Wright City High School - Echo Yearbook (Wright City, MO)

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SDA Practices Dramatic Skills ROW ONE-LEFT TO RIGHT: Randy Wright, Lynn Cook, Elaine Rose, Janie Hutchison, Tyrone Woolfolk, Linda Williams, Cindy Himziker. ROW TWO: Miss Paine-sponsor, Cathy Lindsey, Brenda Love, Karen Lashley, Charlene Schaper, Beth Kellison, Joy Rand. ROW THREE: Forest Howard, Julius Ball, Donald Copling, John Helvey, Danny Franks, and LeVan Sydnor. With the beginning of the 1972-73 school year, there marked the birth of the Speech and Dramatic Arts Club. Being a member of SDA in- volves taking part in activities in communicative skills eventu- ally being able to present tal- ents in the dramatic field as well as the oral field. Miss Diane Payne served as sponsor for the club. Playing a major role in the club’s active debut were: Randy Wright, president, Elaine Rose, vice president, Janie Hutchison, secretary, and Lynn Cook, treasurer. LEFT: Miss Payne glues a mustache on Max Mittler before the performance of Curse of an Aching Heart.

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ROW ONE-LEFT TO RIGHT: Randy Wright, Lynn Cook, Ben Corbet, Cathy Lindsey, Linda Williams, Tyrone Wool- folk. ROW TWO: Jeanne Symes, Max Mittler, Cathy Sheets, Maria Wilmsmeyer. ROW THREE: Mr. Utley-sponsor, Eric Park, and John Leykamp. FTA Goal: Improvement, Support of Education Another new organization this year is the Future Teachers of America. Although un- chartered until next year, FTA was originally established to encourage students to consider teaching as a career. Today FTA has become an organization whose primary purpose is to represent the educational interests of second- ary school students and to insure their involv- ment in improving and supporting education. Essential to the new direction for FTA chap- ters to insure that teachers and students work together to solve common educational problems. LEFT: Sam Park calls an FTA meeting to order. 28

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High School Band Brings Many New Happenings! The music department continues to be a popular area of High School life. Band, chorus, and music theory classes com- bined to give approximately 75 students an opportunity for music education. These courses can be used to satisfy the fine arts requirements. A new select chorus, consisting of a selective group of talented students, under the direction of Mr. Jerry Arana, was or- ganized. Along with guest soloists the band performed at many enjoyable concerts and assemblies. Of the 49 band members 3 were se- lected for 1973 Northeast Missouri all- district band. The band and chorus joined efforts to sell candy bars to buy a new piano for the use of all musical groups. Stage Band tied 1st. at R-III contest. ABOVE: Gaslight Squires performed at the first band concert. FAR LOWER LEFT: Band setting up before concert. FAR LOWER RIGHT: Pete Basola was guest saxophone player at the second concert. ROW ONE, LEFT TO RIGHT: Becky Carr, Jeanne Symes, Maria Wilsmeyer, Pam Woolfolk. ROW TWO: Josephine Sydnor, Carol Held, Tim Bohler, Ricky Schmidt, Bruce Bote, Pat Woolfolk, Kevon Buescher, Nancy Booher, Patsy Lindsey, Mary Brandes. ROW THREE: Debby Nojiri, Sheila Wilkins, Joyce Held, Lester Wyatt. ROW FOUR: Julius Ball, Bobbi Bueneman, Howard Bradshaw, Blair Smith, Gary Warren, Mark Lowry, Eugene Hite, Kirk War- ren, Dennis Johnson, Danny Schmidt, David Edgerton, David Maestes, Mike Booher, Gary Brandes, David Van Cleve. ROW FIVE: Laura Manda, Curtis Hoeft, Ben Corbett, Homer Ball, Randy Wright, Billy Niemann, Director; Mr. Arana.