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Hugo High School Band Win Eight Superior Ratings
1964 -- Contributed by Clarence Robison

Hugo Bandsmen Win Eight Superiors At SSC Contest
The Hugo Daily News 1964

    Eight superior ratings -- the highest possible -- were won by Hugo high school and junior high musicians in the annual instrumental music contest on the Southeastern State College campus in Durant Saturday.
    Several others won ratings of excellent -- which is next to superior -- and five more earned ratings of good.
    The Hugo ratings were as follows:
    HIGH SCHOOL
    Superior -- Mixed clarinet quartet (Martha Parker, Donna Rodrigue, Andy Hall, Carol Campbell); French horn quartet (Judy Webb, Sue Wells, Robbie George, Frankie Boone); drum quartet (Hal Ellis, Ann Lynn Eddleman, Paul Emert, Jimmy Askew); Andy Hall, alto clarinet solo; Sidney Smith, bass solo; Clarence Robison, bass solo.
    Excellent -- Saxaphone quartet (Barbara Miller, Lynn Ann Akin, Suzanne Hatina, Claud Laey); Gwen Christie, flute solo; Jerry Mathis, baritone solo.
    Good -- Robert Butler, trombone solo; Johnson Cobb, trombone solo.
    JUNIOR HIGH
    Superior -- Robbie George, French horn solo; Hal Ellis, snare drum solo.
    Excellent -- Ted Eudy, cornet solo; Douglas Booth, French horn solo; Paul Emert, snare drum solo.
    Good -- Royce Williamson, cornet solo; Bill Castleman, cornet solo; Jamie Cobb, cornet solo.