Wamego High School - Wa Kaw Yearbook (Wamego, KS)

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LEFT: WHS marching band stands in marching form- ation. OPPOSITE LOWER LEFT: Drum Majorette, Candy Piper; Twirlers, Lorraine Simpson, Dana Page- ler, and Jennifer Clark. OPPOSITE LOWER RIGHT: Stage Band Members perform Grazin'' at the Popcorn Concert. ABOVE: Band Council Officers: Cindy See- matter, secretary and treasurer; Noel Sylvester, presi- dent; Mr. John Childs, band instructor; Steve Tessen- dorf; Student Council Representative. BELOW: Pep Band members play at home games. 9

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Band Members Meet 1972-73 Challenges Wamego High School Band performed a Pop Com Con- cert in March. The purpose was to approach concerts and pop music differently. Ensembles from the com- munity and the high school performed songs from How the West was Won and Spinning Wheels. The con- cert was successful and the band plans to continue this concert in the future. The band also performed for the Open House Concert in May. The band attended League Festival at Chapman in Feb- ruary. Mr. John Childs said that he thought the band did a great job. He added that they really worked to leam the music in the two weeks prior to the festival. The band contributed to community projects by playing for the Lions' Club Candy Day. They also played for Veterans Day assembly. The Raider band boosted school spirit at a number of sporting events. The band participated in Band Day at Kansas State University. They also performed halftime shows at four football games, and led the Snake Dance and Homecoming Parade downtown. The band played for eight home basketball games. They also played for the pep assemblies before all games. Band Director Childs said his goal was to expose band members to as much good music as possible. He said he wanted them to leam what it means to strive for excellence and how much work it takes for a good per- formance. He added that he wanted them to have pride in their accomplishments and to represent their school and community to the best of their ability.

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Teacher Brings New Changes to Music Spring Happening, a variety show, was a new at- traction in the Vocal Music department. Mr. Dan Commerford, Vocal Music teacher, said the greatest ambition of the classes had been the Christmas program performed for the TV program, Christmas in Kansas, and the new variety show. Due to the great success of the variety show, the Vocal Music Department plans to make it an annual event. Mixed Choir was divided into two hours in order to give more students the opportunity to take the class. However, because the classes were too small, Mr. Commerford plans to change the mixed chorus classes to one select class. He also wiU combine girls glee and boys glee to form a large mixed choir. This choir will meet during activity period. ABOVE: Chorale officers, Kevin Webster, Secretary; Linda Hoobler, Treasurer; and Rick Lough, Presi- dent; organized ticket sales for music concerts. ABOVE RIGHT: Bruce Ault and Tara McDonald per- form in the mixed ensemble at the Popcorn Concert. RIGHT: Younger members of the Music Department formed Chorale. 10