Ensemble

Northwestern High School Little Ranger Band

William F. Deusinger supervised the band; LeRoy Austin, J. L. Reed, and Edward Leighton instructed it; student officers included Jimmie Kingston, Dorothy Soripsick, Estell Smith, and Velma Keck.

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The documented story

The premiere, venue, membership count, leadership, and school-band identity are documented for 1937.

People and leadership

College-bandsman instruction and student officers are preserved as source-bounded roles; a complete roster is not reproduced here.

Community and organization

Northwestern State Teachers College provided supervision and instruction; the high-school band is distinct from the college Ranger Band.

Reading the evidence

No uninterrupted later history is established.

Questions for further research

Verify the yearbook page image and distinguish later Alva high-school bands from this 1937 group.

Dated evidence in this record
  1. 1937-03-25

    Northwestern High School Little Ranger Band had 42 members and premiered at Herod Hall on March 25, 1937.

Sources

  1. oklahomabandhistory.org/bands/northwestern-high-school-little-ranger-band/