Santa Teresa High School - Compendium Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Tho marching hand. First Row: Tara Whito. Tracy Franklin. Julie Rowan. April Nishimoto, Annette White, Christina Fletcher. Serena Schnayer, Lara Iwasaki. Amy Gigliotti. Second Row: Fran ces Lin, Julie Valdez. Carmen Johnson, Jeni Clark. Stephanie Petralia. Stephanie Prit- chard, Anne James. Samantha Urata. Third Row: Mike Reed. Rob Grocock, Jenni Brauns. Heather Gilinsky, Erin Smith. Frank Zee. Suzie Moncada, Aaron Callanta, Eliza- beth Martinez. Adam Fukushtma. Fourth Row: Tammy Dower. Crystal Song. Brian Pa- dilla. Lars Samson. Tim Montego. Ashish Arya. John Schoonover, Loren Rendler. Karey Houston. Cathy Schreier. Fifth Row: Mike Warner. Jeff Goodner, Jeff Higdon, Mark McFadden. Dave Giuliani, Allan Hov- land. Jason Vorwerk. Brandon File. Derek Venema. Photo by Western School Portraits. Two's company. Behind the scenes at tho Wintor Concert, Jenni Brauns and Stephanie Petralia practice Christmas songs. Each has been in the band three years and two years respectively. Ex- claimed Stephanie. It's a lot of hard prac- tice, but it's all worth it in the end!” Jenni added. Playing in the band is fun. and you meet a lot of new people. Photo by Terri Hut-two-three-four! Trying to ignore the audience of hundreds, Julie Valdez marches straight ahead. The band's field show was one of the highlights of the homecoming game. This is my second year in band, and I enjoy it very much. I look forward to my junior and senior years in band. Photo by Terri Lin. JJBTQ Band 113

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The jazz band. First Row: Chris Nucci, Emily Hatfield. Ke- vin Haddad. Garrick Briukalns. Debbie Smith. Jason DaCunha. Allan Hovland. Sec- ond Row: Matt Griffin. Bryan Lindsey. Robb Anderson, Cathy Schreier, Rob Burk. Micaela Gutierrez. Casey Husser. Molly Mi- toma. Third Row: Jason Padilla. Dean Baumgartner, Marvin Spann. Brandon File. Brian Padilla. Eric Fenton. Mike Reed. Photo by Terri Lin. HARMONY The crowd chanted wildly. The cheerleaders burst into a new routine. ST was ahead, and ... The Band Played On Nightclub material. Thinking about the band's next performance. Lars Samson belts out a tune on his saxo- phone. He feels that this year's band is one of the best over. 'The band is really involved this year, and we're all very dedicated to our mu- sic. Photo by Terri Lin. o, it's not Disneyland, but NST's marching band musi- cally applauding touch- downs, kick-offs, and scores. Participation in the band was at an all-time high. Although not required to play, many of the band members performed at extra football games to support ST's team. In addition, the band performed a field show at the big homecoming game. I see a really good attitude in this year's band, said president Carmen Johnson. “I'm really pleased with how much involvement there was. Everyone really held together and cooperated.” Despite the fact that practicing for the year's busy football season mo- nopolized much of the band's time, plans on the agenda were to play at Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, and Magic Mountain. Also planned were trips to march in the San Francisco Columbus Day Parade and the Merced County Fair. Said music teacher Mike Reed, “I've had the most fun I've ever had with a school band this year. This year's band is the greatest bunch of kids I've ever worked with. Meanwhile, ST's jazz band was also hard at work. They played for several community functions such as the Boys' Club International and the Optimists' Club. They also played at an average of one jazz festival per month, traveling to places like Sacra- mento, LA, and Reno. In the Ever- green Youth Adult Jazz Society, the band performed as the top-ranking high school jazz band. Both bands also contributed to ST's winter concert, playing several Christmas and Jazz pieces. Whether marching up a storm or jazzing it up, ST's bands add a spark to school events that only the sound of music can provide. By Terri Lin Organizations TIT

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SEARCHING Overlooking troubles, the cheerleaders looked at their teams’ long train of victories and were... Riding With Pride A t the end last year, Linda Cato resigned from her po- sition as spirit adviser. Dur- ing the summer, the spirit leaders practiced and held meetings without an adviser. For many weeks, the kids searched for someone to help them out; faculty and parents alike were consulted. At the begin- ning of the year, Patricia Wilson and Teresa Flores took over the job; Ms. Wilson had previously been the spir- it adviser at Leigh, and therefore brought with her many new ideas. At first, many of the parents and kids were disappointed and felt that with all the rules, the advisers were taking the fun out of cheering. Sherry Wul- fert believed that their ideas and what they want accomplished are good, but the way they go about it has caused more hostility than help. Parent meetings with Mr. Yamaki, FALL VARSITY CHEERLEADERS. Shawn Ross. Erica Lampe. Suzanne Nelson. Maria Malloy. Stacey Lance. Pholo by Jake's Portrait World. Organizations TT4 Ms. Flores, and Ms. Wilson revealed that there was a problem with mak- ing the girls attend home frosh-soph games. The girls complained that this interfered with homework, studying, and practice. Ms. Wilson saw the need for more attendance at the games and thought that the best peo- ple to start with would be the spirit leaders. She thought that the honor system wouldn't work because the majority of the people would begin to slack off; it needs to be a rule. All but two cheerleaders were new. Maria Malloy cheered for frosh- soph for two years, and then stopped for a year. It was both Maria and Sherry Mallady's first year on varsity and they are both heads of their squads. Normally there would be five girls on each squad, but at the end of football season, Shawn Ross's dad made her quit after she was caught cutting. Although only the basketball squad went to camp, both groups spent countless hours prac- ticing during the summer weekday mornings. The squads only com- bined during homecoming games and CCS playoffs and showed con- siderable pride in their teams. Over- looking the confusion and hurt feel- ings caused by trouble with the new adviser, the cheerleaders thought about their teams' long train of victo- ries and felt that they were riding that train with pride. The football and basketball teams went further than ever before, the senior girls on the squads were grateful that all this suc- cess came in their last year. By Su- zanne Nelson.