Rochester High School - Manitou Ripples Yearbook (Rochester, IN)

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Band earns superior and excellent ratings at contests Contests. concerts. and practices kept all band students busy throughout the year. The beginning of this school year found them performing at half- time of all home football games. Basketball crowds. too. were entertained by the seventeen piece pep bind. The band garnered various honors at contests. these contests included Solo .ind Ensemble. in which the Brass Choir of eight earned a superior at the district and went to the state at Butler L'nix'ersityg District. where the bind received .in excellent. and Twirling. in which Gloria Rynearson received .i superior at the district. The eighty-one piece concert band gave the traditional Spring .ind Mid-XVinter Concerts. plus tl combined performance with North Judson. They ended the year by playing for the commencement exercises. Money raised .it the Fall Festival helped pay for sweaters which were awarded to ten senior mem- bers. Mr. Molter. director. worked along with band personnel to make this one of the biggest .ind best band years in RHS history. Band olticers elected to guide the group this year include lfirst row: G. McKee. -I. Anderson. M. Gerrich. tsecontl rowi R. Kirlcendall. Al. Bayles. tthirti rowf B. Boswell. M. Smith. and L. Hill. FIRST ROXXY I.. Bowen. N. Scott. P. jones. I.. Thompson. J. Samuelson. C. Kelly. S. Krkendall. B. Boswell. SEC- OND ROVV: j. Henderson. R. Bailey. C. Baker, D. Silherman. I.. Beck. B. Kochenderfer. B. Keyser. -I. Anderson. G. Lee. B. Vifagoner. S. Bowen. R. Wfilson. D. Jackson. If. Scott. P. Gordon. R. Kirkendall. THIRD ROWY G. Mc- Kee. C. Crahill. VI. Thompson. C. W'agoner. L. Butt. S. Elliott. DI. Gamble. DI. Snyder. Al. Carpenter. M. Gerrich. I. Green. L. Hill. M. Smith. D. Bilyew. Bl, Phillips. -I. Bayles. j. Smith. R. Norris. V. Berns. B. Mason. STANDING: XV. Craig. C. Rans. P. McLochlin. P. Henritks. S. Rans. B. Hartman. E. Reese. M. Smith. B. Partridge. S. Newman. B. Slonaker. Mr. Molter. j. Knauff. D. XY'aIls. -I. Coplen. D. Parker. S, Rauschlte. G. Rynearson. K. Metzger. S. Polk.

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rt Club rewards both creative abilit and interest ti . FIRST ROW: E. Castleman, D. Wagoner, j. Davis. N. l'outs, sl. May. C. Brown, P. Showley. B. Werner, C. Powell, SECOND ROW: D. Benard, N. Musselman, XV. Willard. J. Shonk. G. Baldwin, A. Savage, L. Bitterling, L. Nix, K. Phillips. THIRD ROW: S. Smith, P, Kern. B. Newell, B. Hill. XY . Daniels, C. Deeds. B. Richardson, J. Wagoner, A Baillieul. FOURTH ROXV: E. Fansler. C. Burkhart. B. Baker, B. Blacketor. L. Knauff, D. Thompson, xl. Bick. G. Dible, 1. Bayles, D. Polk. Art Club officers. Al Baillieul. -lane May. Nancy liouts. and jerry Knauff watch as Miss Myers. sponsor. prepares an interesting art exhibit for the library shoucase. ZH Covered with paint, glue, and sandpaper dust, the fifty-five art club members could be found every Wednesday night hard at work preparing crafts for the annual art auction at RHS. They made tele- vision lights, fruit bowls, napkin holders, coasters. mosaics, jewelry and jewelry boxes, and even oil paintings to sell. Other projects included selling RHS-inscribed pens, painting flats and scenery for the junior and senior class plays, and sponsoring a dance after a basketball game. With their hard- earned money, the members who completed a total of five hours of workshop eagerly planned a trip to Chicago in the spring, This years officers were Nancy Fouts, presi- dent1 Al Baillieul. vice-presidentg ,lane May. secre- taryi Jerry Knauff. treasurger, and Miss Myers, spon- sor, The group spent enjoyable times together demonstrating their talents and making useful ar- ticles. as the real purpose of the club is to provide useful recreation for those who can't squeeze an .trt class into their schedules or who just plain enjoy .lI'l'.

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lnoral clubs strlve to lmprove cultural standards Many tedxous practices dunng both class tnme largest money makrng protect was a sale of boxes and evenmgs went 1nto making three RHS chord of Mrs Stevens candles concerts complete successes These performances were the Chrrstmas Concert Rochester North ud son Concert and the Sprmg Concert Besrdes these annual engagements other appearances lncluded 1 school assembly program a Ktwanrs Club Chrrstmas program and Baccalaureate exercises All of these were presented wrth a hugh degree of perfectron whnch resulted from hard work on the part of the competent drrector Mr Rlchard Molter as well as the students In january a swing cholr was organxzed Those students chosen after audrtronmg were Susan Cop len Julla Denton Sandra Whrttenberger sopranos Bev Becraft Ruth Berkebxle Barb Halstead altos Don Brlyew Drck ackson Don Walls tenors Ilm Green Larry Knauff Mark Smlth basses Karen Ferguson Sue Robblns Pat Showley Becky Vanl ue pxannsts Barry Conrad bass v1ol and Curt Burkhart drums This group dld all of therr practrcmg out srde of school hours They appeared on programs for the Alumm Banquet Rotary Club and DO of the musrc department senior students who had Bmquet been ln choral classes for four years recetved award jackets three year partrcxpants received award sweat As a reward for partnclpatron ln the act1v1t1es For all of the work and trme spent rn rronlng ers This was the second year for th1s growmg tra memortzrng words to many songs choral students were rrchly rewarded by the feelrng of a job well done dttron In order to earn these awards students are expected not only to smg but also to help raise money to pay for them Besldes the concerts the FIRST ROW A Onstott C Bllyew j Denton .I Davxs X Blue C Teel K Ferguson P Sayger A Gerrlclt B Becraft L IN1x V Berns M Renfroe C Powell SECOND ROW N Hall P Zlmmerman S Smith P Fellte B 'Nlewell A Bathrlck D Burkhart H Bonlne I Knapp P Showley B Wferner S Brouyette B Halstead THIRD ROW M Powers E Howard J Hackman E Goodrich P I-Ienrlclts .I Shonk E Smnth A Gilliland B VanLue M Sadowsky M Gallagher I. Rowe J Wagoner K Wxlson IOURTH ROW M Long S Walker R Oliver S Miller B Hill S Coplen R Berkebrle B Hrll R Robe tson S Henderson A Wrldermuth P Klme C Eastburg. J Stemrnger B frsenman gal 30 O I O O O . ' , ' . ' I . ' . S , 4 . . . l h ' 9 y 7 4 9 f , 1 1 . 1 . - . . . V s 1 ' x 5 r - ' v J y 1 s - ' ' ' Y 3 7 Y . , . . , , . , . . , Q , , . 3 2 f , , g 1 , I , . I , c, t . . , . . . . . K K S K . C , , K . I . P I , . N I t I l ' z . . . ' ' . 't . . I A . . Q. Q . ' A 7 - , , - . out catchy phrases, learnlng drffrcult mtervals, and 4 I - K' . 4 I ' , . . f I t . l , , ' . . ' , V, ' 7 . 7, I , L ' , . . . , -A y - U, - ' -K - . . . ' - -I I - - I ' w - v - 1 - - ' I - I : - .Iv ' s - l - - I I I ' 1' . 4 - 44