R L Paschal High School - Panther Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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Band Captures Musical Honors By winning top honors in all fields, the Paschal Band showed itself to be one of the best bonds in North Texas. Besides marching at school football games, the march- ing band won high honors at the Hurst Marching Festival and the University Interscholastic League Marching Con- test. The concert band was invited to participate in a con- cert festival in Houston as well as in the U.I.L. and Castle- berry contests. In order to raise money to cover its ex- penses, the band held a candy sale in the fall and a spaghetti supper in the spring. The band had four mem- bers in the All-State Band: Preston Thomas, snare drum; Terry Norman, timpani; Mark Hofstein, clarinet; and Mike Korenman, baritone. Also many members participated in the U.I.L. Solo and Ensemble Contest at Denton in March. The band wrapped up the year by having a spring ban- quet at which letters were presented. Band members loudly perform their victory march after one of the football games. FRONT ROW: Mark Hofstein, Comeron, Shipley, T. Van Tassel, S. Van Tas- sel, Macleod, Martin, Rau, R. Bruce, Barker, Chessmore, Egan. ROW TWO: Summers, McGinness, Poison, Dupont, McCormick, Barnes, G. Harper, J. Brown, Killough, S. Self, Hare, D. Hays, Long, MacGorman, Miller, Scott, Sanford, F. Self, J. Hays. ROW THREE: Chase, Crump, E. Pehkonen, Crane, Ford, Davis, Geeseka, Forsyth, Gist, Peard, McCann, Carre!!, McCrorey, Schuessler, P. Yandel!, Hubbard, Wadlington, Cooper, H. Bruce, D. Smith, Beaty. ROW FOUR: Renfrow, Bridges, Pope, Thompson, T. Harper, P. Mc- 120

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Royce Renfro, Jeanne Shipley, Beverly Peard, and Steve Killough concentrate dur- ing a rehearsal for Open House. Pianist Ronald Merrill demonstrates his excellent technique on the key- board while Marcia Vernon accompanies on the harp. Student director Jody Goldsmith lifts his baton to blend the efforts of the musicians. The annual Christmas program and the spring concert were the highlights of the year for the Paschal orchestra. The organization, which consists of around 50 people, attempted to give the members a firm musical back- ground along with practical experience in the playing of various instruments. Many Paschal orchestra members were honored by being selected to play in the annual All -City Orchestra Concert in March. Four students were accepted in the Texas Musical Educators Association Or- chestra, and participated in the TMEA concert held in Dallas. This year marked the first year that the String Quartet and the Woodwind Ensemble were organized. The last event of the school year was scheduled for May, when the orchestra along with the chorus played at the Senior Baccalaureate. Orchestra Performs at Christmas 119

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Drum majors Taleesa Van Tassel and Mike McSwain lead the Homecominy snake dance through the halls. Tom Davis and the rest of the clarinet section concentrate on their performance at a football game. Swain, B. Yandell, D. Yandell, Gutkowski, Young, J. Thomas, Yates, L. Brown, Goldthwaite, Korenman, Sweeney, Sherman, Blakley, White, hla- nan, Bonilla, Gamble, Whisenant, M. Austin. ROW FIVE: Mr. Philip Hewett, DIRECTOR, D ' Acosta, Current, Schwartz, Neel, Pickard, Mike Hofstein, Trice, M. McSwain, Haas, Borum, Douglass, Bailey, Reed, Miller, M. Pehkonen. Smut, R. Smith, Hunt, Locke, Wright, Langos, Holum, Vinsant, Moody, Motley. BACK ROW: Harrison, Michero, Worden, Herring, Norman, P. Thomas, T. Austin, Gillispie, Magnus, Lawson, Sumpter, Sweely, Black. 121