Moore High School - Timekeeper Yearbook (Moore, OK)

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OGETHE only gifs. In Moore and M s and girls. ln Lyras there are 'tln Apollyras there are guy ' ' orc there are select guys and V Y, - ' Y girls, that also dance besides ju st singing. Tha. only :lung - junior Roxanne Cunilw we have in common is singing. Apollyras, Moore andifMore, Lyras and the Spirit Stickers worked as a group in a close family atmosphere. j My favorite thingy about choir is the bond between the people, senior Courtney Duncan said. Almost every person in choir is good friends, or at least friends with everyone else. We have to rely on each other and have faith in one another or we will fall apart. Choir is not a solo: it's a group effort. Both males and females parti- cipated in Apollyras. Tryouts included sightreading and sing- ing. Apollyras received credit for creating the spirit stick eight years ago. Iuniors spent their year showing the seniors how much spirit they possessed, hoping to carrying the red, white and blue spirit-raising stick the next year. At the end of the year, seniors voted for the three most spirited Apollyras members to boost en- thusiasm at future athletic activities and assemblies. Hlt's like a crown that is in- herited after graduation, junior Susan Kanzenbach said. Lyras, the all-girls' choir, required no tryouts, just a desire to sing. Lyras gives us self-esteem, junior Lesa Cox said, especial- ly when we're doing a concert. For Moore and More, the show choir, qualifications in- cluded sightreading, singing and dancing. We are all working for the same thing, junior Candy M' I f f L I -My . .f 'f 'A . ttt,..,.,r.y ... , s ' Q t lia .3 s sstr. Horne? said. HWe want to become better. Each group sang a variety of music, from pop to jazz, classi- cal to religious and, of course, current popular hits. Ii love to sing, senior Steve Petrocelli said. Being in Apollyras gives me a chance to sing with a lot of terrific people and ia wonderful director. Choir director, Mr. Ralph Duncan, completed his ninth year of teaching students who described him as 'fa perfec- tionistu and very demanding, but most of all, a great friend. Moore has a reputation of having some of the best teachers in the state, senior Erich john- son said. With Mr. Duncan, it holds true. The seniors made initiation a grueling, unforgettable experi- ence for new members. Initiation was interesting. The seniors really got the juniors, junior Becky Pope said. i'Liver baby food isn't a favorite among late night snacks and most people don't cruise 12th with shaving cream and toothpaste in their hair and on their faces. Being in one of the choirs meant more than just having fun. 'Alt takes discipline and hard work to come up with some- thing you want to be proud of, junior Connie Peveler said. The choruses meant different things to different people, but all agreed that they were taught more than just the fundamen- tals of singing. E n front. Senior Brad Epperson leads in the contest at Talequah. Moore 81 More missed first by two points. inal chords. Seniors Linda Childers and Marla Myrick sing at Baccalaureate. ' join in the Fun

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Being the leader ofa class is nor as easy as ir seems. l've been Criliuzed. lwut who hasnt! Overall, urs been Li privilege and .in honor to he senior class president. - senior Danny Deal Class and club officers parti- cipated in leadership classes in order to organize school and club activities. Advised by Mrs. Marilyn Kirby and Mrs. Francis D'Elia, students devoted much of their extra time to their respective organizations. The blood drive, assemblies, convention and Val-o-grams have been a great success, junior Kim Pennington said. 'Alt makes me proud to be a part of it all? Leadership taught the fundamentals of responsibility, leading others, delegating authority and the preparation and delivery of public speeches. You learn to deal with speaking in front of people and stress, senior Bryan Duke said. Presenting a speech in class meant bringing out Nthe bell. 'l If a speaker spoke too long, said Oh'l or um too often or incor- porated a run-on sentence into their presentation, a member of the audience rang the bell? The fewer rings the speaker received, the better the grade. Participation in hot seati' caused much excitement. Everyone sat in a circle around one student who was consid- ered in the hot seatfl He or she faced each person, receiving one piece of constructive crit- icism and one positive statement about themselves. Hot seat really helps you to see how you appear to others, senior Iulie Tittle stated. Individual participants main- tained many extra duties. Changing the marquee and raising the flag each morning became common practice. Student Council and committee chairpersons in Mrs. Frances D'Elia's class organized the Oklahoma Association of Student Councils state conven- tion, 'Un the Edge of a Dream. Students listened to speakers and put on skits, junior Rachel Gonzalez ex- plained, then attended seminars dealing with drunk driving and wearing seatbeltsf, The part of the convention that many prided themselves about occurred at the end of the dance. t'We all got together and realized what we had pulled off and how good a job we had done on the convention, senior Amy Adams commented. The class organized a new in- terest group, Students Against Driving Drunk CSADDJ. Through this promotion, the organization received tremen- dous response. Leadership classes provided the time to develop, organize and promote extracurricular ideas and school activities. -5 54-+1 areful check. Iunior Scharon Woolsey reads over a list of Prom parti- cipants as senior Mindy Miller listens. ' - -V v 55- r ,ew , Mm.,-,. 1 vs? , f. W ,,,,, e-1 Z .AA ' vi 1 '- X ' -4.-44s. ' n...w.r u-.pa gaps? -4-an 1. 1.-e , r? - -1 0. 'T' f ,, .wa k --.. uve- hbok Osvb me ..-.......w nmsltwoabvhsw W4 v-qpwfnmnnga ' iff! Mm . mf '5,Q.i?.., '-.fL Jai! , . .. 4, .V Wa: ww eadership. Front row: Gwen Wilkerson, lay Baker, Kim Pennington, Amy Adams. Second row: Mrs. Frances D'Elia, sponsor, Sheryl Butchee, Troy Haworth, Todd Anderson, April Waldroop, Chelle Hines. Third row: Deborah Ballard, Amy Newendorp, Giang Vo, Lance Howard, April Bethea. Fourth row: Carl Guthrie, David Willis, Robbie Stewart, Kirk DePriest, Phillip Wilkerson. erbatim. Senior David Hay reads as junior Ted White copies his every word for future use. Nl W Leadership

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mbarrassment. Apollyras in- itiation mortifies senior Stephen Gray and junior Troy McCawley. Initiation required strange dress codes. ifted. Mr. Ralph Duncan urges voices higher. With his direction choir reached their full potential. 2 . - , - Q 5 A I 2 .g t gr Q l I 4 se X ' -, X 1 ' ' X ' j ' 1 1 i i X 5 ' i I N r pollyras. Front row: Becky Pope, Michele Jarrett, Sonya Hamilton, Iulie Tittle, Tammi Cox, Uree Canfield, Imelda Hillegas, Lori Whitten, Shannon McDonald, Sonya Small, Connie Peveler, Tracy Fleming, Susan Herndon, Lisa Rinehart. Second row: Amy Newendorp, Darla Haffner, Leah Schmidt, Sheryl Butchee, Donya Elkins, Angie Triplett, Renae Romans, Alicia Walker, Ieanne Ledet, Pam Cave, Susan Kanzenbach, Roxanne Cumby, Melissa Iones, Alisa Davis, Courtney Duncan, Holly Pavillard. Third row: Soohyun Yoon, Stephen Petrocelli, Kevin Hargus, Iimmy Swafford, Philip Gordon, Steve Speers, Doug Liner, Shane Maloy, Nat Lively, Stephen Gray, Brad Epperson, Jayson Henry, Brian Foote, Louis Satterlee, Scott Davis, Ralph Gibbons, Troy McCawley, Erich Iohnson, Iames Humann, Todd Cinder. - fd! Choirs