Bellingham High School - Shuksan Yearbook (Bellingham, WA)

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Chamber Performed a Variety of Concerts Bellingham High School's 1983 Chamber Orchestra had a fun and challenging year. The group, which was made up of fourteen students, performed for various community, church, and school events. Their first performance took place at the Leopold Inn for a banquet by Bellingham's Chamber of Commerce. They even played for a wedding reception at the Bellingham Country Club! Their repertoire included a variety of music from popular Broadway shows like ‘Oklahoma’ ‘‘South Pacific’’ to classical music such as the “‘Braudenburg Concerto 6,’’, which featured Tracy Pinnell and Jens Voss as viola soloists. During the course of the year, the Chamber violins were featured as soloists in a ‘Telemann Concerto”’ as well as on ‘‘Vivaldi’s A-minor Con- Centon Front Row: Kirk Holz, Tami Grunhurd, Tracy Pinnell, Kami Smith, Karen Copland, and Elizabeth Pitsch. Row 2: Mr. Schlichting, Greg Gilda, Kim McGlenn, Sumu Chen, David Fallis, Jens Voss, Keith Schermerhorn, and Midge Blair. Missing: Sonja Luitweiler. 1: Enthusiastic for a performance to begin was Kim McGlenn, Kirk Holtz, Karen Copland and Tami Grunhurd. 2: Midge Blair, Liz Pitsch, Keith Scher- merhorn and Greg Gilda took a break to listen closely. Chamber Orchestra 23

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Rookies and Veterans Became Friends in Swing This year’s Swing Choir acquired many new students and only a few veterans. The members were chosen on the criteria of individual personality, blend, and showman- ship. Swing Choir practiced every morning before school at 7 a.m; therefore everyone got to know each other quite well and quickly became friends. Their performances amounted to thirty to fifty-five performances a year. They performed for the Elks Club, churches, Country Club, Sen- ior Activity Center at Christmas, and for retired teachers. Some of their performan ces consisted of songs like “Broadway,”’ ‘‘Hello Dolly’’, Camelot’, ‘‘Kiss Me Kate”, “Chorus Line’, and ‘‘Tommorrow’”’. After spending that much time together, the students all became good friends and worked well together as a team. Front Row: Pete Hovenier, Cora Northey, Lori McMurry, and Jim Haw- kins. Row 2: Eric Melland, Heidi Runestrand, Heather Geer, Kari Grant, Melanie Deaton, and Ray Peterson. Row 3: Tim Dickerson, Jill Iles, Pam Deer, Kim Cochrane, Dana Anderson, Lori Robinson, and Dean Fenton. Row 4: Tom Roe, Lianne Gray, Tim Dvorachek, Scott Hansen, Ed Nowa- kowski, Hans Weiss, Jane Wheeler, and Vince Hammer. 1: Mr. Sliger sang along with Jane Wheeler, Lianne Gray, Heather Geer, and Melanie Deaton. 2: Ray Peterson, Vince Hammer, Eric Melland, Tom Roe, and Dean Fenton prepared for the concert. 22 Swing Choir

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1: Carefully looking at his music, Randy Carr played with a beautiful sound. 2: Kevin Porter listened intently to Mr. Patterson's instructions. 3: Willie Bodger skillfully played a B-flat chromatic scale. 24 Jazz Ensemble