North Fort Myers High School - Lance Yearbook (North Fort Myers, FL)

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Knights' Sounds Mixed feelings stirred this summer omong fellow Red Knight Morching Bond members os they bid forewell to Keith Stork, their bond director for four yeors, ond welcomed Brion Burgess os their new leoder. Even with the new edition, the Red Knights soon leorned everything would go os usuol. Hours ond hours of proctice were spent perfecting morching bond field routines ond both individuol ond group musicol abilities. Before the school yeor begon bond members could be seen dedicoting their time preporing for future perfor- monces, Summer school bond wos led by senior bond members who tought new in- coming bond members the drills ond bosic morching moneuvers. The reputotion of excellence wos still shining here ot North os the Red Knight Morching Bond won the superior roting in the 1984 District Morching Festivol. Their porticipotion in the Edison Pogeont of Light Porode olso showed everyone their outstonding showmonship ond musicol proficiency. Morching wosn't the only thing these Red Knights know how to do os both the symphonic ond concert bonds performed the troditionol Christmos concert, spring festivol ond North High's commencement ceremony. During the second semester the members of the morching bond olso took port in symphonic ond concert bond. To obtoin odmission into symphonic bond o student hod to poss o grueling oudition con- sisting of running scoles, sight reoding, ond ploying o musicol selection of their choice thot they feel best shows their tolent. The symphonic bond consisted of highly skilled musicions. Once o person become o member of symphonic bond os o freshmon he continued to be o member throughout his high school yeors. All students who did not moke symphonic bgnd were outomoticolly port of concert bond. Concert bond, which wos o less od- vonced closs, performed with symphonic bond to put on superior concerts. Like mor- ching bond, students olso performed in group ond solo ensembles throughout the county ghd stote. Woiting to be coiled to orrention, the Red Knight Bond proudly stonds in the end zone. The Red Knight Bond prepores to ploy the fight song during o pep rolly, Bond

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ill 64 Band MMU , 6, Percussion section shows their style on the field. if 4, , Q .i 'FW Our snappy Red Knight Marching Band Auxiliary: Lori Pastirik, Jill Boyllss, Vanessa Jones, Rena Lane, Delret- to Jones - co-captain, Joyce Williams - co-captain, Leann Scudder, Leigh Thar, Anna Miller, Lorendo Washington, Febra Scudder. Drum major, Glenn Bitter, directs his comrades for one last performance. 'P-x f ,,,. -. -f wg. M09 L -V 2 ---3'

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Knights' Sounds Without the support of the Red Knight Bond Boosters the morching bond would hove hod o tough time tockling the mony expenses it took to keep the Red Knight Bond M. Directed ond supervised by Brion Burgess, Drum Mojor Glenn Bitter, Auxiliory coordinotor Shelley Shero, Flog Corps cop- toins Joyce Williams ond Delrerro Jones, ond led by their Bond Council President Donny Luders, the Morching Red Knights found time to engoge in o voriety of fund roising octivities. The sole of MF-Crystol Jewelry, poinsettios for Christmos, ond refreshments during footboll gomes were just o few of the prosperous octivities. Of course the morching bond wouldn't be complete without the ouxiliory units directed ond supervised by Shelley Shero ond flog corps coptoins Joyce Williams ond Delretro Jones. The ouxiliory unit consisted of both flogs ond rifles this yeor. After spring ond summer tryouts, girls were chosen ond begon procticing for up- coming performonces. Hours ond hours were spent in leorning the techniques, spins, ond twirls. This yeor to become o member of the ouxiliory unit, eoch person Bond l Bond members show their spirit during the footboll gome. Showing his tolent, John Wild ploys during halftime. hod to be oble to twirl the flog ond spin o rifle. Eoch member hod to demonstrote coordinotion, morching obility, determino- tion, ond cooperotion. Although the ouxiliory units were seporote in mony woys, they olwoys joined together in order to roise money for trips to competition ond the mointoining of uniforms ond equipment. Throughout the yeor, their oppeoronces ot footboll gomes, in the Edison Pogeont of Light Porode ond in District Competition, kept the Red Knights' reputotion of excellence intoct. ,,,,.- , C.. .Wen ,.-Y +.-..,.,,, A