Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Stage Band Competed in AU Jazz Festival Participants in stage band dedicated most of their time attempting to imitate the various techniques of the large swing bands of the i93O's. Several periods were spent listening to recordings of band groups which would acquaint stu- dents with the music performed during that era. ln order for students to be eligible tor enrollment in stage band they had to be more advanced in ability on their in- dividual instruments. Rhythmic reading and note reading along with other basics in music theory were taught two days out of every school week. The re- maining three days were devoted to de- veloping skills ot improvisation and in writing original musical compositions. Stage band took part in the Northern Arizona University Jazz Festival on February l. They competed against other high schools from Arizona in ci preliminary concert. lt was then de- cided which school band was the most outstanding and would appear in the final concert program performed later in the evening. bee Members of the stage band, Jack Weidler, John Torreion, Gary Gilbert and Bruce Stone, practiced songs to play at basketball games. They traveled to Northern Arizona University Jazz Festival Feb. 'l. 5 , A , X. Y' annex 5TAGE BAND-FRONT R0W1 Mike Klllm, PBYYY Push, Chl-'Ck Eser. Chris Sfflfff Bruce Stone, Carole Kleinhesselin, Gary Gilbert, Dave Cole, Kyle Peyton, Tim Ron King. SECOND ROW: Dan Duperre, John Torreion, Bruce Tost, Mike Matt- Sqnteyan, Kathy Chinnis. hews, Ken Jaeger, April Antonetti, Steve Nicholas. BACK ROW: Jack Weidler,

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ICBM Club Hiked 25 Miles, Explored Caves Winning l3 games in a row, the PV ICBM Club opened its soccer season with a 4-2 win over Sahuaro. They also scored victories against Southern Ari- zona School, Green Fields and a visiting Phoenix team. President of the International Cult of Body Mashers, Pete Blecha, planned sev- eral cave exploring expeditions and a 25-mile hike. lCBM had 20 active mem- bers and two team captains, They prac- ticed an hour and a half three times a week at Palo Verde Park. The club stressed physical fitness. To further this point, they offered a sweat- shirt to those.who met certain require- ments. Among the tasks one had to mas- ter were wrestling for i0 minutes, run- ning the TOO-yard dash, doing lO hand- stand push-ups and swimming one mile. A faculty soccer game was held in January and part of the funds received from the admission charge went to charity. Mr. Atwater was advisor for the '68-'69 school year. ICBM OFFICERS: Pat Gaul, vice-president, Chip Joe McDowell forward coach Plowman, half-back coach, Pete Blecha, president, ,s c t -V 0 Steve Hutchinson, a member of the ICBM soccer team, hit the ball to a teammate, who sent the ball X, . , vm , . r ' W sf, - T cs -.wi down the field for a goal. ICBM played Southern ADVISOR Arizona School for Boys at Fort Lowell Park. Gerald Atwater

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SPECTRA STAFF-FRONT ROW: Mina Gerall, Jamie Davidson, Sharon Mar- ham, Lisa Popovich. mon. BACK ROW: Marilyn Cheely, Miss Cynthia Schiesel, advisory Jean Bing- Fifty Page Spectra Released in March Bake sales, car washes and other ac- tivities provided funds for Spectra, Palo Verde's 50 page literary magazine. All literary and artistic contributions to Spectra were created by students. Four categories-short story, poetry, es- say and art-were established by the editors. Representatives, elected by each En- glish class, entered the class' literary works for judging. All names were omitted from the papers during iudging. Writing and artwork received a number of points from one to ten. Those papers which received the highest number of points were published in Spectra. An active staff of 12 members met every Tuesday night to organize the magazine. As no school funds, other than those acquired from the sole of the magazine, were alloted toward the pub- lication of Spectra, staff members were required to raise the necessary funds. A bake sale was held on January 24 at El Con Shopping Center. Several car washes were also held by the staff. Staff members, under the direction of Miss Cynthia Schiesel, began work on the magazine in September. Twelve active representatives edited and organized zine, which was scheduled to be released in March Spectra, a literary magazine. The fifty page maga- contained art, poetry, essays and short stories.