STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - THE WINTER HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL BAND 1953 - '54 - THE WINTER HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL BAND

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Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to the Thursday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again . According to the National Event Calendar, today is National School Pictures Day, a day created to recognize and celebrate the importance of school photos in our lives. It gives us a chance to break out one of our high school band records and that's what we've done. Our subject of sound is this The Winter Haven High School Band 1953 - '54. It was released by Fidelity Sound in Jacksonville,  and I'm assuming in 1954 or '55 and features Roy V. Wood as musical Director, Dwight Towne as Captain, Ausby Owen as 1st Lt., and Jim Traviss, Ed Bailey, and Kay Glouser as 2nd Lts. The record is a 10" that plays are 33 RPM. Winter Haven, FL is approximately 12 miles from where we live in Lakeland.  

From the liner notes :

"The Winter Haven High School Band is one of the most outstanding high school units in the south. It has established a reputation for excellence of performance both as a concert and as a marching organization. It has appeared as a guest performer at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, the Cigar Bowl in Tampa, the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville and the Orange Bowl in Miami. It has been the guest of the Cuban National Tourist Commission in Havana, Cuba for four days during the celebration of the Fiftieth Year of Cuban Independence. It has appeared in numerous Florida cities as a marching or parade unit. The 1954 Band has been on a seven day trip to Washington, D.C. where it represented the State of Florida in the Cherry Blossom Parade there. Director of the Band is Roy V, Wood."

Side One 

1. Crosley March - Fillmore

2. Festival Overture In F - Guentzel

3. Au Pays Lorrain - Balay

Side Two 

1. Tribute To Glenn Miller - Ass. Henry Gass

2. Silver Springs Overture - Reid Poole

3. La Mascarado, Paso Doble - Harold Walters

4. Southern Special - Arr. Reid Poole 

WOODWINDS

FLUTES 

Louella Broaddus

Raymon Delgada

Claire Ellis

Flora Godbee

Margaret Morgan

Martha Lou Scott

Betty Thornton

Betty Waldrop

Jack Yawn

OBES

LeRoy Herr

Morita Mann

Sylvia Wyllys

SAXES

Beverly Bond

George Copeland

Jimmy Evans

Bob Paullin

Margie Purvis

Bob Savage

Raymond Connor

Jerry Counter

Barbara Eglin

Joann Krause

Ed Blate

BASS CLARINET

Lila Jo Selman

Louise Tillery

BRASSES

CORNETS

Ed Bailey

Stanley Bates

John Camp

Stafford Colvin

Donald Davis

Edwin Denman

Jack Embry

William Graves

William Howard

Helen Johnson

Robert Pfeiffer

Etsol Roberts

Shirley Rizer

Jim Traviss

Ronald Willis

Earnest Wilson

Eddie Wilson

HORNS

Jack Carter

Del Marie Dunson 

Rosa Dickenson

John Faulk

Louise Pratt

Jack Sites

Gerri Westphal

Betty Jean Luke

BASSOON

Carol Briner

Chuck Nore

ALTO CLARINET 

Betsy Robertson

Bb CLARINETS

Sharon Boyle

Joan Faye Brown

Bobby Branch

Geneva Dees

Mary Lee Giddings

Kay Glouser

Merle Holton

Gail Heath

Marlene Hurst

Barbara Ireland

Syble Jones

Jane Motsinger

Joann McCall

Neal McDaniel

Marlene Nunn

Jerry Pierce

Barbara Rouse

Jo Tapley

Sue Ann Woodall

Sue Willis

Ann Stolz

Clay Snead

BARITONES

Bobby Evans

Betty Grace

Reva Nell Lynch

TROMBONES

LeRoy Alderman

Janice Despard

Terry Goff

Phil Moss

James Prather

Mary Tapp

Phillip Yarborough

Janet Replogle

BASSES

Bob Boland

Pat Evans

Kenny Courson

Bill Keen

John Milner

Ausby Owen

PERCUSSION 

Jim Anderson

Dorothy Ellis

Richard Lovier

Shirley Lewis

Miles Plowden

Dwight Towne

Leonard Chrisholm

Shirley Alderman

MAJORETTES 

Joann McCall

Claire Ellis

Betty Grace

Joann Krause

Sharon Boyle

Joan Faye Brown

Jo Tapley

Betty Waldrop

Del Marie Dunson

Shirley Alderman