Apollo High School - Olympus Yearbook (Glendale, AZ)

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GROUPS GAINED RECOGNITION Apollo Guitarists: Row 1: Jody Kacura. Michael Pomeroy. William Gehrman. Row 2; Deanne Grizzell. Becky Henson. Eileen Fenner. Eric Wingham. Donald Apodaca. Row 3: Kim Milton. Patricia Staley. Danny Hoagland. Clara Yazzi. Charles Cales. Clint Frain. Row 4: Mr. Stewart. Mark Hess. Mike Gley. Tom Ennis. Robert Herzog. Mark Bitteker. James Golden. Throughout the community including grade schools and other high schools, the Apol- lo Guitar Ensemble per- formed several concerts. In order to raise funds they held a candy sale, a cheese and sausage sale, and a jew- elry sale, but their biggest money maker was the for- tune cookie sale. At the spring banquet, awards were presented to the outstand- ing students for their fine performances. Concert Band: Row 1: Beth Palmquist. Janet Newbury. Kim Korte. Fawnda Brown. Cathy Burrus. Annette Pfeiffer. Row 2: Bill Morse. Linda Rizzo. Kim Machutta. Lori Carpenter. Mike James. Lisa Heyn. Lori Burton. Row 3: Helen Sample. Alice Mendoza. Lori LaBarr. Karen Hunter. Leann Froelich. Jackie Thul. Chris McCord. Mark Boucher. Kevin Horne. Barry Meyers. Row 4: Dan Birch. Bryan Froelich. Sue Grattino. Robert Martin. Dan Moore. Tony Elmore. David Domotor. Ken Lindsey. Mr. Stewart. 18S

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JAZZ CAPTURED HIGH HONORS This year was a very active year for the Jazz Ensemble. They performed many con- certs. including a concert with the Phoenix College Jazz Ensemble. They offered entertainment during the Apollo Open House, and gave a fund raising perfor- mance at a local McDonalds restaurant. Another off cam- pus performance was held in the Velma Teague Park sponsored by the Glendale Parks and Recreation De- partment. A performance at the Thunderbird Graduate School amused the crowd that had gathered there for the balloon races. Many Jazz Ensemble mem- bers were presented with awards of various types for their performances. The year’s finale was a trip to California with a stop at Dis- The Magic sounds of jazz echoed through the halls whenever the Jazz ensemble played at the school neyland and Magic Moun- assemblies. The long hours of practice paid off as the group was generally recognized as one of the tain. finest high school jazz groups in Arizona. Jazz Ensemble: Row 1: Robin Smith. Sonya Rathgeber. Juan Casteneda. Joy Venancio. Lorraine Kisch. Chris Murray. Row 2: Bob Shepard. John Lamb. Greg Yodis. Row 3: Patsy Shannon. Jolynne Berret. Mr. Angalich. Mark Sipes. Rusty Maddox. Eric Prebys. Robert Shindler. Clark Kreuger. Chris McCord.

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VOCAL MUSIC GROUPS PRODUCE Concert Choir. Advanced Choir, and Chorus 1-2 are all important to some of the musically talented students at A.H.S. A student inter- ested in getting into vocal music program has to first take Chorus 1-2. After Chorus 1-2 a student can get into any other program. The director of music at Apollo is Mr. Frey. Mr. Frey is interested in helping talented students improve their vocal abilities for further use. Vocal music, has as a traditional activity sell- ing Santa Grams. The profits go to helping with field trips to an opera and an Audio Re- cording. Another way they try to raise funds is by selling candy. Concert Choir: Row 1; Bonnie Odgcn. Joanna Peskin. Kim Yeley. Carole Wenzl. Cheryl Girone Row 2: Kevin Gallagher. Linda Britain. Kevin Diaz. Rhonda Crabtree. Curtis Strohl. Caroline Morgan. Bob Lucas. Kelly McDonald. Mike Lueders Starting upper left counter-clockwise: Concert choir sings intent- ly while Mr. Frey leads. Bottom left: Missy Perry tries out for the planned Christmas programs. Upper right. Robert Lucas com- ments to Mike Scarbrough about the upcoming events in chorus.