Madison High School - Yearbook (Rexburg, ID)

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Jazz Band practiced three mornings a week so hat they could be the best that they could. Jazz has Pizazz I Dragging themselves out of bed at 7:30 am three to four times a week was hard, but it paid off for the Jazz Band. The 16- member band had only three girls who practiced two to three hours a week. Un- der the direction of Dallas Beck, the group attended a jazz festival at Bonneville in November and went to Skyline in May to attend another one. This helped them pre- pare for their Christmas Concert and Spring Concert. The group was organized just for fun. Paul Beck said, 1 liked Jazz Band, be- cause it got me away from concert mu- sic. Some of the songs the group per- formed were: Preacher Pete , CB Talk , and England ' s Carol , which was an arrangement of God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen. Laurie Miller plays the piano to help keep the band in tune. Justin Kauer tunes his guitar while getting ready to practice for a performance. Clubs Jazz Band 141

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Voices Concert Choir sang their way into the hearts of those who heard them. The choir was a trimester class consisting of boys and girls who had a wide variety of music background. Throughout the year, the group worked on six different pieces of music each trimester. Erica Merril said, I liked the class because you got to do a lot of three part songs. They presented two concerts. The Christmas Concert and the Spring Con- cert. The Christmas Concert was held De- cember 12 at the Tabernacle. The Spring Concert was held March 3 also at the Tab- ernacle. Maurie Brizzee said, The class was fun! I learned a lot about music. The concert choir, through hours of hard work, performed well at their two concerts. Mr. Briggs, the concert choir director, consen- trates hard in making this choir a good one. 140 Ciubs Concert Choir

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ony Band The saxophone section hard at work in rehearsal. The symphony band was small in numbers, but big on talent. They participated in Gem State festi- val and sent members to the Gem State clinic band. The clinic band was made up of 115 students from eight area high schools. The symphony band per- formed concerts at Christmas and in the spring. They also marched during football season and played in the stands at the games. Vonda Weeks said, Band enlightens you socially as well as cul- turally because you have to learn to work as a team. Learning and being involved in music gives people the cultural refinement they need. The trumpet section in rehearsal. Gaylene Case and Vonda Weei s get serious. Baritone Sax player, Annette Isted shows her determined wi