Pflugerville High School - Panther Paw Yearbook (Pflugerville, TX)

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from Channel 7 sports, is talking with sophomore Mandi of the game against Elgin Ben Stor Porter wi getting highlights Katy McCoy, drum major for the band, had the responsibility of mak- ing sure the band stays together when marching and playing First Row: Hank Schoelemmer. Becky Meury. Jimmy Tuggle. Janna Tuggle. Steven Dean. Todd Cole. Tammy Roberts. Katey McCoy. Jim Johnson. Dan Poole. Sean Adams. Denise Urbanovsky. Roland Adams, and Jamey Wilkerson Second Row: Sheli Laszewski. Theresa Burk. Debbie Garrett. Robin Trem- bath. Dolores Dominguez. Karen Lord. Nikki Tarno. Melissa Nichols. Karen Thomas. Anna Dominguez. Susan Graves. Sharon Thomas. Michelle Lizotte. Tasha Moss. Katheryn Kidd. Missy Gewin. Stacie Vander-Molen. Cindy Bell. Amy Petter. Stefani Harding. Tracey Carr. Lena Teasdale. Dandi Baunack. Third Row: Ms. Lynn Smith. Franklin Stiba, JoAnn Gutierrez. LaVon Bane. Darrly Roe. Roland Trevino. William Lorf- ing Yancy Harlow. David Wells. George Scott. D’Lisa Schlab. Laurie Shaw. William Jack. Shirley City. Ms. Verda Herrington. Fourth Row: Stephanie McCray. Sandy Ray. Seresa Walton. Stacey Faulk. Robin Young. Mandy Porter. Charles Mays. Terry Zimmerman. Christie Fariss. Lisa Lake. Kate Ortiz. Melanie Bray. Shannon Spiller. Tracey Chavez, Eric Boswell. Jason Candelas. Roger McCoy. Julie Current. Cheryl Timmerman Fifth Row: Mark Walsh. Dow Mer- ritt, Missy Teston. Michelle Thomson. Elizabeth Ojeda. Laura Penley. Betty Boevie. Dawn Looney. Tonya Tiner. Heather McAuley. and Shawn Eldridge. BAND 25

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 CUtcC Teamwork Brings (As Together Even with the concentration put into a Friday night show. Dan Poole. Roland Adams, and Todd Cole found something to smile about. “This year was the first time in five or six years. We put a lot of hard work into what we’ve done and it paid off with the band going to state.” — Todd Cole 24 BAND ULLCJ-l With the addition of two new band directors, the Panther band surged to the top. Ms. Verda Herrington, head band director, and Ms. Lynn Smith, assistant band director, pulled the band out of its rut. The loss of pride the band had experienced from last year’s traumas, two's and three’s in both marching and concerts at the (J.I.L. con- tests, was the first thing the band directors reestablished. The Pflugerville band learned what the real meaning of being a winner meant. It meant hard work and pride in everything you did. To be the best you had to work. Work is what they did. Practice at eight every morning — rain or shine — and Monday nights at 6:30 to 9:00. They worked to prepare a dif- ferent show or to perfect a contest show for every football game. The hard work paid off when they earned straight ones at the CJ.I.L. con- test. That was a happy moment. The Panther band had some sad moments, too. One of the saddest was when Beckie Bunch died in a car accident. Her death was when the band learned the real meaning of unity. At her death the band became one. Even through the pain and tears the band kept trying. Unity and pride were there to stay.

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A New Addition's Point of View ’’What's Extravaganza?. someone asked me. It s Pflugervilles color guard. I replied. So what’s color guard? Color guard is composed of a group of people who work together to produce a show that adds a little more color to the band during half- time at football games. When football season was over we started rehearsing for competitions and exhibitions in the spring time. This was a new change for me and I was a new change for me and I was very excited . . . Going into Extravaganza in the middle of concert season was not extremely hard work. My first day was pretty scary because I only knew one person and nothing about the flags except they were to be used for twirling. After about ten minutes of getting the feel of the flag. Dow Merrit showed me some of the basics: drop spins, double fast, present arms, etc. Ms. Bennett was really ex cited that another person was interested in color guard and told me not to get discouraged if I couldn’t get the hang of it right away. I didn’t, get frustrated and after awhile she started saying how well I was doing which made me pretty happy. It's easier to learn something if you have someone who knows what he's doing to show you exactly how it s done. The older members of the guard thought it was very strange for a junior to be getting into Extravaganza this late in the year. I got to thinking and realized that I'd only have one year to perform and no chance to be an of- ficer. Whenever I would get discouraged with what I was doing I'd think about quitting the guard. Instead of going to Ms. Bennett and telling her I quit, I just gave it another try and got the foolish idea of quitting out of my head. Nobody knows what color guard was except with peo- ple who were and this fact really showed when audition time came around. Only three new people came to the 2 weeks of practice sessions which really made us all pret- ty depressed. But we still worked hard. Ms. Bennett really gave the new members a run for their money. Within the two weeks of practice prior to the auditions, Extravaganza performed at the band’s spr- ing concert on Tuesday, May 12, 1985. They marched in the Duetchen Pfest parade on Saturday. May 18. and per formed later in the Pfest itself. The old members of the guard performed to Neutron Dance by the Pointer Sisters at both events and along with the new members, we performed a routine to We Are the World at the spring concert which was again us- ed on Friday. May 17. at the Extravaganza auditions. The Tuesday night performance was my first ever and boy was I nervous!! Since I had been in guard from January on, I was one of the six members performing. The others were Captain, Betty Bowie. Members Dow Merritt, Tonya Tiner. Laura Penley, and Anita Tidwell. Anita was also a fairly new member. To my surprise everyone was nervous. I was sure I was the only one that nervous. Ms. Bennett said she'd buy us a pizza if we did great and when we came back off the court everyone said, When's pizza! She said we looked better than we had the whole time we worked on it. Then later that night we did a routine to the popular song We Are The World.” When the night was over Tonya Tiner asked, Did you feel like crying when you came off the court? I remember the first time I performed (at a football game) I stood out on the field crying knowing that the applause was not only for the band, but for me too!! I told her I was happy and nervous and then started to picture how my first half time performance would be. That made me even more nervous. Surprisingly enough I wasn't ner- vous when we performed at the Duetschen Pfest. In fact I was rather proud. More people have been discovering what color guard is through the advancements we've made. Rifles were worked into the shows and the members were starting to show more professional attitudes. Extravaganza is a thing to remember, by Misty Johnson. Diana Costello. Melissa Teston, and Mary Tindell march onto the field for their performance at the Taylor game. The black bands were worn in honor and memory of Becky Bunch. Dow Merrit pauses for the National Anthem during the Elgin game. 26 COLOR GUARD