Spaulding High School - Our Echo Yearbook (Barre, VT)

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Wamplers Warriors The 83-84 school year was one of con- tinued growth for the Spaulding band. Director Steven Wampler was the main reason for this. Football season saw the band in full swing, playing new music, practicing dai- ly, and working hard to perfect their per- formances for half time shows. Soon after football season, prepera- tion began on the winter concert. Rock was replaced by classical music, and marching uniforms were trades for suits and ties. The marching band also took trips to Seranac Lake and New York City, where they performed in a concert. It was an excellent year for the band. The Spaulding Band continues to prove. Spaulding students can now boast that they have a band to be proud of! Clockwise from Upper Lett The band leaves the field at halftime The band on the rood at St. Johnsbury, the first time in many years that a Spaulding band has traveled to an away game in many years. Mr Wampler, in his second year, leads the band SHS Band Front: Gina Palmisano, Ethan Talmadge, Mark Sjolund, Mary Kay Gilligan, Poul Dubray, Valerie Candage, Carl Johannsen, Stacy Locke, Gwenn Ennis, Liz Comiskey 2nd Row: Karen Casey, Ellen Groce, Doug Sjolund, Patty Barba row, Linda Candoge, Diane Willette, Jonathan Magoon, Kris Kelly, Kirsten Sjolund, Les- lie Ennis, Pam Maza, Joy Kelly, Sylvia Plumb. 3rd Row: Brian Perdue, Heather Meikle, Nancy Pecor, Brian Jocobs, Jenny Shuttle, Sonya Earle, Debbie Merrill, Chip Decker. Bock Mr Steven Wampler, Chris Pirie, Dave Thur- ber, Brian Long, Kristen Seaver, Debby Cerutti, Lisa Larivee, Greg Perez, Mark Ciolko, Russell Payne, Beth-Ann Willey, George Alger, Wendy Chaloux. 28 Bond

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How to Really Enjoy a Formal Dance Sooner or later every teenager goes to a formal dance. Be it the Junior Prom, Senior Formal, or the Crystal Ball, these dances all have one thing in common: they are incredibly expensive. You can't go in sneakers, courderoys, and a T-shirt, you have to wear a suit. Secondly, the only real fun you have is either before the dance or after at the post-dance parties. Stiff upper lip dances are always contained and lethargic be- cause you can't really be alone with your date and your suit is usually stiff. So, if the car doesn't break down, and your date is on time, keep on driving by Spaulding, go home, change into jeans and a lacoste, and keep on driving until you find a nice, cozy little restaurant in Burlington, where you can whisper sweet nothings into your girlfriend's ear with- out a chaperone stepping in and saying Now, kids, this is a FORMAL dance .

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On the Warpath In a year when Spaulding sports did very well, and crowds and spirit were greater than usual, the band did more than its share to stir up the 'Spaulding Mob' at football games and pep rallies With their new music, replacing the staid music of old, and routines such as their 'Warpath' program, the band kept fans in the bleachers during halftime. With Mr. Wampler, looking more than a little like Rasputin, at their head, the band program continues to expand into areas it has never explored before. Prizes from places like Saranac Lake bear testi- mony to the fact that the Spaulding band is back, and on the warpath! Clockwise from Upper Left The opposing football teams face the flag as the bond plays the national onthem SHS Concert Band Front David Norkeveck, Valerie Candage, Debbie Mertill, Patty Barbarow, Mark Sjolund, Daryl Nor- keveck Back: Debby Cerutti, Gwenn Ennis, Mark Ciolko, Chip Decker, George Alger, Beth-Ann Willey, Brian Long, Russell Payne, Greg Perez, Chris Pirie, Lisa Larivee, Ellen Groce. Mr Wampler has the band on the 'Warpath'.