Douglas County High School - Huskie Highlights Yearbook (Castle Rock, CO)

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Lloyd Nicodemus and Phil Rouffy, Varsity Glee Club members, croon their audience in concert. The group allowed young men to take their talent and get together on Mondays. r gig Sophomore Joe Woodward and Dow Draper keep a watchful eye on Wind Ensembles director, Mr. Mark Wurst. Preciseness is essential for the percussion section of any band. Mr. Mark Wurst, band teacher, gives the downbeat to Wind Ensemble Alto Trudy Porter, junior, gives it all she's got for her solo in the DC Belle's Concert. All choir students are required to participate in the group's planne certs.

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ng a styrofoam cutter to produce a three-dimen- 'nal sculpture, junior Corby Johnson expresses himself for Mrs. Sue DeKowzan's sculpture class. A multitude of mediums are available to art students. Art yields creativit With today's push for more efficient uhnology, math and science courses :re dominant factors in many students' iedules. In spite of this push, some dents found room for art classes, a ce to express a multitude of otions: happiness, anger, anxiety, and merous others. escribed Mr. Larry Alexander, The ple of the county are like a dulum: on one side of the clock are art classes, on the other side are the th and science courses. Right now the dulum is on the math and science e. ut could things change? They will e to eventually, continued Mr. xander. or art teachers, the reasons for teaching these classes revolved around the feeling that is achieved when a 1 student expresses himself creatively. Mr. Alexander added, When a student achieves a strived-for goal and then receives recognition, that is a great feeling. Student vibes were just as positive. As summed up by senior Janece Denton, Art allows me to express myself in a way no other media can. Almost all students shared this ideology and in i fact, art did allow them to show themselves through their work. Not only did art allow creativity, but it gave its students a good feeling. As Tanya Hickey, sophomore, described, It's the most awesome experience! Larry Alexander Mary Lou Brandebery Sue DeKowzan J if J

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Gaynel Lankenau Mark Wurst and blends in uni on By Lynne Ricks , Band, is it just another class? That's not the impression 'ou'll receive if you talk to one of the dedicated members of I f x 3, vim nornings on the practice field and the frenzy of marching eason behind, the band adopted the warmth and comfort of loom ll7 where they spent the rest of the winter preparing or yet another spectacular concert. Band gave its members goals to strive for and obstacles to overcome. It left you with a feeling of accomplishment, after uccessfully completing a concert, because you looked back .nd remembered how awful you sounded just short months iefore, said sophomore Mary Kate Green. You can see the esults after you learn a new piece of music, when you have ,layed it back to yourself, you can't help saying to yourself, ls that really us'?' 'i replied senior band member Rich Hysing Band was different from most classes because rather than forking as individuals students learned to work as a group. If ine person sounded bad, the whole group sounded bad. Each member practices to reach the performance Mr. Wurst xpects from us, and each day the band, as a whole, sounds letter, said another band member. From director Mr. Mark Wurst's point of view, teaching husic rather than a Math, Science, or English class had far aore advantages than disadvantages. I get to deal with the me people for more than just one semester or year. When a ,udent starts band as a sophomore I usually get to teach that erson for three years, professed Mr. Wurst. Mr. Wurst also emarked that some of the his best friends are students that e has had. Another advantage to teaching music was that the tudents being taught were there because they wanted to be, it las not a required class. Band is a class that's fun and challenging, a class that all ieople can enjoy. Mr. Wurst adds humor to the class and uakes band a class to look forward to. Band is also a good lass to take to break the monotony of students' lives that are illed with so many science and math oriented classesf' oncluded senior Lori Wells. . . . eff. M k . he Concert Band or Wind Ensemble. Leaving the bitter cold c 55 farmwiswz+,i+wa1,w K5 94-gif zJQi,gw?,iif ,. Ms. Gay Lankenau, choir director, sets the beat for her Concert Choir's rehearsal. Ms. Lankenau requested nothing but the best of her students, and the request was well accepted by choir members who performed nothing but the best concerts. 23