Roosevelt High School - Roundup Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Marching 100+ participates in Cherry Blossom festival The Roosevelt Roughriders Marching Band had a very active year which was highlighted by a trip to Washington, D.C. partici- pating in Cherry Blossom Festival. The trip lasted five days. Be- sides practicing and marching in the parade, the students toured the capitol, the mall area, a wax mu- seum, the Kennedy Center, took a Potomac River Boat Cruise, and a tour by night of the city. Free time was allowed for sightseeing in small groups. It was a fantastic opportunity which was not only great exper- ience, but fun, commented Mr. Larry Green, band director. In order to finance the trip, the instrumental music groups under- took many fund-raising projects. Included among these were a fruit sale in the fall and a light bulb sale in the spring. Performing under the direction of drum major Dave Cunningham, the band appeared during half-time at all home football games and all home basketball games. Band officers were Dave Crab- tree, president; Ken Noyce, vice- president; Daisy Hoyt, secretary; and Doug Jones, treasurer. Mary Evans was in charge of music dis- tribution and Cathy Easterly was attendance clerk. The instrumental groups include concert band, symphonic band (a select 70-piece wind ensemble, pep band, jazz band, orchestra, and the Marching 100+. Right: Drum major Dave Cunningham displays a Roughrider appearance before marching in the Drake Relays Parade. Below: The Roosevelt March- ing 100 is shown in front of the U.S. Capitol. 28

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0 a A. A Front row: Sarah Kelley, Anne Paxton, Kendall McCoy, Gretchen Moranville. Row 2: Trudi Ludwig, Suzanne Mc- Daniel, Brad Carpenter, Katherine MacKinnon, Debbie Scarborough, Deb- bie Martin. Row 3: Debbie Ankrum, Lory Brown, Hilary Hutchinson, Marty Heggen, Holly MacDonald, Jane Horn- ing, Cory Michel, Kristin Swanson. Johnson, Kris Wentz, Val Anderson, Back row: Jim Bognonno, Stuart Johnson, Celeste Kelling, Jim Schiller. Entertaining at school assemblies was also a part of the jazz band ' s activi- ties. Jazz band and string orchestra perform often Roosevelt ' s 21 -member jazz band encountered numerous set- backs after achieving third place in the South Central Iowa Bandmas- ters Jazz Festival at Valley. However, the lack of awards won at contests did not discourage the young group. We ' re better overall and we have next year to look forward to, added Mr. Larry Green, director. This year, the jazz band ap- peared at the boys state basketball tournament and at contests at Hoover, Creston, and Drake. The orchestra became more in- volved in playing around Des Moines as well as giving a concert at the Lincoln Memorial on a trip to Washington, D.C. Mrs. Cheryl Kutscher directed the string orchestra in her first year at Roosevelt. The string orchestra and full orchestra both received one rat- ings at the state large group con- test. I Front row: Larci Bury, Pam Lawson, Barb McKenzie, Laura Reese. Row 2: Rusty Snyder, Clark West, Jay John- son, Dave Cunningham, Wade Krieg. Back row: Mark Williams, Dave Crabtree, Doug Jones, Burns Stanfield, Todd Davidson. 27

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Left: Keeping the marching band in step is the responsibility of the per- cussion section. Below left: Mr. Larry Green, band director, was taken out to breakfast after being kidnapped. Below: Riderette Mari Bemisdarfer receives her ticket before leaving for Washington D.C. Bottom left: The Roosevelt Marching 100+ marches through the streets of Washington D.C. in the Cherry Blossom Parade. 29