St Charles High School - Halo Yearbook (St Charles, IL)

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Nlarching Saints suffer wet year We now direct your attention to the north end ofthe field as we present the 77-78 edition of the St. Charles High School Marching Band, under the direction of Jeff Childs? Muddy practices, rained-on games and lack of a band room could not dull the spirit of the Marching Saints. Despite half-time downpours, the faithful band members attended all the games and occasionally outnumbered the fans. However, things turned around when the Saints revived the tradition of the marching band concert. Lots of band boosters crowded into Dunham gym for the concert November 15. The Flags fChilds' Chicksl, Twirlers and Drill Team joined the Marching Saints and the newly formed Freshman Marching Band. During the marching season, the band traveled to Northwestern University to attend Band Day, September 24. Bands from all over the state attend each year to see a special NU Wildcat Marching Band show and a Big 10 football game. Although the game proved disappointing to Wildcat fans, the trip is usually one of the high points of the year. ' . ,,.,,, ,gflyi Y - T 'li K' W! tip S45

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Band comes alive in new surroundings Despite a somewhat slow start, concert band pulled together and gave some outstanding concerts. Freshman band got its start this year performing at Homecoming and the Marching Band concert. The spring concert was the highlight of the year with both bands performing in the new Cultural Arts Center. One of the more daring feats accomplished by the band was to test out the new hydrolic orchestra pit's lifting power. SENIOR BAND: Flutes: Beth Verdung, Sue Erdman, Janelle Grayson, Stefanie Venard, Diane Olson, Mara Simanis, Anne Krasinski, Ellen O'ConneIl, Elain Kuhn, Suzanne Ing, Kathy Anderson, Carolyn Woidat, Emily Jones, Kim Labutka, Alison Gigl, Cindy Woline, Patty Johnson, Sarah Weisman, Susan Johnson, Gretchen Rice. Clarinetsz Barb Sikorcin, Lynn Catchpole, Melanie Pieper, Laurie Harris, Chris Konstans, Darrell Lake, Darcy Brown, Sandy Johns, Karen Seda, Mary Burr, Wendy Rice, Sheyla Tappy, Liz Smith, Cindy Swanson, Beth Meek, John Brown, Tina Stevens. Saxaphones: Steve Darflinger, Sue Engroff, Joe Weistroffer, Gary Erickson, Dave Jones, Mike Stahulak. Tenor Saxaphones: Julie Payne, Lee Johns. Bassoon: John Ward. Oboe: Dave John, Janet Notz. Trumpet: Brian Engelbrecht, Ted Thull, Dan Stratton, Matt Nelson, Lyle Peters, Linda Anderson, Mike Tassler, Kevin Ford, Roger Bumgarner, Mike Owen, Brian Gough, Mark Reist, Kim Abbinanti, Mark Phillips, Mark Pennington. French Horns: Chris Olson, Caroline Carlson, Reed Landmark, Randy Houseman. Baritones: Scot Warren, Andy Bullen, Brad Hessing, Tom Clarke, Tim Pascoe. Trombones: Bill Murphy, Dean Anderson, Don Husby, Bill Goesle, Bill Pierce, Laura Huntley, Dona Lesnick, Reuben Jessop. Tuba: Bill Berg, Bob Jones, Jim Caldwell. Percussion: Todd Moffett, Craig Triplett, Mark Hill, Brenda Clark, Jim Guth, Sue Hyde, Eric Wermager, Tim VanHeil, Dan Darflinger, Joe Bennion. FRESHMAN BAND: Andrew Caldwell, Shelli Campbell, Cathy Carlson, Tim Clancy, Drew Davis, Mark DeHart, Dave DeVilbiss, Jeff Dhont, Bill Duffy, Bev Elam, Julie Ellis, Bob Engelbrecht, Karl Goetze, Andy Gray, Wes Groot, Kim Hagner, Shari Hartwell, Ladonna Hillis, Scott Horlock, Mark Hutten, Mark Keithly, Mike Kimmel, Kenna Knipe, Tracy Kock, Jim Lazowski, Don Lesnick, Lvnn, Leverentz, Dave Lewis, Dave Maher, Stacey Major, Wendy Martin, Mike McKay, Gail Nussbaum, Jan Payne, Russ Poyner, Chris Schmidt, Ann Sikorcin, Sandy Stevenson, Julie Sweet, Julie Swift, Sherry Szews, Robin Taylor, Karen Thorborg, Kelly Turk, Scott Tyink, Tom Vanthournout, Leah Verdung, Tyler Viernow, Lisa Villanova, Jane Wray, Lori Vitali, Chris White, Judy Wyatt, Cory Webster,

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L TEAM, first row: Debbie VanOvermiren, Kelly Woods, Lisa Ciolkowski fboardy, y Muehling fboardl, Ellen O'Connell, Sue Hyde. Ftow 2: Terry Williams, Wendy Renata Stofko Qboardl, Shelley Fitzgerald, Betsy Freed, Bev Hohm. Row 3: y Cunefare, Jenni Hauser, Cindy Bolger, Julie Wood, Carrie Cromwell fco- iinj. Row 4: Lisa Rove fboardl, Karen Klein, Denise Eggebrecht, Rhonda Nuxoll, ny Thompson. Missing: Brenda Clark fcaptaini. TWIRLERS, fpictured lefti: ly Muehling, Tina Stevens, Nancy Geimer. Row 2: Karen Klein, Shelley erald. Row 3: Kim Forth, Linda Eckert. FLAGS, fpictured far Ieftl: Allison Brown aini, Jill Childs, Suzanne Heinkel, Kathy Walker, Ann Stevens. Missing: Terry lin, Donna Mumford, Maureen Joyce fco-captainl. 'lPut that Panasonic tape recorder out of its misery!!! was the complaint of several Drill Team watchers about the use of taped music at games. But, despite muffled lyrics and missed beginnings, the 24 girls did their best to entertain fans at home games and pep assemblies. The drill team members kept the spirit at STC running high even through worrying over last minute practices and Hwho gets to face the players at the assembly? arguments. The Drill Team found extra time to help Key Club with its annual Christmas party for the students at the Mades-Johnston Centerfor the mentally handicapped. The girls also sold M8tMs to students to help buy new props and more uniforms. Summer camps proved both fun and profitable for the girls as two first place awards, four second places, and a special ribbon for spirit and enthusiasm were won. This spirit carried right on through the year to enable the girls to win the fourth place trophy at the Downers Grove North invitational competition. Drill Team was led this year by Brenda Clark, captain, and co-captain Carrie Cromwell. Ms. Diana Sandberg, adviser, also gave the necessary guidance and even proved she could still Udo ity' by joining the squad in the pep assembly performance of Sweet Georgia Brown, the GIobetrotter's theme for which they used basketballs. 209