Back Row:
G. Zetsche, R. Dunn, E. Einfeldt, L. Hawley, H. Jackson, L. Stafford, L.
Durst, N. Reineking, D. Moore, M. Mech.
Second
Row: J. Scheuring, C. Schmidt, O. Francis, Bredessen, B Bredessen, L.
Kalkofen, E. Buker, H. Dillenbeck, N. Jolivette.
Third
Row: L. Schwarze, Drum Major, M. Thorson, P. Swenson, G. Acker, L.
Putzel, A. Wendt, H. Behrens, L. Schmidt, B. Fischer, Mr. Hamel, Director.
Fourth
Row: G. Caliebe, D. Permar, J. Huntzicker, G. Pakiz, E. Horn, G.
Sloniker, A. Thomas, R. Mason, G. Neuenfeldt, R. Scheuring.
Fifth
Row: J. Opdycke, V. Caliebe, M. Wells, L. Brown, A. Liebzeit, S. Gosse,
A. Moldenhauer, S. Mead, A. Haeuser.
Sixth Row: M. Johnson, F. Opdycke, G. Thorson, B. Christie, E.
Steiger.
Band work continued throughout the summer
and gained momentum after school had started on September 7, 1937. The
various instruments were divided into classes which met once a week on Thursday.
At 8:00 in the morning and again at 3:15 in the afternoon the band met for mass
ensemble rehearsal. This schedule was maintained during the school months,
but during the summer months the senior band met at 9:00 in the morning with Mr.
Hamel instructing beginners in band work during the afternoon.
Lat in the spring of 1937 the band
entered the Pittsville Band Tournament and took first place in concert playing
and specialty numbers.
During the course of the summer the band
played for several concerts. They also took part in the Band Tournament at
Marshfield where they again took first place in concert playing. Later in
the summer the band played at the Withee carnival; Withee and Owen Bands also
took part in the festivities.
The Band Parents' Club drive for new
uniforms was helped along by an appropriation. As a result, the new
uniforms were purchased as well as many new school band instruments costing
approximately a thousand dollars.
The band's first appearance in the new
uniforms was at the unveiling of Professor Durig's Peace Memorial on
October 3,
1937.
Mr. M. G. Hamel is the instructor, and he
is a pioneer of school bands in Wisconsin. He has taught school bands
since 1926 making this his twelfth year in the work. His bands have often been
the first place winners at the State Band Tournaments.
