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Preparing for the half-tim e show, marching
band members stand alert and wait for the
whistle. The band performed at every home
football game with either drill team or flag team
*5 Scrounging for m utton, the dwarfs plan
a strategy to find some food to eat.
They lost their food when they were
off on an adventure with Bilbo
Baggins, the lead character in The
H obbit.
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W ork, work, work was a requirement if you and the newspaper staff went to a variety of
wanted to be in a choir, a band, a play,
different businesses to sell ads for the paper.
or any other fine art. But the work seemed to The students and faculty members involved
be worth it when Swing Choir performed at put in hard work and many hours in order to
the Peony Park ballroom, when the band was be successful. Why did they do this?
able to travel to Washington, D.C., for the The entertainment they provided was
Cherry Blossom Parade, and when “Grease” meant to please the students, the faculty and
had a full house every night. the Ralston community. Each art showed
All year long the groups were selling things many different talents, each unique in its own
to pay the way for their trips, to furnish their way.
costumes and props, or to pay the publishers When the yearbook deadline was finally
to print the yearbooks and newspapers. Every met, the last night of the play was over, and
week a band member was trying to get you the last string of yarn was put in the hook
to buy something. rug there was always a sigh of relief. But if
The band sold cheeses, oranges, popcorn, the students who participated could do it all
candy, and jewelry. Swing Choir also sold over again, they would because they knew
merchandise, such as candles. The yearbook they would always have SATISFACTION
staff sold yearbooks for a week and a half, GUARANTEED!
Making his final tou ch es, senior Bryan Trogdon dabs on some wax to keep the dye from running on his
clown batik. Four small batiks and one large one were required for his Textile Design class.
