North Lamar High School - Yacht Yearbook (Paris, TX)

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T Summer Ends for Football Team, Band Three Weeks Early as Preparations for September Fill the First Weeks of School g Although school wasn't to start for three weeks yet, band members and football team could be found on the school campus preparing for football season. Majorettes put rou- tines learned at camp to band music, and the new flag corps learned to work with the band. Football players went through the pain of getting muscles back into shape while the cheerleaders worked on the yells that would support them during the actual games. All of these students, though, experienced the pain of working under the hot August sun where it wasn't unusual to see one sway and suddenly find himself on the ground. Most of the student body, though, began school with registration and picking up schedules. l For the most part, the first weeks of the new school year were filled with preparations for the football-volleyball sea- son. Where's the ball? Volleyball player Vicki Chapman waits for the ball at afternoon volleyball practice. nv. mwgy-'f fag .19-e ,g gnu Crowded office: Teachers, students, and exes alike crowd the office dur- Let's see, what comes next? Senior Class members await elec- ing The fifsf days Of SCNOOI- tion of the next class officer at the first Senior Class Meeting of the year. August U 'I7

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mighty We could do it thislway: Counselor Jerry Moore helps f 3 Norman Smalley arrange his a schedule. QBeIow, Lefty Straining for perfec- tion: Varsity football players give all they've got in practice so that they'll be in shape for the real thing. fBeIow, Flight! Keeping a steady beat: Freshman drummer Tony Moody pro- vides a cadence for the band as he learns to march. ll illiii s.. l, -ff lim K-. i . - 71 l-A . , s N It Pr Don't look at the yard lines, guide: Veteran marchers as well as freshmen have to practice long hours to perfect the new corps style marching. I6 0 August ag t li ll 1 - D-M HW ,. l li Q S Getting the timing down: The football team prac- l tices to get ,all the basics down before the first scrimmageg ' y I l

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Halftime entertainment: Band members present their ffinished product at the football game with Bonham. 18 0 September Celebration: Panthers rejoice after receiving an onside kick fumble Sulphur Springs. The break came too late, though, as time ran out in the season with NL behind 17-14. Practice to make perfect: Majorettes Shew, Shannon Armstrong, and Wall attempt to learn a toss during practice. game with game of the