Show san juan high band in review modern life is characterized by its speed and its need for versatility A mccarn band is no exception cep tion the whole world marches to the murii of a band feet are lifted high pulses quicken the heart cant lut thrill when the strains of a good march played by a peppy band come within earshot but the modern band not only leads the parade it also presents beautiful concerts of w 11 1 chosen variety A band today must be able to perform really excellently music that hat will please us ils as well aa put on a evly liv ly show this year has seen the san juan high school band blossom into an the school and the community can be justly proud to t awn that the band has versa 0 lity can be shown by a glimpse of tho the activities it has taken part in this year marching stunting solo work and concert playing have all been a part of the program A large contri contributing bating factor to the success of the band this year was the addition of the big sousaphone and the baritone without these two instruments our work would have been decidedly handicapped the band would have lacked much of its polish it takes a balanced organization balanced instrumentation to make an outstanding standing band every player is important A band is no better than its weakest player we are proud to I 1 have a band all members of which have a deep cooperative interest a desire to help each other become truly outstanding A band requires good citizenship in addition to our basketball games and school programs the I 1 band has contributed to many community functions school spirit has been greatly improved and community interest loyalty and support has been in abundance this year at moab we had our first chance to see how bow we rated with other bands at this meet nany of our players heard an out ide band for the first time our 1 and nd did exceptionally exceptional lv fine work here at the preliminary meet we placed in the first divisio divi davidi sim n in both playing and marching of course the pre band festival was the highlight high light of 5 ghe e years activities it was here cje e were given an insight a as s to ahe he possibilities of a band the example carbon sr high furnished us was very worthwhile this gave us higher goals to aim at and work toward our band rated highly superior first rating in the concert work and superior in the marching a rating any band can be proud of in addition to the bands excellent showing at price we had several outstanding solo numbers and a saxophone ensemble fred halliday flute player and shauna hauna adams soprano were both recommended om mended as soloists for an evening concert given at the price civic auditorium because of their outstanding renditions duaine johnson playing a sousaphone also 11 eted in 1 l the highly superior di SitS sion A saxophone quartet including joe sherman carolyn lyman morris woodward and calvin perkins rated superior congratulations to the school and blanding for having such a fine organization |