Marionville High School - Comet Yearbook (Marionville, MO)

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Drum Corp lst At Apple Butter Days Row 1: T. Hickman, S. Lathrop, M. Murray, C. Jones, Maj., T. Fowler, L. Johnson. Row 2: C. Taylor, T. Owens, L. Henry, Row 3: C. Hadley, P. Davis, L. Tiede, K. Murphy, L. Rohlman. Row 4: D. Andrus, S. Carl, T. Kasinger, C. Gillig, R. Lambeth, Row 5: D. Elliott, L. Yates, T. Young, S. Maples. Drum corps practices for their half-time show at the semi-final football game, at Marionville. Drum corps is prepared for the half-time performance. This year the 1976-77 drum corps was 'under T the supervision of a as new teachpenr, Mr. W Ch'ar1e's Whisler. The T drum corps attended the Apple Butter V Makinf Days in Mt. Vernon for the first T time. 'They also at-4 tended several Qlanist- mais T 'parades , Inlarch -at ed withfthe band dur- ll T ing halftime perfor- mances, and marched V in the semi -final footj ball . ganje at ,Marion f- ij G sr hyille. .Corps ' V majorette was a sen- ior, Cynthianjones. Lisa Yates works on the new drum beat, for drum corps.

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Band Received 2nd Place Marching Trophy Band oficers: G. Gilmore, Pres. 5 D. Hedrick, V. Pres.5 C. Smart, Sec. QI. Holder, Hist. 5 P. Findley, Treas. Row 1:D. Coker, C. Smart, M. Torbett, I. Holder, C. Breidenstein, J. Pruitt. Row 2: C. Hadley, T. John son, C. Houston, R. jones, C. Walker, P. Springer, N. Peiter. Row 3: K. Leitz, S. Dillbeck, K. Hilton, G. Parker, D. Hedrick. Row 4: R. McMichael, E. Grippin, B. Young, J. Dotson, D. Hopkins. Row 5: A. Barger, C. Barbour, J. Moreno, S. jones, B. Kyle. Row 6: R. Wells, K. Andrus, R. Long, R. Kolar, M. Grippin. ROW 7: A. Findley, B. Kyle, D. Wilson, G. Gilmore, E. Barbour. Row 8:J. Scheffler, A. Gard- Ruthie jones, a sophomore, reigned as band queen for the 1976-77 school year, O Marionville s 1976 Comet band was under ner, K. Leitz, B. Gilmore, P. Findley. Row 9: J. Hen- ry, T. Davis, D. High, J. Bassore, M. Walker. Row the direction of a new instructor, Mr. 10: L Chilcutt, J, Barger, B. Bangle. Charles Whisler. I-Ie brought many new ideas to the band. Practice began in the summer to prepare for parades. This practice proved beneficial when the band received the 2nd place marching trophy at Apple Butter Makin' Days. They also . 1 . up Q marched at Haryey Phillips' Day and the i ? . p e I S :lai:g'3,,jff, Marionville Christmas parade. -P ' J, ee..-,asp ig,-1s?,',1.,fj5-E, ,ggggi 3 1 Under the field direction of maj. Mar- , -325 .5 J' ti 4' P A' 4 P' . . . I N .e-ag. A,,N,'L '. -gk . 1, garet Torbett, the band participated in xi. ':lJ3.,.H'e . - 1 football halftime shows. This was the first A - , We ' 'A , i'f4 9e - 't., , ' . 4,3 year the band presented a pregame show, l ,, . 4 P sf at which they formed a chute for the foot- p an p' .fa 1f7:ii'lf, ball players to run through. A ,,-' 3 fi5E- G et Band members salute the football players before the game.

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Twirlers Received ew Uniforms Band and drum corps twirlers performed many routines for football half- time shows, and parade marching. They received new uniforms in time for the first football show last fall. The twirlers Worked hard for the shows, parades, and contests at different schools. Heading the band was maj. Mar- garet Torbett and heading the drum corps was maj. Cynthia Jones. Margaret Torbett, majorette of the band practices her routine. The real show finally came and the twirlers performed with ease. Row 1: Joyce Pruitt, Maj. Margaret Torbett, Chris Breidenstein. Row 2: Debbie Coker, julie Holder, Cathy Smart. Row 1: Tamra Fowler, Maj. Cynthia jones, Mitzi Murray. Row 2: Shelia Lathrop, Lorinda johnson, Tracy Hickman. Band and drum corps twirlers practice during school hours to perform in the pre-game show for home football games.