I know that feel, bro
My school's band and orchestra classes (I being a member of the former) stand forever in the shadow of the choir.
Choir concerts get full a house every time, while band concerts are lucky to get more than just relatives of the band members.
And on the subject of yearbook stupidity, close to the end of the year we were handed slips telling us how many times we appeared in the yearbook.
Feeding off of our inner narcissism to get us to buy the yearbook. Sly bastards.