The Cardinal Band was the "Junior Varsity" band that was made up of
underclassmen (and underclasswomen) and wore the older uniforms.
The banner carriers appear to be Laurie Hortvet and Kris Kocjan
as oboes had no chance in a Sousa march. The brass and drums
tended to dominate. The best part was between the marches when
we had only the drum section and glocks playing. Unfortunately I
have no other photos from the various parades where we performed
and I am grateful for any photos that you may find.


There is a drum major and some majorettes in the background.
I don't see that we have a color guard. They would have carried
a HHS banner, the Wisconsin State flag and the US flag.


It is possible that one of the Rakow's was drum major? Was his name Dan?
It is just a fuzzy recollection. I do remember us getting set up in empty
parking lots and that the 4th of July was usually hot and humid which made
the band uniforms and heavy hats almost unbearable. The uniforms were made
of incredibly thick material. The pavement was also hot. We wore white shoes
("white bucks") with reddish soles. I remember coating the shoes with white polish
before each parade in order to conceal scuff marks. Later on I think we had a short
white plastic "spatz" that covered the top of the shoe. I don't recall exactly.
In the hat we wore a feather plume that was stored in a white paper tube.
Also, we memorized the music. At football games we could bring small pages of sheet
music the size of a 5 x 7 sheet of paper along with a music holder attached to your horn
or clarinet. I think the flutes had music holders they placed under their arms?
We started somewhere away from the main parade route so that the band could stretch out
and perfect its alignment before we got to the center of the Main Street. On July 4th
we would play "You're a Grand Old Flag" and other patriotic tunes. I can't remember if
we played the school fight song or not. In between songs we had the drum section keep
cadence. They were given arrangements to play and would signal the start of the next
song by playing a certain intro. Within the percussion section we also had bells that
would chime in and play short interludes before the drums kicked in again. Each year
Mr. Barta or Mr. Confare would write new drum interludes and introductory sweeps that
were like a secret code that only band members would know as an into. I remember
Chip Seitz was selected to play a tom-tom set with 4 drums. That sounded really cool.
In the photo I see no color guard. Did we have a color guard?