Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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NINTH GRADE Music is the life to live Music is the love of life When you get home what is the first thing you do? Okay what ' s the second thing you do after raiding the refrigerator? For many it ' s the same thing, go into your room, close the door behind you, and turn on your radio. This daily ritual not only helps us to unwind, it also helps us forget the bad parts of our day and highlight the good parts. Strike up the band — Mike Devine and Adam Have, with Paul Eicheverry. as- pire to become a popular band, but it all starts out with learning to play the guitar. The electric guitar probably forms the entire make-up of the band. Slash! — The guitar is probably the most diffi cult instrument to learn and play — it was a great experience for me to actually play in a band and exper- ience the thrill of playing in an actual band. said Michael Devine. I. Everyone has their own fa- vorite band and whether it be the most popular one or the one that is the less heard of we all depend on them as a means of relaxation. When I am in a bad mood after school I usually get home and blast my radio. I play any station that has dance music, that usually cheers me right up, Charles Boyle said. Although dance music does seem to be the latest fad groups with subtle, more intellectual lyrics do seem to be rising in popularity. My favorite band is U2. They have lyrics which I can Christine Senio Jessica Shaffer Sennetta Shamburger Jaquiline Shapiro Mitchell Shenkin Amir Shlesinger Kimberly Shore Nathan Sobol Gabriel Goldatenko Leigh Spusta Lakisha Stokes Brian Student Bryan Sweet Marwan Sweis Maria Talavera Shawn Tanawitz Je ' Von Taylor Toshi Taylor Adam Tenn Dannetta Thomas Leslie Tioseco Byron Tonloy Danny Traylor Frank Uribe understand and relate to, and besides that the drummer Larry Mullen is a babe, Alicia Wartes said. It is these types of groups that offer 9th graders of today music that you can both dance to and really listen to. They provide lyrics which are insightful. To- days bands can either be loud and obnoxious or gentle and quiet. My favorite band is Oingo Boingo, their music gets me into a certain mood, it helps me for- get all of the stress I ' m under, Larry Regan said. I love listening to rap mostly because I can really get into all of their lyrics, it lifts me up, Michael Prince said. The music for these freshmen varies but basically they just en- joy turning it up and either dancing or singing along. So whether it be KPWR or KROQ these ninth graders listen to it all and seem to enjoy the best of both worlds just the same. I enjoy all kinds of music, it varies on what kind of mood I ' m in, it depends, one time it may be Agent Orange, or if I ' m in a good mood I will play my favor- ite band. Fishbone, said Heather Bergen. By Wendy Hernandez I SSSSZ- % 130 Ninth grade Faces

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How do you feel about finally at- tending the night dances? I think it was fun be- ing able to go to the night dances and I plan to go to many more, Shannon Alexander said. It was cool because the dances were really alive. I really enjoyed go- ing, they were really fun, Sherrye Wallace. ' Tm really excited that I ' m able to attend the night dances. I feel that it ' s a privilege to be able to go, Amy Goldring said. Craig Orenstein Marie Pacheco Cesar Padilla Hye Park Shanti Parsad Kieanitria Paschal Victor Payes David Pegelow Daniel Peralta Jennifer Peralta Theresa Pinhey Tanisha Pough Michael Prince Jose Quintanilla Timothy Quiroz Aleyda Ramos Logan Ray Lawrence Regan Carlos Revelo Yvonne Reynoso Luis Rodriguez Miguel Rodriguez Guillermo Rosales Danny Rosenthal Beverly Ross Angela Salcedo Jorge Santiago Jessica Saravia Jennifer Saltzman Jason Schneider Sharon Schneider Amanda Schwartz Ninth grade Faces 129

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When you ' re alone at home what do you listen to? I have a lot of differ- ent things that I listen to so it ' s hard to pick just one, but if I had to choose it would be all KPWR music, it has a certain beat that I can really get into, I love to dance to it and it helps me to relax when I ' m uptight and wound up, I just dance my troubles away, to the mu- sic ' s beat, Toshi Taylor said. Paul Varda Julio Vasquez Katrina Vasquez Monica Villalobos Karwon Villery Da Ron Vincon Sherrye Wallace Alicia Wartes Rachel Watson Desiree Wayne L, 1 Christina Wells M- v 1 Robert Whetzel 4 A Craig Wilcox Lita Wilke Dawn Williams Dawn R. Williams T- - 4 Felipe Wilson Ronald Yakerson Dameyion Young Ninth grade Faces 131