Musical postscript: Lakes High School songs
By Tim Marsh, Lakes High
School Class of 1966
Suburban Times, June 6, 2010
Suburban Times, June 6, 2010
Here’s a musical postscript
to “Story behind Lakes burnt orange and royal blue colors” article in The
Suburban Times of June 1, 2010. The article mentions a 1963-1964 Lakes boys’
basketball game. After the Lancers won the game, Lakes fans were supposed to
sing the Lakes Alma Mater. But, there was no alma mater at that point. “Later
that school year student-written music and words for the Alma Mater and Fight
Song were composed/written and adopted,” the story says.
Lakes students – now Lakes
grads — who get credit for the songs:
“Lakes Alma Mater”
- Music by Ron Relaford, Class of 1964
- Lyrics by Evelyne Hendricks, Class of 1965, and Tim Marsh, Class of 1966.
“Lakes Fight Song”
- Music by Richard "Dick" Rossiter, Class of 1964
- Lyrics by Caryl Schumacher, Class of 1965
- Anna LaLande, Class of 1965, played the piano for Dick and Caryl to practice and work out the final "Lakes Fight Song," also known as "Victory."
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CP’s Lakes High Will Hold
First Commencement
TNT/Tacoma News Tribune
(Thursday, May 28, 1964)
Lakes High School in the
Clover Park district is preparing for graduation of the first senior class in
its two-year history. A senior awards assembly will be held at 8:30 a.m.
Monday. The commencement will take place at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The school’s
first alma mater has been written by Ron Relaford, music theory student. It was
chosen from among several entries. Lyrics were written by Evelyne Hendricks of
the choir and Tim Marsh of the concert band.
