Southwest High School - Spirit Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Practice Does Make Perfect For Southwest Chorus The Choral Music Department re- mained active throughout the year Starting with daily practices and continu- ing with practices until the year’s end, they performed numerous concerts, in- cluding an excellent Christmas concert at Macon Junior College where they sang excerpts, from ‘Handel's Messiah” using a combination of the choirs. Often, a single choir performed alone, such as the Jazz Rock Choir, which performed concerts On campus, af shopping centers, and at elementary schools. The chorus attended many workshops and festivals throughout the year. At the workshops, they learned new music and studied basic techniques of singing. A group went to the Universi- ty of Georgia for a choral workshop at the beginning of the year where they spent a full day learning new music and, in the evening, they performed with the University singers. On March tenth, the Concert Choir traveled to Central High school for a festival which is held annual- ly. This year they rated Excellent for their performance of ‘Ain't Got Time To Die’ and “Sing a New Song To the Lord. ’ When attending festivals, the choirs are rated as a whole but this year several soloists attended a Solo Ensemble Festival at Fort Valley State College where they were rated in- dividually, | for superior, ll for excellent, Ill for good, and IV for fair. To conclude such a superb year, the Choral Music Department attended a banquet where awards were given to outstanding musicians of the chorus. This year was indeed crowded with ac- tivities which, once again, showed the excellence of the Choral Music Department. TOP. LEFT TO RIGHT: Senior Chorus Members. First Row: Stephanie Blow, Lisa Hughes, Angela Harris, Kim Boston, Octavia Avery. Second Row: Texas Daniels, Wanda Dumas, Octavia Slaughter, Sandra West, Cedric Evans, Natalie Wimberly, Gwen Moore, Jennifer Lester, Terrell Pickett. After Audi- tions, John Richmond, Arlene Green, and Scort Horne became members of the All-State Chorus MIDDLE: Chorus Officers. First Row: Stephanie Blow, Natalie Wimberly, Octavio Slaughter Second Row: John Richmond, Gwen Moore, Wan- da Dumas, Scott Horne. BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT. The Jazz Rock Choir. First Row: Michelle Mims, Ter- rell Pickett, Angela Fraley. Second Row: John Rich- mond, Tangela Jones, Willie Purcell, Cedric Evans Chorus Members practice for the spring concert The Chorus prepares the songs to teach the Seniors for graduation 22 — Chorus

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Patriot Dedication Provides Success For ROTC and Montage 24 — ROTC Montage Every doy during second and third periods the Southwest ROTC students ventured to Central High School to prepare themselves for a future career in the armed forces. Every Monday the ROTC students prepared themselves for inspection by Sgt. Brahman; if he found someone the least bit out of order, the student would get demerits (points) taken off his average. They were grad- ed on such things as neatness, shined shoes, uniform appearance, and most important, shined brass. On Wednesdays they practiced with their M1903 30 caliber rifles, not shooting of a 2 jer ot a course, but for color guard and parade There is a relatively new activity taking place the ROTC Outstanding cadets get Outstanding achievements through the year. Trophies, ribbons, and prestige are all at hand. Out of the thirty-five cade, from Southwest, sixteen plan to go intg college ROTC programs at Fr. Valley University of Georgia, or maybe eve West Point Big Brother is watching you”’ and so the staff of Southwest's literary magazine, the Montage, the theme o which is ‘'1984, ’ from the book by proqram Where recognized fe ak Se RK ea? =4 = a