School and Youth Bands

Northwest Classen High School Band

Also documented as: Northwest Classen Band · Northwest Classen Twirlers

Oklahoma CityHistorical photograph; exact date in item recordPublic-school band

Documented history with gaps

Master record211

Image status

No cleared image selected

This history is presented without substituting an unrelated or unverified photograph.

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Documented overview

An archival image documents Northwest Classen band-related twirlers. The live archival metadata further states: Photograph of; Marching with the Northwest Classen High School Band as twirlers. From left, Carla Wittroch, Becky Simon and Deaunn McDow and top row from left, Gena Brown, Sandy Bates and Sharyl Leverich.

Documented history with gaps. The record supports a public history, with important limitations stated on the page.

History

Identity and chronology

Leadership

The reviewed evidence for Northwest Classen High School Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

Northwest Classen 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.

Student ensemble.

Activity

An archival image documents Northwest Classen band-related twirlers. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.

Why this band matters

Archival evidence for auxiliary and performance culture in an Oklahoma City school band.

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

Historical photograph; exact date in item record
Documented evidence
An archival image documents Northwest Classen band-related twirlers. The live archival metadata further states: Photograph of; Marching with the Northwest Classen High School Band as twirlers. From left, Carla Wittroch, Becky Simon and Deaunn McDow and top row from left, Gena Brown, Sandy Bates and Sharyl Leverich.
Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The evidence for Northwest Classen High School Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats Historical photograph; exact date in item record as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

What remains unknown

For Northwest Classen High School Band: establish exact founding, reorganization, hiatus and ending dates; director succession; membership model; major activities; aliases or successors; and image provenance where not already documented.

Evidence

Sources

1 of 1 listed live source link resolved during the September 3, 2026 audit. Gateway metadata checked: Primary: “Schools / City / Northwest Classen High / Band Twirlers 1976-77 /.” — Photograph of; Marching with the Northwest Classen High School Band as twirlers. From left, Carla Wittroch, Becky Simon and Deaunn McDow and top row from left, Gena Brown, Sandy Bates and Sharyl Leverich.

The Gateway to Oklahoma History itemhttps://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2518925/

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