~ BAND ~
In the year of 1942, the Band
directed by Mr. Wesley Moore entered the Spring Music
Festival here at the Osawatomie High School. Four or five
close-by schools entered this contest. The Osawatomie band
won first in the quality of their playing and received
A. The band played at the Thanksgiving
football game which was played on the Paola
field. The band also played for Decoration
services held in Osawatomie. During the summer, concerts were
held in the John Brown Park. In 1943, a new director, Mr.
Seaman, joined the band after Mr. Moore moved to Hoisington,
Kansas. During this year the band played
for several bond drives. During the half at the Thanksgiving
football game the band formed an airplane. In the Spring, Mr. Seaman left to
farm and Mr. Raymond McCrum joined the band. During our junior year the band
improved greatly. Both Mr. McCrum and the students worked
extra hard to prepare drills for football games. It was
during this that the band played for bond drives and
rallies. For this we received an award from the Music
War Council of America, in which only nine other towns in
Kansas were qualified. At the band concert, stamps and bonds
were sold amount to $5,000. At Christmas time, both band and
orchestra were treated by Mr. McCrum. A good time was held
by all. The outstanding event of the year
was the pageant presented by the band and chorus in May. It
was a cavalcade of the development of bands in connection
with the wars of the United States. The band and orchestra joined
together in May to have a picnic. The potato salad and pop
were good even if they did have water in them. The first half of the year was
spent in marching. During which time three colorful drills
were prepared to be presented at football games. A corps of flag twirlers was
organized. This unit marched in front of the band behind the
baton twirlers. The event which climaxed the
marching season was a flag drill "John Brown Days", which
was given between halves of the Thanksgiving day game. A
social event which will be remembered by all was the party
and dance given for the Paola band. Dorothy Jane Dart has been Drum
Major for the last three years. The officers for this year are:
Clarice Beaver, President; Claron Cook, Vice-President;
Margaret Phares, Secretary; and Eileen Churchill,
Treasurer. The seniors graduating this year
are: Clarice Beaver, trombone; Claron Cook, cornet; and
Harold Elliott, saxophone.
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