Madison Heights High School
1965 Class Reunion

Organizations

Our Winning MHHS Band
      Being all they could be and they were!

Listend to our School Song...  The Words    *Credit
 

MHHS First (1st) Place Band in 1963-1964

MHHS Second (2nd) Place Band in 1964-1965

Above - MHHS Band's
       First Place Trophy

Right Picture - Head Majorette Karen Dew, Director Francis Barker, and Drum Major Steve Stickler pose proudly with the second-place State Fair band trophy. Only one point kept the band from a consecutive first place win at the State Fair in 1964.

1965 MHHS Band
Bottom Row—Mary Hostetler, Jane Poffenbarger, Steve Morris, Judy Patterson, Leesa Farwick, Pat Shearer, Mary Patter­son, Annette Walker. Row 2—George Ramsey, Diane Cauffman, Shirley Rosner, Kathy Carter, DeAnna Flowers, Tom Brown, Tony Shelton, Larry McKinney, Kathy Elliot, Sheryl Rariden, Gerald Wiley, Linda Thomas. Row 3—Karen Davis, Kathy Harless, Cindy Nottingham, Jim Hutton, Diana Hart, Bonnie Anderson, Joyce Morgan, Nancy Mathews, Tom Plew, George Ledbetter, Anne Shafer, Wendell Crim, Tom Counts, Larry Jenkins, Terry Plew, Bob Cooper, Terry Richardson, Richard Riggs, Shirley Anson, Nancy Moser, Linda Earley. Row 4—Lizann Gribben, Penny Carpenter, Bob Wheeler, Steve Taylor, Mike Cocrill, Connie Roland, Peggy Rhodes, Janice Rodgers, Debbie Counts, Ladonna Miller, Greg Salatin, Shirley Utterback, Dave Howenstine, Norm Jackson, Russ Hostetler, Ernesteen Howell, Sandy Hill, Becky Flowers, Fred Vail, Melanie Swain, Bill Herridge, Craig McElhoe. Row 5—Willis Bastin, John Shick, Kent Dickey, Ed Skers, Jeff Brock, Joe Pierce, Brad Willoughby, Keith Fowler, David Morris, Tim Meyer, Dan Harrel, Bob Utterback, David Doub, Earl Griffith, Rick Boyer. Row 6—Paul Borgan, Eric Ayers, Mike Moore, George Rood, John Hartley, Curtis Thacker, Jerry Peeters, Don Jones, Jim Folsom, Tim Havens, David Morrison, Rick Towler, Bob Blakey, Charles Newman, George Boaz, Dan Hud­son, Ken Webb, Mike Smith, Dale Boone, Greg Derr, Mark Dye­house, Roscoe Sottlemeyer, George Peters, Steve Stickler, Karen Dew, Ron Buser, Rick Apgar, David Bixler, Larry Lawrence, Mike Mur­ray, Mike Mehagan, Steve Lortz, Jim Stanley. Majorettes—Cheryl Robbins, Janie Jacquess, Carol McCormick, Judy Estes, Sherry Jackson, Marianne Shelburn, Jeanne Taylor, Vicki McQueary, Vicki Wilson, Janet Miller, Pam Anderson, Connie Bass, Patti Powell, Jeanette Taylor, Connie Stamm, Lois Amick, Nona Webb, Lana Richardson, Diana Adams, Pam Branch.

Dance Band—Bottom Row—Terry Richardson, Steve Stickler, Terry Plew, George Ramsey, Norman Jackson, Russ Hostetler. Row 2—Dave Howenstine, Joe Pierce, Mike Smith, George Boaz, Tim Havens. Row 3—Keith Fowler, Willis Bastin, David Bixler, Jerry Peeters, Brad Willoughby.

Band Officers—Seated—Karen Dew, Diane Cauffman, Ernesteen Howell, Janet Miller. Row 2—Mike Mehagan, George Boaz, Steve Stickler, Terry Richardson, Jim Folsom, Tony Shelton, Curtis Thacker.

Band Assistants—Ken Webb, Jim Stanley, Don Hudson, Steven Lewis.

Through long, hot, and tiring summer practices, MHHS's band obtained symmetry of step and coherence of sound which ranked them among the state's finest.

*Credit: Our school song is also the Fight Song for Miami University in Ohio. This versions is being played by the Miami University Marching Band and is part of their CD, "An American Halftime.