St. Petersburg High School 1991 Yearbook (St. Petersburg, FL) - Full Access

The Marching Band Shows Their Dedication and Hard Work What are the ad– vantages of be– ing a member of the marching band? ••••••••••• "We get to go to competitions and being in the band means being a part of something that really means a lot to me." - Joe Terrana "Being in band has taught me to be a good winner and loser, and it also has taught me how to have confidence in myself." - Belle Fobare Being in marching band took much dedication and hard work, but it all paid offfor the band this year. •t'We workedso hard this year because we really wanted to be good," remarked Jessica Elsesser. Some of the nand members did not feel that they got what they deserved a lot of the time. "Other bands have a better reputation than we do, so when we did do well, we didn't get the 188 • Organizations/Marching Band recognition we thought we deserved," stated Maria Somers. The ·band traveled to numerous competitions this year. They attended Seminole Sound Spectacular, FBA (Florida Band Association), FTOB (Florida Tournament of Bands}, and Tournament of Gold. "The band did much better this year. We won 15 trophies this year compared to 10 last year," replied the Band director, Mr. Dennis Laorenza. we did appreciate the Through their busy band always being ther rehearsal schedules, They made the games the band always found more entertaining and .time to support the enjoyable. school. They always "The band was alway managed to play with there to lift our spirit an full effort at the make the games more football games. fun," said Varsity "I really like seeing cheerleader Cristie Mill the crowd enjoy the Whether cheering on game and the music SPHS at the football and we get to watch games or playing at the the game for free," Pep Assemblies, the commented Kevin marching band could Bryant. always be counted on t Even though they support their school. were not always told, - Melanie Cordi