Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

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BAND Ccontinuedj FLAG TEAM: Front-Dana Foley, Cindy Cate fcaptainl, Carla Palmer leo-caplainl, Jeanne Apple, Second'Shirley Laira- more, Ginger Allen, Pam Turner, Kathi Roark. Third'Mury .Io Cook, Mary Sue Wheeler, Carol Perry, Michaela Pom- renke. Fourth-Jennifer Jesson, Sherry Pryor, Tina Shifleit, Gina Widrnan. new F 3 Stepping high are Suzanne Westerman and Carol Jones as they practice for the Northside-Southside game. M f ' cd DRUMS: Front row-Debbie Waggoner, Steve Cook, Danny King. Third rowfaary Smlfh- Second fvwffflla COOPZVY Mary -10 Shelby, Eddie Kutait, Ricky nicks. .ng FN X11 ff.. members where BARITONES AND BASSES1 Front row'-Steve Alan Dewitt, Dauid Keeny. Third row-Bruce Jenkins, Sleve Hatlzcock, Lawrence Beaty, Fglf, Ralph Kidd, Tommy Hough, David Green. Second row'Scott Varner, 114 plans as football drills and special ideas like the Mighty Mickey's g'roup f2j were formulated to add to the success ofpep rallies and school functions held during the year.

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'ki' 51 179742-QEAE 'giQi r q Xi -I -, ' rf ' 1, -,s,4,g,t, gf- uf far ' a --wr , . Aff- 'liyrk Aug' ' ga. 3 iw , f-Fffr' V M'-Q5,Q,N4 -,, -naw -gfqgi. QQ Al fw' Sleepy eyes are seen on Mark Johnson's and 'fp ' ' Ronnie Lester's faces as they prepare for V Y ' , the Ole Main halftime in morning practice. -- A ., F ' '- vm? mpetition! That's what it looks like tween Roger Dicks and Allen Ledford , but it's competition between Northside i Southside at the SHS-NHS football ne. The flag team feels the same spirit of rnpetition as the squad shows Northside air performance f2l, Liesa Parko seems rased with both of the performances f32. With a wave of his hand, Charles Scamardo questions Mr. Stan Cate about the pending halftime for September 1 7 Blytheville game. Rebel bond . . . the generator of excitement It seems that the band is something apart from the rest of the school. Yet it produces and promotes more spirit than all other organiza- tions in Southside combined. That spirit part is best seen in the concert season when students convert the excitement into concentration and emotional expression. Music: the art of communication through sound. That's ecstacylw Ken Voise, junior, gave the preceding Comment to express the feelings he has for band. The Rebel Band, made up of 110 musicians, is a big part of many functions of the school. Not only does this group provide the football and basketball games with music, help raise the student body spirit at the pep rallies, and provide the drill team with background music, but the band, along with chorus and orchestra, offers a Wide selection of classic and popular songs to music appreciators and also influences Southside students' awareness of the many different types of music and techniques used to express emotions and feelings in music. In January, the band attended the All-Region tryouts. Sixty-nine Southside students achieved a posi- tion in the All-Region Band. On January 29-30, the winners from All-Region attended a weekend clinic at Arkansas Tech, in Russell- ville. The clinic included many hours of practice, and ended with a concert given by the two concert bands chosen through the tryouts. The weekend also included a dance and other social activities to give the musicians from different schools and towns a chance to get to know each other, and also to break the monotony of practice. The top winners from All-Region tryouts were entitled to vie for a position in the All-State band. A record number from Southside, twenty-five band members, placed high enough in All-Region to enable them to try out for All-State. Those twenty-five people includedg Kathryn Cowan, Laura Stanulis, Leslie Gibson, Janet Didion, Diane Falt, Lisa Bateman, David Green, sophomoresg Jennifer Jesson, Kathi Roark, fcontinued on page 1151 113

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an Voise, Donna Joyce, Billy Bob empsey, Len Turner, Lance Perry, ilph Kidd, Tommy Hough, and Caruth wexander, juniorsg Paul Hagemeier, ,ncy Myers, Liesa Parko, Kathy Haskin, net Hardin, Bruce Falt, and Lawrence faty, seniors. The All-State tryouts were held :bruary 12, at Little Rock, Arkansas. The Rebel Band's biggest ambition, Iiording to many of the members, is to pete with the Russellville Band, mich was Arkansas' representative in E Presidential Inauguration Parade in shington in January. The competitive spirit that kindles thin the band is equal, if not more, to spirit and anxiety felt by South- e's student body over the annual rthside-Southside football game. Being a member of a band, like any other organization, opens wide a chance for other music-related honors. Liesa Parko, senior, was selected a inember of the McDonald,s All-American High School Band, which forms every year to play in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day. The group is made up of the na- tionis top high school musicians, two from each state and the District of Columbia, and Liesa was chosen as one of Arkansas' representatives. While in California, Liesa visited Uni- versal Studios, performed in special pa- rades at Knottis Berry Farm and Disney- sm WS 3 W ,Q ., land, and took part in a special 4'Rose Bowl Parade Preview Show on NBC fcontinued on page 1161 ompetitive spirit: an ingredient yringing excellence to Rebel Bancl , Feelings were expressed by Paul gemeier, senior, commenting, 'tThere lot of competitive spirit, we try to , the best, and Carol Myers, sopho- -ore, stating, UWhenever we play assellville, we try harder. Competition also stirs within the ilnd as students compete against each 1 er for higher chairs, and hope- lly make it to first chair. Through- t the year, students continually allenged the person in a position e, two, or even three chairs ahead of em. The challenge consisted of each rson playing a short solo, and Mr. Ete, not knowing the identity of the ayers, choosing the person that played ie best on the song as the winner. Ac- lsrding to Gary Lambright, senior, who as the band major, the challenges were ,ostly sophomores against sophomores id likewise for seniors and juniors, with i occasional challenge between classes. l ith her loud yelling, Terri Hunter displays e spirit the Rebel Band shows in the Roger's me pep rally. Strong determination and agonizing rehear- sals are what is necessary as Mr. Stanley Cate prepares Finale Symphony in F Minor with Songs lead the way to spirit as Mary Sue Wheeler and Millie McDonald perform with the band duringa pep rally. the band for the Region II Concert Festi- val held here March 25-26. l As she practices for the annual Christmas concert, December 22, Millie McDonald looks for her cue from Mr. Stan Cate, director. 115