. Early morning rehearsals were difficult, but helped to prepare the orchestra for the December PTA meeting, the band and orchestra Christmas concert in the cafeteria, the State Student Council Convention downtown at the Sheraton Crest Hotel. and the Baccalaureate exercises for the graduating seniors. With their concentration and abilities. accomplishments ran high. Byron Hinderer wrote original compositions and his Concerto lor Oboe was tried out in class. Joann lvlotl took a first division rating on her viola solo at UIL. The Cook quartet, made up ot Ftoy Cook, first violin Cindy Toth, second violin, Anne Barger, viola. and Holly Smith, cello, also placed first, qualifying for state competition. Most ol the students took private lessons and all participated in the All-City High School Youth Orchestra. Each member learned to cooperate and harmonize with the others musically and personally, They contributed their talents and abilities to create an organized ensembles 1 First row fl-ry: Ms, Dick, Sandy Cain, Sandra Lindsey. Dottie Barger, Jo Ann lvtotl, Anne Bar- ger. Beth Puckett, Second row fl-rj: George Shineldecker, Alan Ford, Danette Morgan, Cindy Shoemaker, Cindy Toth, Janet l-lutchison. Third row fl-rj: Alan Brack, Robert Luter, Ron- ald Sweet. Roy Cook, Byron l-linderer, Barbara Green, Laura Martin, Tommy Allen. 2 Cindy Toth and Ftoy Cook play their violins at the Christmas concert. Roy was the concert master and first chair violin. 3 Dottie Barger plays her cello at the PTA Christ- mas concert inthe Lanier cafeteria. orchestra 165

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1 Dawn'Dunahoo and Penni Ledegar dance with shiny pink and silver hoops at the Homecoming half-time show. 2 DeeAnn Smith dances with her Boa to lVlame at a football game. Along with her duties as a Vikette, DeeAnn served on Joske's Teen-board. 3 Officers Ftene Jennings, Paula Moore and Diana Wheeler display talent and beauty as they lead the repeat Salute to America perform- ance. The Vikettes proved that the Bicentennial was more than a 24-hour celebration, 4 Kathy Bird, Nancy DeGlandon, Brenda Dan- iell, Ctopj, Cathy Janak, Mikki Hardman. and Julie Playford, Cbottomj, smile at an applauding audience after completing the ladder routine. This routine was one of the award winning con- test dances performed bythe Vikettes. 5 Diana Wheeler performed a solo dance to All That Jazz in the Spring Show. She learned this routine in New York City from Linda Gache, a professional dance teacher. ime kept on slipping into the future. . .with summer practice, football season, contest, and spring show the year flew by. Tennis shoes wore out, costumes were cast aside, standing ovations died down, bruises faded and the year was gone almost before we knew it. But timeless memories, and the important personal qualities we learned would always endure. Self-discipline, patience, responsibility, and respect for ourselves and others would remain in our characters throughout our lifetimes. On August 2, we began a camp, taught by professional dancer, Linda Gache. Nothing will teach you humility faster than watching a professional dance gracefully through a dance, while you stumble along behind her. That was a fun week and it inspired us to make this year one to remember. After that first week in August came the tedious practice for that first football game. The first performance ever for new Vikettes. Suddenly they had to worry about yardlines, hash marks, and making circles, while melting in 95 degree heat. We learned how to give constructive criticism and how to accept it gracefully. We came to believe in a very worn-out expression, Practice makes perfect, and one thing we all had in common was that desire lor perfection. Football season finally came along with the rain. So many half-time shows were rained out we almost forgot how to perform. At those few dry games the Vikettes performed routines like the Boa and the Checkerboard, becoming the first dance team in Austin ever to tap dance on a football field. Football season was only the beginning . . . To learn and perfect three contest routines takes many long and hard night time practices. During this time we really came to appreciate our officers, as individuals and as a group. For three of them this was their second year to be an officer. Their experience helped them teach us and put the polish on new routines. The drive for perfection was most noticeable in captain, Diana Wheeler. vlkettes 167