Red Creek Central High School - Centralite Yearbook (Red Creek, NY)

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SENIOR BAND BOASTS BUSY CALENDAR: MUSIC PRESENTED WITH POLISH AND FLAIR R.C.C.S. ' s Excellent Senior Band The Senior Band is made up of those students who are exceptionally adept at playing their musical instrument. The band is always busy practicing for its many engagements. These include the county music festival, where the band last year received a 5A rating, the Christmas concert, the Memorial Day parade, Cornell Band Day, the Spring Con- cert, playing for Commencement, and marching in the Fourth of July parade. Also held this year were exchange concerts with Westhill and Solvay. The Band continually brings recognition of excellence to Red Creek Central School. The stage band is a select group of band members taken from the trumpet, trombone, saxophone, and percussion sections of the Senior Band. Also included is a cool piano. The group specializes in jazz and pop selections, and is justified in calling themselves the Swingsters ' Their major activity is to provide the music for the stage production put on annually by the music department. 70

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HONOR SOCIETIES SR. HIGH The Senior Honor Society is a select group of students from grades ten through twelve, advised by Mrs. Nora DeMas. The goals of the Honor Society are to promote leadership, to create a desire for service, to stimulate greater interest in scholarship, and to encourage the development of character and a well-rounded personality. Members are constant- ly striving for higher ideals. Those chosen for membership evidence a sense of dedication and pos- ess the qualities which a sound society is based upon LEFT ROW: D. Henwood, F. Daratt, L. Cook, D. Cooper. MIDDLE ROW: L. Bishop, B. Park, D. Krejcar, C. O ' Connor, P. Richardson. RIGHT ROW K. King, A. Rotach, S. Yuhas, Mrs. Nora DeMas. HIGH Junior Honor Society is composed of students from the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades who demonstrate outstanding leadership, character, service and scholar- ship. A scholastic average of 85 per cent must be achieved and approval given by faculty members before a student is even considered. Mr. Michael Bookstein is the advisor. FRONT ROW: J. Pettit, K. Henry. ROW 2: A. Hen- wood, Mr. Michael Bookstein. ROW 3: B. Dates, . Sheldon, S. Hanford. ROW 4: M. Caywood, J. Parrow, T. Burghdorf, G. VanNorstrand. 69

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1 ■ Strutting proudly in distinctive navy uni- forms, and shaking red and white pom-poms, the pom-pom girls lead the Senior Band when it is on parade. With flag bearer and gun car- riers marching out in front at a snappy pace, they add to the sharp looks of the band and fill the crowd with enthusiasm. This year the pom- pom girls marched and executed routines at the Cornell Band Day, the Memorial Day parade, and the Fourth of July celebration. Leading the band in parades: Pom -Pom Girls. The Swinging Swingsters ' 71