Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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The 1961 Drum Major and Majorettes pose for a pic- ture before starting out for the game. (clockwise starting at top) Tom Touse, Karen Falstad, Cres Myers, Patty Bates. Band, take the field! At every home football game and several away games, the Roosevelt Marching Band did take the field. Directed by Dr. Maurice Riley, the band worked hard on its halftime programs. In October the R.H-S. bandsmen joined thousands of § musicians from all over the state at the University of Michigan Band Day, where they performed at halftime. Tir During the winter the Roosevelt Marching Band becomes ase | 4 the Roosevelt Concert Band, which presents joint con- - certs with the Roosevelt orchestra. — Bt r 3 — ad ir The Roosevelt Marching Band forms a block “R” Hansen, Bonnie Harris, Perry Hewitt, Dick Hoffman, in the RHS gymnasium. Members of the band include John Maxwell, Mike Milford, Karl Myers, Cres Jim Abercrombie, Larry Addison, Carolyn Anderson, Myers, Evelyn Norton, Pat Palmer, Scott Palmer, Dave Betts, Doug Betts, Bob Borusch, Tim Burns, Charlene Peller, Bev Peller, Dave Pester, Linda Barry Calder, Shirley Caldwell, Kenneth Cleeton, Pugh, Ben Riley, George Riley, Kathy Schultz, Lewis Scott Clow, Janet Congdon, June Cook, Dan Cox, Shaefer, Tom Smith, Mark Sundquist, Jan Sutter, Joe Cox, Paula Cox, Jim DeBoer, Dave Erickson, Mark Sutter, Sam Taylor, Tom Touse, Bob Ulrich, Valsine Francois, Dave Franklin, Lindsay Franklin, Jinx Wescott, Phyllis Wagner, Rebecca Wagner. Kathy Foreman, Julie Fulford, Carol Gauntlett, Ina

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li 8 , A Gs Sit by 4 (Inner row l. to r.) Nancy Schreiber, Beth Milford, Fre =e eee | dit, Ui q nklin, Tom Touse, June Cook, Pat Palmer, Cres Meyers, Julie Fulford, Mark Sutter, Ben Riley. Carolyn Anderson, Dave Erickson. (Middle row, |. to r.) Dave Betts, Lewis Shaefer, Scott Palmer, Bob Borusch, Dan Cox, Lindsay Wa With bows flying, the Roosevelt orchestra has played its way to fame and a first place in state “B” Class com- petition. Of Roosevelt’s twenty-six entries in the Solo and and Ensemble Festival, fourteen were awarded highest honors. This is one of the best records in the state. Gaining top honors in the Junior High solo division were Joe Cox, Janet Congdon, June Cook, David Frank- lin, Kip Swihart, and Kathy Foreman. First place solo ratings in the Senior division went to Ina Hansen, Nancy Schreiber, Ben Riley, Pat Palmer, and Paula Cox. Throughout the year the Roosevelt orchestra and concert band play at school assemblies and present con- certs. They helped host the Solo and Ensemble Festival, held on the EMU campus, where they netted $237 at their concession stand. The money was used to purchase new musical instruments. 26 (Outer row, l. to r.) Joe Cox, Carol Gunn, Phyllis gner, Dr. Maurice Riley, Shirley Caldwell. Dr. Maurice Riley directs the Roosevelt Orchestra.

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