Press Journal from Vero Beach, Florida • 49

Wednesday Nov 15 2000 IS VBHS band wows judges crowds The VBHS band was named grand champions of the Kingdom of the Sun Marching Band Festival By ANDREA OBTH on" cadence and you hear the announcer from the press box say now for your half-time entertainment the of the Treasure the Vero Beach High School Fighting Indians Marching The stadium seems to become a little brighter as the band marches onto the field in its perfect formations Their heads held high the sound of suddenly echoes from the 180 anxious mouths They are now ready to perform their best The stadium is silent and the show begins As you are watching in awe at the many colorful flags of the guard and the continuous movement of formations you help but think of ail the hard work that the band members put in to create such a beautiful show As the last dramatic note is heard re verberating through the stadium you stand up and cheer as the band marches off the field feet all in step Now it is time to wait for next Friday's game when all of this excitement will happen again and the half-time show will be even better As marching season draws to a close the past few weeks have been very busy for the VBHS Marching Band Along with traveling to away games to support the football team there have been many long hard hours of rehearsals to prepare for competitions The VBHS Marching Band practices Tuesday and Thursday nights When special work is needed they also put in time after school and on some Monday and Wednesday nights Please see BAND on S2 If you are a resident of Vero Beach then you have probably been to at least one of Vero Beach High School's football games on Friday nights Among the atmosphere of the aroma of popcorn floating to your nose from the concession stand and the continuous thought in the back of your head of how uncomfortable those cement bleachers are there is one thing you have to look forward to the half-time show The drummers roll off the Pfaw Jounwl Sufi PlMlo by ALI MARKS VBHS band students keep in rhythm during a halftime show at a Friday night football game Buzz Bake Sale fires up crowd By VAN MONO Ben Shirley performs with UPO at West Palm Beach Nov 5 at the Mars Music Amphitheatre Sixteen bands performed over 12 hours in the fifth annual Buzz Bake Sale The excited voices of an all-ages crowd filtered through black gates into the Mars Music Amphitheatre Nov 5 Although the gates opened officially at 1 1 am it was no surprise that every- one was eager to begin the day With 16 bands two stages 12 straight hours of music autograph signings beautiful Sunday weather and a crowd that numbered into the thousands the fifth annual Buzz Bake Sale spon- sored by West Palm Beach radio station 1031 FM WPBZ was destined to become a huge suo- As the crowd entered into the grounds and began milling around vendors rushed to meet the growing demand for T-shirts hats patches food and other items Fans bought assorted paraphernalia of their favorite bands to pass the time before the concert began since the schedule would be packed tight between sets The anticipation grew as the audience waited anxiously for the first band to begin playing Finally Vemca Salt came on the main stage at 1 1:30 am amid the cheers of the enthusiastic crowd It played hit songs from its latest album but Suzanne Sokol bass playersinger advised aspiring rock stars to sure you have another career a because the music career is screwed up I be an elementary schoolteacher if I in this After Veruca Salt came a wide variety of famous and lesser-known bands In the order of their performance they were scheduled to be Orbit Local Wheatus Eve 6 UPO Mighty Mighty Bosstones MxPx Our Lady Peace Union Underground Fuel Harvey Danger Everclear Suicide Machines Foo Fighters and 8stops7 Please see BUZZ on S2 Ptmb Journal Staff Photo by ANGELA MARSH homecoming Sync electrifies audience By ASHLEY STEWARD Football loss fails to dim school spirit By AMANDA STEWART shower When it performed Got a diverse amount of green and white confetti flew throughout the arena to symbolize money The fans looked like pigs in a pigpen while scrambling to get the confetti To hint that Sync was going to be performing Up My there was a video clip that came on the big screen with Ananda Lewis from MTV It was an imitation of TRL and renamed TNL The fans were to scream as loud as possible for the song they wanted to hear Along with Up My there were silly songs like and Twinkle Little The most exciting part of the concert was when the members of Sync wanted to closer to the At this time a piece of the stage elevated and the stage moved out toward the fans Sync got much closer to the fans especially the fans that were seated on the floor of the arena After the concert many people were very gratified was the best concert I have ever gone to they are not only singers but they are said Stacy from West Palm Beach Joey Chris JC Lance and Justin all members of Sync had their Florida debut of their Strings Attached Oct 30-31 and Nov 1 On Oct 31 they had their concert at the National Car Rental Center in Fort Lauderdale Opening the show was Melissa Edwards with her upcoming single Rose Is A Ron Irizarry five girls from all around the world: 1-5 and Soul Decision with its single which recently made the No 4 spot on TRL The concert brought many fans even Brian McKnight was spotted watching the conceit in the control area Brian signed many autographs for the fans before the show started Sync had a great show with awesome special effects It performed many hits off of its album Strings It also performed songs from its first album The band started the show hanging like puppets similar to its music video for Gonna Be Me It had a light show that was very impressive It consisted of green laser lights that spread across the arena like a rainbow across the sky after a spring Homecoming Week this year at Saint Edward's was held Oct 30-Nov 3 and the school was bustling with activity Students celebrated each day by dressing up and showing their school spirit Monday was Hawaiian Day and students put on hula skirts and turned the senior patio into a beach On Tuesday seniors dressed up in proper Hal- lows eve attire while underclassmen dressed up in orange and black and the Lower School celebrated at its annual parade Students scoured their closets in search for the best clothes that would fit their own personal style Thursday was Spirit Day and students wore their school T-shirts and gathered for a bonfire in the evening Ptvm Journal Stall Photo by BRETT ISAACSON St Edward's Homecoming King Nathan Ryalll and Queen Jessie Donnelly participate in Homecoming activities At the game Friday night the Pirates fell to the Stallions but that did not stop the student body from having a good time at the Homecoming Dance Saturday night Community scholarship helps make dream come true By BONNIE SWANSON Principal Pelican Island Elementary Thank you Indian River County for believing in the children It is the mission of Dollars for Scholars to offer hope encouragement and scholarship opportunities to Indian River County students who demonstrate desire academic ability and financial need so that they may pursue a post-secondary education For more information concerning Dollars for Scholars scholarship opportunities call board of the Dollars For ScholarsCitizen's Scholarship Foundation is so important to me because I feel I am repaying the wonderful people who believed in me so many years ago A well-educated citizen group is what makes the United States the powerful country it is No other country in this world promotes the expectation that every single citizen be educated to their fullest potential Every young person deserves a chance to nave a dream and the hope that their future will be fulfilling and successful! school I began to realize that going to college cost of money and that being the oldest of five children at the time (my parents had another son after I left to go to college) I would not be able to expect my parents to help me High-school guidance counselors helped me fill out applications for a few available scholarships and the National Defense Student Loan Program I did receive approval to participate in the loan program and received a few book scholarships However I received a letter in the mail announcing that I was a recipient of a community scholarship that I feel is similar to Dollars for Scholars in Indian River County I had not applied for this scholarship Later I found out that the community fund sought out deserving young people who wanted to go on to school but did not have die means to do so Without this scholarship sure I would not have been able to attend college! To this day I am so grateful for the community's support to me Working as a member of the Si' Dollars Jbr Scholars that it took almost Vi hours to get to school even though I lived only three miles from the school There were times that I would plead with my father to drive me on a tractor to the road to catch a bus in a blizzard because I just miss a day of school! During my junior year in high I grew up in a small farming -community in Geneseo 111 I always dreamed of being a teacher like Miss Shoemaker my teacher for first- second- and third-grades You see I attended a small rural one-room schoolhouse Wilder-muth School along with 17 other children who lived on farms in the area My first-grade class had seven students in it I remember 1101PJSG01 1 5 i i.