Laurel Park High School - Koine Yearbook (Martinsville, VA)

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The Performers A Time for Change Change was truly evident in the pom-pon and majorette squad of this year. Perhaps the biggest change was the appointment of a new sponsor, Miss Donna Baus. Miss Baus was new, said Natalie Thompson, co- captain ot the majorette squad, and we had to teach her as much as she taught us. Both the pom-pon and majorette routines strayed from traditional ones and a new style was tried. Even the feature twirlers tried new and more intricate routines. One of them, Tracy Handing out awards for choir members Mitzi Prillaman and Lisa Johnson are Darla Ward and Mr. John Myers. . .XX a The action on the field holds Christi Hubbard's attention while Todd Martin is distracted by something happening in the stands. The band practices fourth period for numbers as diverse as the fight song and Amazing Grace. Performers 23

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The Performers SCA President Michelle Wilson is also on the Majorette captain Mitzi Prillaman holds a pose Pom-Pon Squad. during the National Anthem. Hankins, commented that although some of them were great, others were more difficult to perform and took a lot of practice. All the girls practiced more than previous squads. The practices started in the summer, said Mary Hodge, a senior member of the squad. We started practices in July and practiced throughout the rest of the summer. ln addi- tion to the summer practices, the Fronts practiced during sixth period every day, after school two to three times a week, and some- times on weekends. That is a lot of practice but it paid off for they received many com- The Fronts which consisted of fourteen pom-pon girls, eight majorettes, two feature twirlers, and soloist, Emily Helms, performed at pep rallies and took turns performing at basketball games. They performed with the marching band at football games and in the Christmas parade. They also traveled with them to the Richmond State Fair and to Thunder in the Blue Ridge. Small Wonders t Although the band was smaller this year, said Jackie Stockton, veteran mem- ber of the marching band, everyone still gave it their all to make it a success. This is very true for the marching band which con- sisted of 70 members last year, only had 42 A- as H ,tg , Mitzi Prillaman, Linda Landrum, Bill Undenivood and On a sunny afternoon in August, the band works on Pam Mabe warm up before the spring concert. formations. 24 Performers s ments on their improvement. f