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The documented story
The Museum of the Great Plains catalog identifies Snyder High School band members in a March 1966 Lawton Constitution photograph. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.
People and leadership
The reviewed evidence for Snyder High School Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.
Community and organization
Snyder High School Band is treated as a school, youth, cadet, scout, agency, or honor-band subject under the approved educational collection. Historical membership is described only to the level the sources establish.
Reading the evidence
Confirm the director, exact ensemble designation, historical significance, exact credit, and written publication terms; keep separate from the earlier Snyder community band. Until that issue is resolved, the packet uses the narrowest chronology and identity stated in the evidence.
Questions for further research
Confirm the director, exact ensemble designation, historical significance, exact credit, and written publication terms; keep separate from the earlier Snyder community band.
People named in related records
Names are retained as recorded in their source contexts.
- Ed Harrington — director (1960-1961)
- Joan Adams — student band member (1960-1961)
- Rena Anderson — student band member (1960-1961)
- Wayne Barker — student band member (1960-1961)
- Duane Bennett — student band member (1960-1961)
- Kenny Brewer — student band member (1960-1961)
- Larry Don Boman — student band member (1960-1961)
- Jane Boren — student band member (1960-1961)
- Bob Boren — student band member (1960-1961)
- Dorothy Brazil — student band member (1960-1961)
- Shirley Brazil — student band member (1960-1961)
- Nicola Burt — student band member (1960-1961)
- Mary Ann Collins — student band member (1960-1961)
- Nancy Collins — student band member (1960-1961)
- Gerald Cross — student band member (1960-1961)
- Diane Davis — student band member (1960-1961)
- Vallis Davis — student band member (1960-1961)
- Warren Dempsey — student band member (1960-1961)
- Wayne Dempsey — student band member (1960-1961)
- Larry DeShazo — student band member (1960-1961)
- Sharon DeShazo — student band member (1960-1961)
- Tommy DeShazo — student band member (1960-1961)
- Trenton Fagg — student band member (1960-1961)
- Loretta Ferguson — student band member (1960-1961)
- Johnny Francis — student band member (1960-1961)
- Dee George — student band member (1960-1961)
- Lynette George — student band member (1960-1961)
- Tommy Grubbs — student band member (1960-1961)
- Coella Haning — student band member (1960-1961)
- Patty Hamilton — student band member (1960-1961)
- Dennis Jeter — student band member (1960-1961)
- Dale Jimison — student band member (1960-1961)
- Deloris Kirk — student band member (1960-1961)
- Linda Moller — student band member (1960-1961)
- Wayne Moller — student band member (1960-1961)
- Lynda McCullar — student band member (1960-1961)
- Bedonna McElroy — student band member (1960-1961)
- Johnny McElroy — student band member (1960-1961)
- Charles Portwood — student band member (1960-1961)
- Billy Richardson — student band member (1960-1961)
- Sheryl Runividge — student band member (1960-1961)
- Bill Stewart — student band member (1960-1961)
- Minnie Thornton — student band member (1960-1961)
- Suzelle Toma — student band member (1960-1961)
- Tommie Trull — student band member (1960-1961)
- Billy Wilson — student band member (1960-1961)
- Sue Wilson — student band member (1960-1961)
- Carolyn Perrin — student band member (1960-1961)
- Shirley Dempsey — student band member (1960-1961)
- Jimmie Blaine — student band member (1960-1961)
- Velda Hooser — student band member (1960-1961)
Dated evidence in this record
- 1960
A September 1, 1960 Kiowa County Democrat article identifies Snyder senior, junior, and beginners' bands and describes marching-band rehearsal, precision drills, and pageantry.
- 1960 – 1961
Snyder period evidence identifies director Ed Harrington and an approximately fifty-person named student roster.