MEMBERS
Betty Lee James, Head Cheerleader
Eleanor Bradford
Mary Evelyn Barham
Esther Benton
Joyce Furman
“The Wilson School team is Strictly on the Beam” and so is this year’s cheering
squad. Their pep has really been up to par this year, and if you are in doubt of this, you should have attended the John Marshall game in Richmond. Heedless of the wind and rain, they stuck to their task, “but definitely.” Cheering barefoot and with drenched clothing is no easy job. Among the new yells this year were “Two Bits, Four Bits” and “I'he Wilson High School Team,” not mentioning the many new formations and revisions of old cheers.
Woodrow Wilson High School Band
Ira B. Greenlaw, Director
OFFICERS
Waverly Clarke President
Patricia Davies Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer
Billv Thompson Drum Major
Bobbv Morris Assistant Drum Major
David Whitener Field Assistant
Aubry Lane Field Assistant
Art Lee Davies Manager
Shirlev Morgan Assistant Manager
Jimmie Rose Assistant Manager
Within the last three years the Woodrow Wilson Band has become one of the busiest organizations in school, averaging one, and often two, public performances a week. Rarely is there a school assembly period for which the Band is not asked to play. The Band marches and plays for all football games and accompanies the team on all trips, except over-night trips, as guests of the Athletic Association. The 1946 season will long be remembered as an outstanding one in playing, not only for all the Wilson football games but for the Peanut Bowl in Suffolk as guests of the Suffolk High School, the Kid Bowl for the City Recreation Department, and the first annual Oyster Bowl in Norfolk as one of the'Aight bands invited to participate in this great event.
The concert season of the Band has been almost as active as the football season. The session of 1946 records such occasions as the annual assembly program, annual concert at the Churchland High School, playing for commencement exercises for both the February and June graduation classes. District Music Festival in Norfolk, State Music Festival in Richmond, and annual Spring Festival of Music at Wilson.
Having won the interest of our Director of Music, Mr. Lancaster, our Principal, Mr. Sweeney, and our Assistant Principal, Mr. Mapp, the Band now has equipment valued at $4,780. Of this amount the School Board, under the leadership of our Superintendent, Mr. Hunt, has contributed around $1,600. The citizens of the town with Mr. T. Willett and Mr. H. M. Rapoport as leaders gave uniforms amounting to $2,189. The last thousand dollars of the total amount came through the efforts of Mr. Mapp who, claiming the Band as one of his “pet hobbies,” directed the attention of the Navy Yard Cooperative Association to the needs of the Wilson Band, and that organization very generously donated $1,000 in the fall of 1946. With the continued efforts of the Band to maintain its high quality of performance, it is believed that further donations by interested parties will soon equip the Band to an extent that will make it the equal of any band in the state.
