School and Youth Bands

Southeast High School Band

Also documented as: Southeast High School Band Officers

Oklahoma CityDocumented 1976–1977Public-school band

Documented history with gaps

Master record210

Image status

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Documented overview

An archival photograph identifies Southeast High School band officers in 1976–1977. The live archival metadata further states: Leaders of the Southeast High School (Spartan Band) this year include :. Seated from left : Janet Simon, Steve Harshaw and Kim Stevenson. Standing from left : Katy Ferguson, Allen Lay, Debbie McDown and Sherri Babst.

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 Southeast High School Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

Southeast 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 photograph identifies Southeast High School band officers in 1976–1977. 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 an Oklahoma City school program in the 1970s.

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

Documented 1976–1977
Documented evidence
An archival photograph identifies Southeast High School band officers in 1976–1977. The live archival metadata further states: Leaders of the Southeast High School (Spartan Band) this year include :. Seated from left : Janet Simon, Steve Harshaw and Kim Stevenson. Standing from left : Katy Ferguson, Allen Lay, Debbie McDown and Sherri Babst.
Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The evidence for Southeast High School Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats Documented 1976–1977 as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

What remains unknown

For Southeast 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 / Southeast High / Band Officers, 1976-77 / Schools / City / Southeast High / Youth for Christ Officers, 1976- 77/ Schools / City / Southeast High / Advanced Girls Glee Club Officers, 1976-77 /.” — Leaders of the Southeast High School (Spartan Band) this year include :. Seated from left : Janet Simon, Steve Harshaw and Kim Stevenson. Standing from left : Katy Ferguson, Allen Lay, Debbie McDown and Sherri Babst.

The Gateway to Oklahoma History itemhttps://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2519017/

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