Port Huron High School - Student Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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Band Members Tune Up, Never Out For the first hour of the day, silence creeps through the band room with its chairs in semi-cir- cles, horn cases on the shelves, and music folios in their places. Then one hour later a sudden change comes about. The 1 1 5 people of the Honors Band move in to begin their daily practices. You hear the students pulling cold horns from their cases, their “mill talkatively, Ralph Christick warming up on his clarinet, Ron McDonald and Barb Selden beating that “heavy” beat on the snare drum, and Linda Wakeen play- ing that “sweet” melody on her trumpet. Above all of this you hear the strike of Mr. Payton’s baton on his music stand. The daily practice has begun. And then, 53 minutes later, the kids with their tired lips from their hard practice put their warm horns back into their cold cases and head for third hour. One group that is made up by people from Honors, Varsity, and some from the Cadet band is the Marching Machine. There are different groups which make up 18

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The 7 973-74 School Year was delayed by a contract disagreement between the board and our teachers, was marred by over a half dozen break-ins at P.H., and was highlighted by our homecoming parade, our charitable activities, and our free-spirit interests.

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big R£D5 ING MACHINE 1 . piarcroK MICHIGAN, U. A. eucf oo ' £s IfT £ v r L the whole of the Marching Machine, such as the Toma- hawks, Sign Bearers, Display Flags, Thunderbirds, Majorettes, Color Guards, and the Machine itself under the direction of Allan Cairns. In all the Marching band consists of 24 squads, all under Mr. Eric Payton. Another group within the Honors Band is the Royal Reds Jazz Band and the two pep bands which play at the games. The newest part of the band is the Tomahawks, a ‘‘Warhoop- ing” drill team under the direc- tion of Kath Knowles. By Ardella Stone 19