Troy High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, KS)

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Department gets two new teachers Musicians do well Receiving a I rating at state competition brought great joy to the flute trio and their in- structor, Miss Stacy Miller. The trio, consisting of Janet Tharman, Martina Rooney, and Amy Carlson, traveled to McPherson College to com- pete in the competition. They performed the song “Aubade.” Both the band and chorus de- partments had new instruc- tors, both first-year teachers. Miss Stacy Miller was the band instructor and Miss Judy Spunaugle taught cho- rus. This was the first time in a number of years that both teachers in the music depart- ment were new to Troy High School. Band had a very fruitful year performing an opening con- cert at the beginning of the year and then attending both state and league contests. They were awarded a I at the league level and a II at the state level. Chorus also had a good year starting out with an opening concert of their own and also attending the league and state competitions. This year was the first time for the band in many years that they had a marching band. The band performed in the annual Halloween parade and played at basketball and football games throughout the year. It also played up- town on the square and at pep rallies. Staying with the traditions of Troy High, the band and cho- rus performed a Christmas concert and concerts at the end of the school year. They saw the seniors off at grad- uation with the final concert, in which the band played “Pomp and Circumstance” as the seniors marched in, and then the senior band per- formed “Flurry for Winds and Percussion.” Class val- edictorian, Janet Tharman, performed a flute solo and the chorus performed, “Walk Tall.” “Wipeout” was one of the popular songs the chorus performed this year. The band members this year were, front row; P. Hinds, J. McNemee, R. Johnson, T. Franken, P. Johnson. Row 2: S. Trant, T. Norris, R. Fran- cis, K. Moore, J. Tharman, M. Rooney, W. Clark, A. Carlson, N. Scholz. Row 3: instructor, Miss Stacy Miller, C. Benitz, K. Koehler, A. Sigrist, T. Campbell, B. Schoenfelder, P. Tharman, S. Smith, L. Benitz, C. Anderson, J. Simpson, A. Oyerly, G. Huff. Row 4: C. Bond, C. Swavey, P. Moore. 17 Photography by Gary Huff and Bray’s

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The flute trio, consisting of Martina Rooney, Amy Carlson, and Janet Tharman, practiced many hours for contests. They were accompanied by their instructor. Miss Stacy Miller. The chorus members this year were, front row; S. Clary, B. Adkins, N. Scholz. Row 2: instructor, Miss Judy Spunaugle, A. Weber, A. Sigrist, M. Waggoner, R. Francis, M. Blake, S. Smith. Row 3: J. Reder, T. Franken, L. Benitz, J. Anderson, S. Karn, P. Johnson, C. Smith, J. Moore, B. Schoenfelder, K. Moore. Row 4: R. Johnson, K. Jasper, T. Grable, P. Hinds, D. Huss, J. McNemee, N. Baxter, D. Wendt. 16 Academics Copy and design by Mark Rooney

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Class wins money for 1st time Ad layout editor, Tim Hanlan, looks for advertisers to inquire about ads. Advertisements are a big portion of funding the yearbook. Besides selling the ads, Tim had to send out bills and keep track of the incoming money. Company changed “We’re in the money . . .” This was heard when the pub- lications class attended Com- munications Day at Missouri Western State College. Troy placed in three categories: black-and-white photo, news- paper editorial, and yearbook feature. $150 was awarded to the class. This was the first year the class received mon- ey in the event and it went into the publications fund. The yearbook saw a differ- ence as yearbook companies were changed from Jostens to Taylor. The main reason for the change was the price. Screening could not be used with Taylor, but everything else remained the same. Tay- lor had been used in the past, but not for nine years. “I liked Jostens better because they were more efficient and sent things back so you could check them,” commented Jeff Simpson about the change in yearbook compa- nies. Fifteen publications students competed in the Regional journalism contest held on the University of Kansas cam- pus in Lawrence. Six of these qualified to advance to the state level of the competition also held at KU. Listening to a free-lance travel writer at regional journalism contest, Kim Koehler prepares her lst-place feature story. The picture was taken by Gary Huff to enter in the photography part of the competition. He also placed 1st. Feature writing at contest is done by listening to a speaker and then you have so much time to write about the speech you just listened to. The pho- tographers took pictures of the speaker and the competitors listening and writing about the speaker. 18 Academics Copy and design by Kim Koehler