Archbishop Mitty High School - Excalibur Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Concert Band fbelowl: Back Row: Leslie Patton, Angie Pang, Laurie Schneider, Tania 'lille , Megan Price, Cathy D'Agostino, Dana Kem, Frank Oddo, Andre Ryssemus, John Kruse, Patrice Hill, Sarall Augros, Brian Stanfield, Mike Guinane: Second Row: Meg Martin, Ann Viano, Donna Fenton, Bricken Sparacino, Wendy Bliss, Kristin Olague, Jeff Goeltzenleuchter, Joe Oddo, Sheldon Piumarta, Tom Viano, Paul Primrose, Kirk Nielson, Mike Ryssemus, Jagjit Ratra, Ryan Seto, Karin Gorman, Jim Balbas, Jennifer Leal, John Gribben, Stanley Yarwasky, Jeff Lease Front Row: Chrisy Kahn, Margaret Piumarta, Michelle Muraoka, Dave Lee, Robert Haenggi, Franco Finstad, Brian Lumb, A.J. Garr, Joe Faylor, Paul Martin, Gary Shim. . . W- .,,......-,-fN nt. ' 1. .9-...M , band. The band is unique, each member musically and intellectually special, said Juniors Tania Tilley and Angeline Pang. - Niyo Kachalia - 0 Start at 65 Angie! Please play the sopra- line over... ls that a flat?! Yes. No? let's try it again... Okay, switch Amidst this confusion, chorus goes The chorus combined the talents of 24 this year. Frank Oddo, moderator, excited when five males joined the bar- section. With the male voices, they. can sing more of a variety of songs. In- cluded in the chorus repertoire was Memo- ries, an easy rock song, Always on My Mind, a pop song, and Johnah,,' a Gos- pel song. Chorus' performances included a small act in the Varsity Show and Christmas caroling. Over Christmas vacation, the chorus went to the Retirement Inn in Camp- bell, San Jose Retirement Home, and Veteran's Hospital to brighten up the pa- tient's holidays. On campus, they were involved in litur- gies, and attended many of the same events as the stage and concert bands. Chorus is not exactly a class, it is some- thing that you look forward to, said Coleen Shanahan, a junior. A mutual feeling of togetherness and unity brings all of the different parts of the music together, explained Molly Mazur, a sophomore. With new goals and aspirations, chorus reached out for a brighter future. - Celeste Birkeland - Angie Pang lbottom leftl pre pares to play as Meg Martin looks on. Brian Lumb tbelowl makes the beat for the stage

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.. .. rtistic 190 Stage Band irightl: Back row: Frand Oddo Marcel Mirassou, Franco Finstad, Chuck Gorman, Paul Primrose, Asa Sanchez, Mar- ot Fervia Second row: 'lim Mills, Chuck lqludson, Dave Gorman, Dan Lynch Front row: Lisa Teresi, Victor Acevedo. Coleen Shanahan trightl sings outa high note. Mike Ryssemus tbottom rightl sounds off on his sax. Chorus fbelowl: Back Row: Frank Oddo, Chris Vincent ' Third Paul Bame, Alan Bonnell, Shannon Johnson Jennifer Fitzerald, Meredith Clark, Valerie Second row: Kelly Im, Cathy Bradford, Coleen Shanahan, Jeana Soden, Patrice Hill, Martin ront Rebecca Yee, Peggy Bryant, Annmarie Blair ith a bang of the drums and the blast of a hom, the band set its goals. The director of the band, Frank Oddo, wanted the band to be more involved at masses and liturgies. I think it'd be more advantageous for them to get the experience. Also, it would add more color to the liturgiesf' said Oddo. A change this year was the tempo of the alma mater. With the quickening of the song, there were hopes of involving more people in the singing. The majority of the instruments were flutes, drums, clarinets, saxophones, and trumpets, each student practicing an average of an hour to an and a half each day. The band also played at other places sides school. They visited the Veteran' . . . i Hospital ln Palo Alto and Intermed schools such as Sacred Heart, St. Joseph and St. Justin's The band, however, did not stop its lir in the Bay Area. During the spring tl went down to Los Angeles in an exchar program with two Southern Califor high schools: Serra and Chaminade, neyland was also graced with the sound the Mitty band.

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limit ' 1 w , iliiii-tif' 1 4 l92 ultural Rick Bongiovanni tries to show Anna Nieri how it's done Culture Club lbelowl: Front Row: Kim Higgins, Anne Blair, IV Moran, Lisa Kingston, Christine Presta, Debbie Serio, Lisa Maltese, Gorman Second Row: Milissa Santos, Alina Martinez, Martha Casar Michelle Cortese, Rene Badua, Rose Cesena, Ashley Hale, Nancy Yl Zayda Krueger, Adrienne Gomez, Jesse Ybarra, Cindy Marques Row: Josie Reguero, Amy Higgins, Joyce Santos, Stephanie Guti Julie Keller, Michelle Florczyk, Jennifer Johnston, Brandi Chastain, Medina, Akiko Murphy, Tiffany Cornelius, Kathleen Duggan, Diana lias, Tom Vilter, Mario Iacomini, Gerard Hernandez, Casey Bertram, dy Lutz Back Row: Nancy Noether, Paul Allen, Donna D Picasso, Robert Sanchez, Sam Sanchez, Pat Perez, Tony Macias, Sema, Vince Oddo, Bob Scardina. lrightl I onjour, hola, and guten abend are greetings of far off and exotic places, but why leave the country to see these sights and meet the people when a quick trip to the Intemation- al or Culture Club will suffice. Both of these organizations bring to the Mitty community an international flavor that provides members with an under- standing and appreciation of the world around them. It also offers them the oppor- tunity to display their heritage. The Culture Club gives the students the opportunity to express themselves and to acknowledge their backgrounds, ex- plained Josie Reguero, moderator. Reguero evoked this pride in l through a series of feast days including ian Day in November, Gen'nan Day in cember, Oriental Day in January, M Luther King Day in March, and finally C co de Mayo. Days like the German feast give the students and faculty a real taste foreign lands. While the first food day was not as great success as was hoped, it did not discout the club from continuing with their plans future feast days. Just because the first wasn't as succ ful as we would have liked, it doesn't m we're not going to keep trying, remar