Stone High School - Echo Yearbook (Wiggins, MS)

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Band Result In All Superiors Waiting for the band pictures to be taken, Diane Drum Majorette DeSha Breland directs the band with true vigor Spicer appears bored with it all. and pride- . xx The early days of August brought the SHS band members out of their alr conditioned homes into the sweltering heat for many hours of band practice. The new members, the Freshmen, started at 9:00 every morning with Rookie Practice where they learned how to march. Then the rest of the band came at 11:00 to sweep the field lmarch up and down the yardllnesl, go over all the marching procedures, and start learning a show for the flrst ballgame. Lunch break came at 12:00. llf you live in the country, you either ate with a friend or grabbed a bite in town. Then it was back to the band hall at 1:00 to go over old music and sight read new music until 3:00. At 3:00 unless you had to hand out uniforms, or pick up one, you were free to go home and relax until the next morning when the routine started over. Even though we only went through this for about three weeks, we thought lt would never end. And lt dldn't. When school started we continued to work on our show perfecting lt for the football games and band contests wlth practice from 3:00 to 5:00 almost every After another superior performance, the band comes off the field at afternoon. attention. MusiclMarchlng Band 55

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Hardwork, Pride 8g Determination Front Row: Kenneth Brown, Janathan Nall, Henry Bond, Millie McDaniel, Angela LeBlanc, Roan Smith, Phyllis Breland, Valerle Smith, DeSha Breland, Richard King, Diane Spicer. 2nd Row: Sylvia Clayton, Johnette Davis, Tammy Wiggins, Harriett DeJarnett, Patty Baker, Lynda LeBlanc, Candy Reynolds, Paige Baucum, Debbie Freche, Carolyn Breland, Tamlyn Patton, Keri Clement, Debra Bond. 3rd Row: Fred Brown, Tim Bond, Thomas Johnson, Kirk Johnson, Tim Purvls, Carmen Johnson, Faye Husband, Tawnya Weber, Roger Moore. 4th Row: Len Swafford, Mark Hall, Kim Parker, Jane Overstreet, Patti McDaniel, Bruce Coole, Jeff Murphy, Melanie Mallett, Sylvia Strickland, Preston Carpenter. Back Row: Pam Fairley, Rita King, Alice Anderson, Cynthia Bolden, Jeanine Redmond, Karen Breland, Melanie Parker, Kitty Parrish. 4- f'3f!ll 'l'Wv, Band Director - Ron Wllllams 54 MuslclMarchlng Band f

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Band Band Council The Fair Parade is just one of the many activities in which the band participates. Mark Time March Up 1,2,3,4 Halt! These are familiar words to the Stone High Marching Band. Hours of hard work, muddy fields, sore feet, and long bus trips are also familiar to band ifr- members. Not only does our band put on Y a halftime show at every football game, but also competes in marching contests and participates in various parades. 4-X vvf But the hard work, pride, and determination of a small band - only 51 members - can make all the difference. At both the Mobile and 1 Plcayune Marching Festivals, Stone High Band was rated All-Superior. Also rated superior were the Auxiliary Corps, the Drum Majorette, and the Drum Corps. The Council 'xi X L 'U' 1 T 5 rf, .-+4 l .1 - We ,ff Aawwg-pl1.w we vm Il ,591 f .3- M, l ,Z fan-Avail-fr Rig Harriett DeJarnett, Patty Baker, Rita King, Phyllis Breland, Millie McDaniel, DeSha Breland, Roan Smith, Sylvia Strickland, Angela LeBlanc, and Tim Purvis. 56 MusiclMarching Band VJ 3