Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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I. Returning unexpectedly to the Music Department, Wylie Moffatt directs choral groups. 2. Marching in the Victory Parade is the Honor Band, led by Gina Abrescy, drum maior. 3. Depar- tment chairman Royce Tevis discusses tonal techniques with beginning bandstudents. 128

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4. Looming above them, the sign on the wall seems to motivate Mr. Floyd Nordwick and junior Anna Benincasa as they work to create a wildlife scene. 5. Illustruting a desert scene in her painting class is senior Shane Grimes. Art Department 0 127

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