"Were not going to take it anymore" Who had the students section singing this the new band director Mr. Kleopfer. The students in band had no idea what lay before them. It all began on the bus ride home from New York the last time that Mr. McGuire was our director. The next time the band met was with Mr. Kleopfer. But before the entire band met their new director, there was band camp.
             Band camp was basic drill for all five days, and then we played at night for two. Band was 8-5 Monday Wednesday and Friday, 5-9:30 Tuesday and Thursday. The two night practices consisted of drill for four hours then playing under the streetlights for the remainder of time. We could go more in depth but what happens in band camp stays in band camp. After band camp the actual work began.
             Practices were at seven a.m. for regular band and for percussion and color guard was there at six a.m. This lasted for all marching band practice. This is when the entire band finally met Mr. Kleopfer. "Mr. Kleopfer had high hopes for the band" according to Judd Wiltse. Practices were hard but the hard work paid off with our first game. The show was a Paul Simon production with songs such as: "A Bridge Over Troubled Water, You Can Call Me Al, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Sound of Silence, Still Crazy After All These Years." All of these songs were placed into three songs which made up the halftime show. The half time show was "more intense, had more moves compared to the last few years" according to Michael Wilson.
             The games were important but the entire year was dictated by Neowallah. The last time the band did Neowallah we only did the parade it has been many years since we competed in the half time competition. The band was in the Gold group with a band size of 48 students. There were 5 groups all differing in by size. The band got a 2 in the competition which is good for returning after all these years. According to Mr. Kleopfer "Neowallah was the best perfor...