McCluer North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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Trying to play in unison, John Kavanaugh and Mark Antolik listen carefully. In the MN band room, the orchestra rehearses for the upcoming performance. STAND OUT STR “Holly Frede was the best violinist this year.”’ is what Heather McFarland had to say about Holly. Holly plays the violin for such organizations as: the All State Orchestra, the St. Louis Youth Symphony, the MN Orchestra and played the base for Show Choir this past year. In addition to all of this, she is also soprano leader and student choir director at McCluer North. With both of her parents being mu- sic teachers at var- Lows Schools throughout the dis- trict, Holly has quite a musical ca- reer opportunity awaiting her. Concentrating on an E flat, Jeff Nuenuebel fin- ishes the last chord.

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From a Beethoven sonata to a rous- ing rendition of ‘South Rampart Street Parade” to the pulsating beat of “Theme from Rocky’, North had mu- sic, music, music from three outstand- ing instrumental groups. Directed by Tim Pfeiffer, the Orches- tra played primarily classical music. It was comprised mostly of string players, with a few brass and wind players com- ing from Symphonic Band to play one day a week. The Orchestra played at the Civic Center in the winter to raise money for a spring trip to the Kansas City Conservatory where they per- formed. The local highlight of the Or- chestra’s season was a March solo con- cert. The Dixieland Band was a lively group of musicians who played Dixie- land jazz both at North and for local organizations outside of school. Com- prised of sax, trumpet, trombone, bass, drum, and guitar players, it jammed on After tuning his guitar, Tom Corey tests it's new sound. Practicing a new song, Sue Herzog tries not to miss a note. Music, Music, Music!!! songs like ‘Hello Dolly!’ and ‘Tin Roof Blues.”’ A highlight of the year was the band’s participation in the annual Spring Jazz Festival. Certainly the wackiest looking musi- cal group at school was the Pep Band. When this group played at basketball games, its members tried to do some- thing to make them stand out. They often wore crazy tee shirts, neck ties, or hats. Their music alone was a stand out feature of the games. 'l really like the way fans get involved when we play what they like,” said Sheryl Hawkey, flute player. ‘Hot Stuff,’ “Dim All The Lights, and ‘Championship’ were sure-fire crowd pleasers. The Pep Band sometimes played for the Pom Pon Corps, Majorettes, and also appeared before different organizations outside of school. Whatever the taste in music, prob- ably the Pep Band, Dixieland Band, or Orchestra was able to satisfy it.

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A history book's creation Did you ever stop to think how this book, or for that matter, this page, came into existence? It obviously didn't just make itself, nor did MN hire a company to do it. This book that you hold right now is the product of over twenty-five, busy MN students who worked everyday, right from the first day of school, through Christmas Break, up until the last day of school to complete — all 248 pages! Why so long? Well, a trip down to room C-3 or up to A.V. during 6th hour would have answered that question! That was where the staff met everyday, as a class, to produce MN’s history book. Upon entering, the whole concept of a regular classroom situation was gone. The students were the producers and therefore could come and go as they needed — whether it was to run up to A.V. to check on pictures or to go inter- view a teacher or fellow student. There was a constant murmur of activity. Everything centered around dead- lines. Approximately forty-eight pages had to be turned in at each of the five deadlines. Each student was assigned two pages per deadline and it was their 90 Yearbook responsibility to come up with a layout, (the positioning of pictures and copy on a page), set up interviews, write copy, assign a photographer, get a headline, write captions, AND do a stand-out job on all of it! Finally, after weeks of hard work, deadline night would arrive. All pages for that deadline had to be in the mail to the yearbook company by that evening. So when that bell rang at 2:15, no one even attempted to leave. Everyone would work to complete their pages, and have fun at the same time. After a few hours, of ‘work’', someone would yell for food, and a food-run was made. Upon its arrival, whether it be pizza, McDonald's, or Arby's, everyone munched out and took it easy for a while. Then it was back to the old grind. Everyone put the finishing touches on their pages, and finally after all the pages had been checked and double- checked by the co-editors, the dead- line was made! What next? Start over again. An- other forty-eight pages to do and an- other deadline to make! The result; A stand out yearbook for 1980. Yearbook Sponsor Mike Thacker, discusses a few points with the yearbook staff. Students with cameras are a familiar sight, and Jerry Schroeder, a Polaris ‘‘shutterbug’’, as- sumes one photographic stance.