Columbus Alternative High School - Pegasus Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Ninth period class. Tuliza Flemming practices the new pieces for the spring concert. ORCHESTRA -Row 1: Heather Rigney, Kathy Hom, juan Martin, Stephanie Powell, Vesta Hodges. Row 2: Georgia Nunemacher, Shelley Lan- dis, Amy Hill, Renee Crockett, Bobbie Cherry, jennifer Duke, Ten'i Palmer, Aaron Wyckoff, Brenda Lindsey, Tuliza Fleming. Row 3: Shelly Esken, Britt- ney Howard, Stephanie Hill, Row 3: Mr. King fDirectorJ. Not Pictured: jackie Ewers, Ian Wright, Bamett McGowan. STRING QUARTET - Heather Rigney, Kathy Hom, Aaron Wyckoff, Tuliza Fleming. Hurd at work. Vesta Hodges shows great concentration during a performance. PERFORMING ARTS Orchestra 79

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Learning from their mistakes. Amy Hill, Brit- tney Howaxd and Stephanie Hill listen in- tently to Mr. King during conections. Waiting for his cue. Barnett McGowan follows along with the music. like ORCHESTR Smal! Size Created Some Unusual! Selma' -Kathy Horn, violinist. With Mr. King as our new director, we had a wonderful year. We started by playing our instruments into a tape recorder to determine our ability levels. We even got a final exam, for which we played scales and a sparce few lines of our carefully prepared pieces. Our orchestra was small-only seventeen people, with a big brass section of one trumpet and more flutes than violins, as usual. Our class peetered away at timesg one or two absences often meant losing 78 PERFORMING ARTS: Orchestra an entire instrument section. But we did fine for our small size, even somehow balancing the few low instruments to the mob of high- pitched ones. We had a good group, in that we stuck together pretty well in our playing fdespite an occasional wild flute and the report from the per- cussion section that the violin bows didn't move in unisonj. But no matter how ragged our perform- ance was, we always got it together for concerts. We had good music this year too-usually challenging but neve impossible. Mr. King provided u with a variety as well. We worked on some pieces for months, while others would grace our musi stands for only half a period before we all gagged and handed them back. Overall, we had a fun year, and most of us probably even improved. Orchestra was a fun and relaxing way to end the school day. No homework, just beautiful strains o CAHSmic tones floating through the sweet air of the music wing.

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A moment of determination. Shelley Landis practices one last time before going on stage. On the spot. Led by Mr. King, the Concert Band performs in the Spring Concert. And he's talented too . . . Instrumental Music Directior Mr. King practices his own skills. CON ERZ1' BA Sofia' Beginningffmf onp mm' irector -Shelley Landis, French Horn Concert Band is a class no one should miss. QBecause it's such an awful experience, right?j Wrong! Under the new in- strumental teacher, Mr. King, the Concert Band went from a group of individual instrument players to one musical unit. Every day Mr. King would pull out his whip and chair and teach us the art of music. Over and over and over he drilled us until we all knew our 80 PERFORMING ARTS: Concert Band part by heart. Then he would pull out the polishing cloth. We would refine and perfect our skills. Mr. King was careful to make sure that we weren't slacking off or being lazy. The practice was needed so that we could be our best for the con- certs. As always, the Concert Band played in both the Winter and Spring concerts. Unlike Stage Band, we do not get to perform around the community. The practice and hard work Mrq King put us through was well worth it. Finally up on the stage to perform, everyone said that we didy a wonderful job. Mr. King also did well in his first year at CAHS. Within one year, he was able to he was able take a group of musicians, varying in experience and desire, and make them sound like a truel group. This was quite a feat, I can assure you.