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

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op honors come to musicians XES: Front rowgTracy Marvin, Diane Fall, row-Gary Lam bright, Sandy Myers, Chris rol Myers, Linda Gilham, Janet Hardin. Se- COHIISICF, Sherry PW072 Cindy Cllfe- FOUVHI d row4John Harris, Kathi Roark, Lisa row-Sam Lorenz, Mike Beck, David Willard, teman, Pam Turner, Carol Perry. Third Jim Wiswall, Ronnie Jeffcoat, Scott McSwain. A way to keep warm while playing is a sock hatas shown by Bruce Falt. Cold weather hit prior to the homecominggame, November 12. Spirit is the name ofthe game as band mem- ber Michaela Pomrenke rolls up a spirit- boosting sign for the Northside game. 117

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BAND fcontinuedj Selected for the McDonald 's All-American High School Band, Liesa Parko receives a wel come from the 76 Rose Bowl Princess. Before Mark Johnson has his operation for needed repairs, he embraces Suzanne Wester- man at the Band Haunted House in October. Before playing in California, the band met in New York City, where they practiced together for the first time. In New York, the band gave concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Center and performed in the famous Macy's Day Parade. Other places Where they per- formed included Boston, the Pruden- tial Plaza, and Rhode Island. Liesa was nominated to represent Arkansas by Mr. Stan Cate, band director. He sent in her name, along with a resume. The judges met and picked out two people from each state, including Liesa Parko from Southside. The best part was meeting all the other kids and getting close to them, because they were all good musicians. We all had something in commong we loved musicf, Liesa commented. Twirling flags was also a part Serious moments arise, such as when Billy Bob Dempsey and Gary Lambright, drum majors, discuss halftime for the Russellville game. of being in the Rebel Band this year fo! sixteen band members. The flag team marched on the field along with the barw during the halftime shows of football X games and performed routines to the songs the band played. The girls on the team were chosen through tryouts in which each girl individually demonstrated her skill at twirling the flag to music. The tryouts were held at the end of 1 the last school year. The girls were: captain Cindy 1 Cate, co-captain Carla Palmer, I Dana Foley, Jeanne Apple, seniorsgMa1 Jo Cook, Jennifer Jesson, Michaela Pomrenke, Kathi Roark, Sherry Pryor, Shirley Larimore, Mary Sue Wheeler, ' Carol Perry, Regina Widman, juniors, al Ginger Allen, Tina Shiflett, and Pam X Turner, sophomores. ' The captain and co-captain were responsible for making up the routines, with the other girls having a chance to contribute their own ideas during practice. 4'This year was a lot of hard work l for all of us and at times we were all ready to quit, but we stuck in there ang discovered what we could do with gooo team practice, commented Michaela ' Pomrenke, junior. Playing in a band requires a great deal of concentration and talent on the part of the individual member. Curtis Greve, sophomore, expressei his feelings about being a member of th Rebel Band: If you can play your music and make clinic, march early in the morning practicing for halftime shows memorize all marching music, and play 2 basketball games, band is easyll' Ccontinued on page 111 9 A O Before beginning the band's journey ofcar- As band members near the end of their Cold it may be, but Mrs. Jane Williams olling through the streets of Fort Smith, pilgrimage, they make one last stop at enjoys the Sgund of the band members as Carla Palmer and Pam Reather relax. junior Ralph Kzdd's house. they serenade her during the holiday season. 116 1

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BAND Qcontinuedj Cindy Cate wins Band Queen title Rummage and garage sales, bottle drives, car washes, and doughnut sales kept seven girls and their helpers, all members of the band, busy during the early part of September. These Workers were raising money for the annual Band Queen contest, an event which climaxes with the crowning of the girl who has raised the most money. This yea.r's candidates included Nancy Myers, Jeanne Apple, Terri Faldon, Cindy Cate, Debbie Wheeler, Dana Foley, and Cathy Haskin, all seniors. The contest lasted one Week, 118 with each contestant holding as many projects as possible to raise money. All contestants were re- quired to sell band queen tickets, but could do any additional money- raising projects they thought would be of profit. Throughout the week, there was a constant race to see who could pile up the profits. Despite the work, most band members considered the contest fun. HWe were all working for some- one We liked, Carol Myers, sopho- more, said in explaining the enthusiasm with which the activity was received ryan.. s 4 1 :Ho Band Queen and court. Far lefbtop- Debbie Wheeler, second-Terrie Faldon, and third-Nancy Myers. Center-Cindy Cate fBand Queenj. Top right-Dana Foley, second-Jeanne Apple, and third-Kathy Haskin. among the musicians. Since the girls kept the amount of money they raised secret until the end, constant rumors about one person being ahead only made the other groups work harder. And Work hard they did since at the end of the week a total of 810,000 had been raised, a record amount during the thirteen-year history of the contest. Winner and undisputed queen was Cindy Cate Whose group raised S2,475, another record breaker for the activity.