Torrey Pines High School - Freeflight Yearbook (Del Mar, CA)

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he flag Team worked hard This year m0k'fTQ many improve- menfs. IT grew in size from four To L Twelve people. They wenT To Three compeTiTions aT IVIT. Carmel, Mission Viejo, and San Dieguifo and marched in Three parades, one aT Dis- neyland. The flags wenT up againsT sTiff opposifion and came in fourlh, fiflh, and fourlh place respecfively. lVlosT girls were opTimisTic saying, Well win nexT yearl The flag season officially sfarled Three weeks before school. During band camp The girls pracficed wiTh an insTrucTor for elghT hours a day. Afler school sfarfed, normal rehearsing Time was cuT To four hours every ofher day. On The lighfer side, each flag girl is parT of a close kniT group of friends sTrongly resembling a family. Sharon Jocoy, as advisor To The flags, is like a second mofher To all The girls. Through The year The girls enjoyed pizza-pariies, movies, and secref sisTers on compefifion days. The flag Team parTicipaTed in many The flag Team pariici- paTed in many fund- raising acTiviTies. lVldny people remember The ice-cream sales in The rain. WITH AN EYE To creating new fashion Trends Befsy Carlin, Thiere Goudy, HeaTher Daniels, and Kimberly Kuechler model Tne IaTesT in flag wear. fund-raising acTiviTies. Many people may remember The ice-cream sales in The rain. Besides ice-cream The girls husfled raffle Tickefs, enTerTainmenT books, cheese, and hoT-dogs. They also wenf wiTh The band on many occasions such as The Halloween march, and small performances aT shop- ping malls. During The second auarler, field show rehearsal was no longer necessary so someThing else was subsTiTuTed. Each girl had To creafe her own rouTlne using whafever music she liked. The idea behind This was To alleviaTe boredom and aTTend compeTiTions if The girls goT good enough. They wenf To some of These compeTiTions buT didn'T perform. However, They inTend To compeTe nexf year afler a special summer camp. Flags ended aT The semesfer, nof in- cluding exTra performances To raise morale and Try-oufs for nexf year's Team. Acfing as capfain was senior HeaTher Pascoe. LieuTenanTs were Sfacey Jocoy and Kim Keuchler, - Sfacey Jocoy ON THE SIDELINES. The Flag Team leads The Band info posifion for The Homecoming half-Time show. FLAG TEAM 137

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-J, 136 FLAG TEAM is 1-' 1t .T..' -5.41.5 ' -F ,af effsf, ,3..sf Y3,,igw gkgigffy ' tw--. 1 ' -vi QU' 5PM F , we --1 -fi -rr, wut wa' 4.1.- .23 9 1- . A , ,Z ,L L .g , E 5 Q Q T? 1 ff' L E N, xx 2 J A 9 ' , 5' A' Ig, L ,R .f 'F' Pt 9' ' ,ff i' 1 W , ri ,... ' 1 , Q ' tg 1. Q , ,.,....-.7 TAKING A BRIEF BREAK from their practice, the Flag Team members: Front row: Vanessa Becker, Gretchen Uter, Katherine Goudy, Second row: Stacey Jocoy, Heather Pascoe, Kimberty Kuechler. Back row: Carrie Green, Berry Bermingharn, Sara McWilliams, Betsy Cartin, and Llsa Cheung,

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he '85-'86 school year marked The ninTh season for The Torrey Pines Falcon Marching Band. Prior To 1981, The band did noT compeTe in parades or ToumamenTs. Since Then, The Falcon Marching Band has grown in size and sTaTure. TogeTher wiTh The Tall Flags and The Dance and Precision Drill Team. The band became a proud and respec- Table, highly compeTiTive organizaTion. Under The dlrecTion of Fred Lee and The leadership of Co-Drum Majors CaThy Charley and Cheri lvlagon, The band reached new heighTs boTh on and off The field This season. ln The pasT Two seasons, The band has been working on building Their public image and developing a sTrong sense of pride and EspriT de Corps. Through a more Through a more serious and disciplined ap- proach To rehearsal, music, marching, ma- neuvering, and per- forming, The bdnd has come a long way from where They began. .j i serious and disciplined app5hESK31Es.l rehearsal, music, marching, maneulie and perfomwing, The band hasligcici-Q long way from where They .IDGQQHL help of skilled professionalsfffqgflf communily, such as The lJ.S. Magrlhelipg Marching Band, and a Terrificlyasumn Teaching The basic skills lof refining and developing Their .leclijjl f s and improving Their marching STVIQE s.i- 3 .5 STudenTs were b,eTTer preypqie-ij? perform and compeTe in parggesf ToumamenTs. do V LasT year, The band 'receivedgiflvilf if ll place Trophies and asToundirjgigSQd ' ll compeTiTlons. Mid-seasonbf, Thlsiyi already broughT ThaT many, andifj RST, Q ggi Their scores hadinever been ihlgy lrf band camp, The emphasis 4' I0 ConTinued' on page T405 ' ON BROADWAYH? Well noT exacTly, on Camino Del Mar The band perfom1ed To larger Than usual crowds ThaT ined The sTreeTs for The Homecom- ing parade. 138 BAND