Point Loma High School - El Portal Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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1 xg .NWWY ,Q-L MEMBERS-ROW I: Dale HoclrsTra, David DarT, Mille McNelly, Bob Sanders. ROW 2: Bill Cow- Thorne, Jim Poicorny, Bob McCollom, Milne May, Bruce Jones. ROW 3: Lori Gefline, Sieve Mc- Cannon, Larry Simmons, Milne Bossier, Paul Ehrich. Providing music and pep aT many sporTs evenTs was PL's Pep Band. Members, who wore Their disTinguishing brighT gold swe-aTers, played aT all away TooTball games, and all baslceTball games. They were The baclsbories aT all songs aT The rallies, and played aT The annual TooT- ball bangueT. Members are chosen because oT Their skills and Tale-nTs. The group is small buT an inTegral parT aT spiriT aT PoinT Loma. Members puT in long hours oT pracTice, and worlced wiTh The song-leaders aT The games. This year, under The leadership of Dale l-loc:lcsTra, The pep band prof vided music and a boosT To PL spiriT, Pep Band Generategggjgirit 20 Dale HocksTra leads Pep Band aT baslceTball and TooTball games.

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tage Craft STcge croTT wos o viTol porT oT The dromo ond speech orTs deporTrnenTs. The class nneT every doy oncl wos responsible Tor all The scenes ond props Tor The ploys, rnoior prof ducTions, ond ossernblies. Their job wos To consTrucT The scenes ond orronqe Them on The sToqe. The Telephone booTh ond mop os well os oTher TurniTure ond props were The moior concerns Tor Bernodine. Scenes Tor Animol Form ond Thurber Carnival were olso r'nosTerpieces Tor The sToge croTT deporTrnenT. A room behind The oudiToriurn wos equipped wiTh elecTric Tools To aid This group. The producTions oT The speech ond drorno deporTrnenTs would seem dull ond liTeless wiThouT The eTTorTs oT This group. Jim Black and Charles Schwoerke.

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Mr. Roberf Minnich, Musical direcfor, was behind 'rhe scenes of every band performance pulling for perfecfion in playing and precision in marching. MaioreTTes: Franci Tryka, Rebecca Hunsaker. Drum Major: Dale Hoclrsfra Band Performs at Half-Times---Spring Concerts FirsT in The parade aT homecoming. One of The main iobs of The PoinT Loma band is perform- ing aT home fooTball games. ln order To make good music and good paTTerns on The field The band members relin- quish one hour of sleep every morning To be aT school aT seven To pracfice. Braving fog and muddy field The band members always puT on a good half Time show worfhy of au- dience applause. Under The direcTion of Mr. RoberT Minnich, The Poinf Loma band played aT many communiTy affairs and repre- senfed Poinf Loma in many parades Throughouf The coun- Ty. AfTer Toofball season, The marching band becomes a concerT band and plays for such Tuncfions as PTA meeT- ings and The PoinTer Music Organizafion. ln The spring members puT on The annual Spring ConcerT and Through- ouT The year a combinaTion of band and orchesTra members provide music for The drama producfions.