Edison High School - Oracle Yearbook (Huntington Beach, CA)

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Band Benefits From Change The band program has gone through many changes and reforms since last year, and they have proven to be suc- cessful. This year, unlike all the past years, there was a Symphonic Band and a Wind Ensemble first semester. These bands never used to get under way until second semester. That extra semester of practice has allowed for more performances and earlier perfor- mances, and the quality of the bands was much improved second semester. Symphonic Band, directed by teach- er Jim Keys and student director Dave Kory, was composed of 47 musicians, mostly freshmen and sophomores. The less advanced group performed such music as Introduction and Caprice and Irish Melody at concerts, and the Netherlands Suite at competi- tion festival in spring. During many practices, student conductor Dave Kory rehearsed the band by himself, and he conducted one concert piece during the spring concert at Hunting- ton Beach District Auditorium. The Wind Ensemble, directed by Gary McJilton and composed of 37 students, mostly juniors and seniors, also performed several times through- out the year. Being the most advanced group at Edison, the Wind Ensemble performed such music as Antiphon , Divertimento , and Curtain Up! , a melange of Broadway ' s music. Both concert groups performed at a Christmas concert in December, a pop ' s concert in January, a compe- tition festival in April, and a final con- cert in May. Symphonic Band Top row: Dale Bowles. Gary Smith, (Section Leader), Todd Jones, Joe Dean. Tim Bianchard. Bryan Martin, (Section Leader), Mark Townsend Second row: Steve Hess, Mi- chael Collins, Bob Reitsch. Lisa Rodriguez, Chris Sheldon. Robert Jean, Rick Feldis, Todd Thomp- son, Daryl Hebert, Shawn Benham, (Section Leader), Russell Stark. Matt Garaway, Hugh Fisher. (Section Leader), John Nockes, Eugene Miller, Jeff Gomes, (Section Leader), Ken Jin- kins. Alan Gustafson. Third row: Kathy Jagiello, Joleen Grussing, Becky Visca, Moreen O ' Reilly, Michelle Juhasz, Billy Adams. Fourth row: Dave Kory. (Director Section Leader), Jim Patterson, Dave Simonson, Nick Pastis. Roger Yates, (Sec- tion Leader), Mike Wegrowski, Fred Moran, Mara Wolfe, Doug Hauswald, Georgia Bell. Rich- ard Jones, (Section Leader), Kathy Cristol, Front row: Carrie Tsugawa, Judy Sheeks. Debbie Ca- ceres. Debbie Budesky. Leslie Proulx, Mary Kim. Patti Bolstad. (Section Leader). Charles Miller and Jeff Gomes prepare them- selves before the Spring fstival competition at Huntington Beach District Auditorium. 137

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Wind Ensemble: Back row: Gregg Houston, Pe- ter Thompson, Victor Randazzo. Second row: Alan Cirson. Joleen Grussing. Shan Hritz, Shan- non Durbin. Jim Patterson, Dave Kory, Blake Juhl, Charles Miller, Brad Timon, Robert Scan- nel. Donna Brown, Steve Oppenheim. Scott Johnson, Ron Gallemore, Gary Warren, Mark Feinholtz, Bob Herin, Ron Delezeith, Tony Bol- stad, Charles McSween, Keith Houchen. Third row: Russ Kadota, Greg Lai, Caroline Bolstad, Helen Lee, Jim McRorie, Dave Suchard, Robert VanHyning, Sharon Eggers, Roger Yates, Hymie Thomas, Mark Kaser, Jetf John, Todd Muscat Julie Bell. Front row: Lori Floyd, Brenda John- son, Gilbert Prieto, Amy Litzel, Sean Scott Cin- dy Goodin, Kris Carlson, Members ot the Wind Ensemble (above) ap- plaude the news of hearing their acceptance to the Chinese New Years Day Parade and festivi- ties. Ken Johnson, (right) makes sure all his mu- sic IS in order before the spring concert at Hun- tington Beach High School Auditorium. 136

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u Band Survives Many Cuts The Charger Orchestra, which con- sisted of 34 musicians, performed con- certs throughout the year. Under the direction of Gary McJilton, the orches- tra participated in a winter concert at the district auditorium at Huntington Beach High School, and a spring con- cert in May. Such music as Bohemian Dance and The Great Gate of Kiev were used as competition numbers at the annual spring festival in April, and Highlights from Mame was used at the spring concert. As a result of reduced school atten- dance and budget cuts, the instrumen- tal music department was forced to eliminate one of the stage bands, leav- ing only the more advanced group known as the Jazz Ensemble. With an overabundance of new members, the band, conducted by Gary McJilton, got off to a slow start. But after much hard practice, the band improved im- mensely, and was already performing in November. The Jazz Ensemble played a variety of music, from Big Band style, to jazz, to funk. The year was highlighted when the band com- peted at the annual Orange Coast Jazz Festival in February. Robert Moran and Richard Coles discuss their upcoming performance before the O.C.C Jazz Festival in February. Stage Band Top row: Ron Robinson, Mark Fein- holtz . Brad Timon, Shawn Benham, Todd Thompson. Dave Simonson Bottom row: Julie Bell, Mike Wegrowski, Charles Miller, Todd Mus- cat, Gary Warren, Robert Taub. Keith Houchen, Dave Kory, Jeff Gomes, Richard Jones, Tony Bolstad, Shan Hritz, Eugene Miller. Fred Moran, Richard Coles. 138 Stage Band