I Remember it Well by Jennifer Johnston Smith

We were in the 8th grade then (that would have been Spring 1959) and were asked to help out with the high school band banquet (so the HS band members ... or their mothers ... wouldn't have to serve). We were thrilled ... actually getting to attend a high school function. Those of us wearing sarongs (I can remember picking out the material with my grandmother, and her wrapping me in that sarong ... which almost came unwrapped at one point in the evening) greeted people at the door and placed leis around necks as the band members and adult sponsors entered. Those dressed in calypso pants and shirts performed a number to "Banana Boat Song" (Day-Oh!!).

L-R Back Row: Linda Sally, Jo Ann Neel; L-R Center: Jennifer Johnston, Linda Kay Bridges, Wanda Pryor, Sheila Davis, Clara Robinson; L-R Front Row: Pat Davenport, Diane Veal