Warsaw High School - Ozark Echoes Yearbook (Warsaw, MO)

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Drill Team Senior Angis Young shows her stuff as she dan- ces. Photo by Branden Boise Senior Lenoro Retherfotd and junior Heather Perry are getting ready to run through the flag routine one more time to perfect! t. Photo by Branden Boise Senior Kris Nolte gets into the groove ot things. Photo by Branden Boise

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A year with dance and fun 5, 6, 7, 8. ..NO! NO! NO! Right foot first then left hand out. Get it together girls. These were just a few of the lines that were heard through out the year by the drill team. Drill teann consisted of a six girl squad: Angle Young, senior, Kris Nolte, senior, Tracy Grubb, senior, Lenora Retherford, senior. Heather Perry, junior, and Shelly Hutton, sophomore The girls all worked hard to make their performances shine. Practices ranged anywhere from early mornings to late nights. The six girls worked good together and had many fun times. To start the drill team season off the six girls went to camp at Maryvilie. The girls learned many new dance steps and flag routines. These steps and routines were used in making up new dances and flag routines to perform at football and bas- ketball games. The routines were also used at assemblies. The drill team worked hard, had fun, and showed their school spirit through out the year. Kris Nolte stated, We were a great drill team who got along good and had a lot of fun, and the times we did have our differences we worked them out. Tracy Grubb stated, Drill team was very fun, exciting, nerve racking, and a lot of hard work, but I loved it. Lenora Retherford remarked, It was so much fun. Especially at camp with the twice sisters and the crazy times we had. Shelly Hutton stated, I had a blast. The thing I miss most is the seniors. We, had a great year. ' % ' ■ Junior Heather Perry, senior Kris Nolte, senior Tracy Grubb, senior Angie Young, and senior Lenora Rettierford says, Practice mal es perfect, Ptioto by Branden Boise 2S drill team designed by tracy grubb

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Chaiki Mrtsiuumi. senior, and sophomore. Jonelle Gross look over a few hard spots in their musk;. Photo by Branden Boise And they sang, and they sang The 1987-88 Warsaw High School Choir experienced a choral season of many interesting and fun events. Not all of their performances were perfect. At first they experienced a few ups and downs, but later on things started com- ing together for them. First the group began to prepare for their first performance, the fall concert, which was in November. Next, came practice for the Christmas concert in December. Also in December, all choir, band, and madrigal members, that wan- ted to, got a chance to go see the St. Louis Symphony at Powell Hall in St. Louis. Next, came the Warsaw High School Variety Show ' 88 in which the choir was scheduled to do a song and dance. The variety show date was scheduled for January 31. Unfortunately that was the same day as the Super Bowl, so the date was changed to February 7. During the week before the show school was cancelled two days because of snow, and one of those days was the dress rehearsal day for all the acts that were scheduled to be in the variety show. Since the choir had such a lack of time to practice their song and dance before the show and the acts had not had a chance to rehearse together, the show was cancelled permanently. The choir ' s most important perfor- mances probably came when they ven- tured to the Conference Music Contest in Osage where they received a three rating and the District Music Contest in Warrensburg at CMSU where they received a two rating. At both contests the choir was met with the challenge of singing their songs a capella (without accompaniment) for the judge. The final performance for the choir was the spring concert in May. They had practiced their numbers since April and this was the last step of their year of hard work and practice. One number done by the choir was their song and dance that had originally been scheduled for the variety show. Through the year the choir en- countered a few rough spots here and there. Some of their performances weren ' t up to standards. Senior Ben Rhodes stated, We haven ' t been per- forming up to our ability this year. Sometimes they had a hard time get- ting it together. Other times it was just a lack of cooperation with the conductor Mrs. Candace Anderson. For some members it was their first year in choir and for others it was their third, fourth, or fifth. Hopefully those who were in their first or even their fifth learned something from all the musical events and enjoyed the experience. Mrs. Anderson commented, ' The choir has great potential, but there is a lack of attitude. They need to under- stand that music is not only a creative art, but a discqsffned academic. ,yM- '