Northwest Area High School - Northwester Yearbook (Shickshinny, PA)

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A v I 1 i I Northwest Band The band season always begins early, and this year was no exception. Marching practice to learn new drills and formations took up much of the band students' time in August. September arrived, and the band members put into practice on the football field what they had learned during the preceding month. The band also took part in the annual parade at the Bloomsburg Fair. ln October the band participated in the Shickshinny and Ben- ton Halloween parades. In the latter parade, our band tied for top honors. With the arrival of cold weather, the band moved indoors and practiced daily to provide music for special occasions. The first of these was the senior play which was presented in Novem- ber. Following this, the band went into rehearsal, under the student direction of David Albertson, for the Christmas concert. In January Mr. Gregory became the faculty sponsor. Again, the band pro- duced the music for the junior play which was presented in March. Following closely or. the heels of the junior play came the spring concert given at Easter time. Here the band and the chorus ioined forces to present a program of popular, semiclassic, and religious music. ln May six band members-David Albertson, Thomas Pugh, David Kiethline, Joseph Link, Betsy Jones, and Isabel Culver-took part in the West- side Band Concert which was a great success. All of our seniors were placed in first chairs, an achievement which gives credit to their musi- cal ability. With the coming of warm weather, the band began its twofold job of preparing marching and concert music. On May 29 the band participated in the Union Memorial Service in Shickshinny. The following day brought the annual Memorial Day parade in which were displayed the talents of the twirlers as well as those of the musicians. The band rounded out a full year by playing the pro- cessional and recessional music at the Commence- ment exercises on June 14. ball game. The band is performing one of its many precision drills before a foot

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FIRST ROW: Caroline Kinsey, Shirley Partington, Bessie McDaniels, Ethel Goss, Linda Cragle, Mildred Wisneski, Eileen Honse, Cathie Moore, Darla Weston, Nancy Mincavage, Kay Reider, Judy Featherman, Gloria Hess, Peggy Sorber, Sharon Bonham, Betsy Jones, Donna Lytle. SECOND ROW: Donna Boyle, Emily Killian, Louise Meeker, Nancy Frantz, Virginia Beach, Eleanor Wisneski, Joy Howie, Lora Lee Wesley, Marie Learn, Judy Belles, Kay Robbins, Tara Caverly, Beth Price. THIRD ROW: Barbara Noss, Joan White, Georgia Marshall, Marlene Hess, Dolores Kalie, Ann Fine, Sharon Comer, Isabel Culver, Rebecca Franklin, Nancy Harmon, Ann Marvin, Mrs. Phyllis C, Michael, Carol McLaughlin, Sharon Davenport, Georgia Bershee, Gloria Link, Elyse Turner, Bonnie Wolfe, Jane Hidlay, Bernice Petroski, Frances Powell, Lloydene Bach. FOURTH ROW: Kathleen Farber, Gloria Koritko, Carolyn Dodson, Carol Halczak, Bonnie Dodson, Helen Seely, Bernie Baluta, Kathleen Woodruff, Barbara Cole, Beverly Sorber, Connie Bomboy, Suzy Holmes, Patsy Charles, Anna Titus, Dawne Sorber, Dena Meyers, Donna Roberts, Kay Killian, Judy Frantz, Phyllis Farber, Marilee Kline, Helen Skapura. Absent: Ethel George, Marion Yaron, Dannette Williams. The following girls were also members of the chorus and sang with the group the latter part of the year and at the Baccalaureate services: Jane Adams, Nancy Bonham, Linda Matthews, Beverly Franklin, Gail Kleintob, Margaret Ridall, Susan Miller, Barbara Holmes, Mary Rae Jones, Patsy Sorber, Virginia Ridall, Cathie Stackhouse, Kathy Toth, Carolyn Davis, Bonnie Fogg, Barbara Lynn, Carol Wandell, Nola Flynn, Janet Patacconi, Sandra Cain, Naomi Cragle, Peggy Geist, Kathryn Gryziec, Ann Volanski, Hetty Wilcox, Donna Banks, Linda Dodson, Bonnie Farrel, Patricia Ross, Judy Bershee, Diane Beresky, Rebecca Hidlay, Sally Norman. The Northwest Octet, which featured special four-part arrangements, was organized in November and gave its first performance at the Christmas concert along with the chorus and the band. The numbers presented by the girls were especially enjoyed both at this program and at the Easter program as well as at the special programs they presented including one at the Mother-Daughter Banquet at the Shickshinny Presbyterian Church on May 3 and another which they pre- sented at the P.T.A. meeting held in the Northwest auditorium May 19. OCTET SITTING Darla Weston Cathie Moore STANDING Peggy Sorber Rebecca Franklin Georgia Marshall Sharon Bonham Donna Lytle Eileen Honse '

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FIRST ROW: Joan White, Judy Smith, Betsy Jones, Joseph Link, Barry Titus, Lois Gearhart, David Albertson, Russell Andrews, David Kiethline, Thomas Pugh, Vernon Deuel, Blair Hartman, Brian Caverly, Alan Bach, Jack McLaughlin. SECOND ROW: Mr. Gregory, Linda Rarig, Shirley Gearhart, Isabel Culver, Gloria Link, Lora Lee Wesley, Kathleen Woodruff, David McMichael, Rebecca Franklin, Judy Ridall, Phyllis Farber, Donna Roberts, Mariorie Grebe, Frank Wilczynski, Robert Stepanski, Charles Partington, David Beach Ridall, James Guers E l t ,n Killian. THIRD ROW: Carol Halczak, Barbara Bloom, Beverly Franklin, Beverly Evans, Linda Matthews, Sorber, Daniel Griffith, James Whitmire, Kerry Balchun, Doreen Sweitzer, Jill Miller, Virginia Dannette Williams, Donna Michell, Larry Nallo. FOURTH ROW: Alan Jackson, William Boehmer, Franklin, William Killian, Donald Roberts, Merlin Nallo, Richard Hartman, George Thorne, Craig Ronald Roberts, Donald Belles, Larry Roberts, Richard Partington, Kenneth Wandell, Jeffrey Sands. 4? FLAG TWIRLERS-Barbara Noss, Connie Bomboy, Ethel Goss, Gloria Hess, Patricia Culp, Marion Yaron, Caroline Macuski, Absent: Mildred Wisneski, Ethel George, Donna Boyle, Bessie McDaniels. BATON TWIRLERS-JoAnn Thompson, Joy Howie, Lloydene Bach, Dawne Sorber, Marie Learn, Judy Belles, Nancy Bonham, Sharon Bonham, Susan Belles, Peggy Sorber, Luella Long, Jean Reiss. Absent: Marilee Kline.