Capistrano Valley High School - El Gato Yearbook (Mission Viejo, CA)

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Long, Cia Lugo, Philip Tawil, Don Lee. Third row: Connie Fang, Richard Slauffacher, Branden Mure- san, Lorianne Snodgrass, Aaron Brown, Jennifer Moriwaki. Second low: Craig Mashburn, Theresa Chen, Monika Larsson, Azita Karimkhany, Katie Hammond, Sandy Chi, Cynthia Day, FronI row: In- grid Wong, Jennifer Maher, Christina Slivers, Caro- line Scott T TUNE IT UP! - Sam Nordruin quickly tunes A THESE MEN ARE ALL MINE! - Philip Tawil, Craig Mashburn, Richard Stauffacher, Bran- den Muresan, Azita Karimkhany, and Aaron Brown show off before their school perfor- mance. ONE AND TWO AND , , . — Caroline Scott concentrates on her music. She and Orches- tra put alot of effort into their music. Orchestra 79

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Onjchilkai lumwmj fowd twtbJonttuj y AHH . , . BREAKTIME! Christina Stivers pauses to relax between pieces while practic- ing for the March Festival Concert. Orchestra members spent many hours of class time for their performances. rchestra Is like a special family i J— with great musical talent! V But what exactly is Orchestra all about? Orchestra is a performance group, Mr. Lynn Olinger explains. We work in large groups and small ensembles. Orchestra takes every single person all the time — every second. The sound really comes through with a total team effort. While Orchestra is a group, it is for the individual too. Students have to be responsible and be on their own. We try to function as a family. They have allegiance to each other, Mr. Olinger said. Four year Orchestra member Azita Karimkhany feels the same way. We ' re all pretty much a big family and we have close ties. Sophomore Branden Muresan feels there are many highlights of Orchestra. I like travelling and per- forming because I look out on all the people and it ' s a trip to know they ' re enjoying my music — that ' s the best, he said. I love to play. It makes me feel good to share my gift with everyone. Mr. Olinger believes that, Instru- mental music students have a firm grip on reality. Any kid who comes out of my class will make it. Most everyone in Orchestra agrees that they should get more re- spect and recognition for their hard work. The school should realize that Orchestra is all top-notch stu- dents, Mr. Olinger stated. Branden sums it all up by saying, Orchestra is a great thing to be in, the discipline and the things I learn in Orchestra will stick with me the rest of my life. 78 Orchestra

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T MIXED CHOIR-Top row: Kim Garner, Jolie Landers, Stephanie Clary, Garret! Fredrick, Carrie Landers, Tracey Ham, Kim Schuti, Emma Blakey. Front Row: Stephanie Plost, Gina Grotsky, Holly Archer, Lisa Bolton, Jen- nifer Baker, Michelle Slechta. ▼ SINGING A SOLO — Sophomore Amy Gi- raud works on her part during the class peri- CdoVo lUi i fon l(MdU:af}f)ed A inging V andgi O saidst ig makes me feel good gets my blood flowing, senior J ason Swain. So if your blood is sluggish and you ' re feeling low, join the camerata, tapes- try and mixed choir. They learn how to appreciate different kinds of mu- sic and also get a chance to sing it. All three levels of choir perform at concerts, special occasions such as Christmas, and at handicapped foun- dations. Singing for the handi- capped people makes me realize how lucky I am. Also, it makes me feel happy when I know 1 can help them in some way, says Leslie Man- uel, president of Camerata. Swain also added These experiences are going to make good memories. But when a concert or performance isn ' t going on, the choir spends much of its time practicing and learning new and old music. During class the students learn the songs and notes. At the beginning of class, Mr. Nickel leads them in a vo- cal exercises to strengthen their voices. He also teaches expression and they work on a dance routine. A lot of time is involved but Leslie Manuel doesn ' t mind. She explains, If it means taking time to spend on it to make it right it ' s well worth it! Camerata isn ' t the only level that is putting a tremendous amount of time. The tapestry and mixed choir do too. The tapestry is another perform- ing choir. They do the same things as camerata. There are 21 girls involved in the program. The mixed choir consists of 16 girls and no guys. Where are the guys, you ask? Well, there aren ' t any. One would think any guy would jump at the chance to see 16 girls every day during third period. But they haven ' t. Maybe next year guys will think about it. ▲ TUNE UP TIME- Star class in warm-ups in the Camerata Choir