Bellingham High School - Shuksan Yearbook (Bellingham, WA)

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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

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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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The Jazz Ensemble Showed Great Spirit The Jazz Ensemble performed at the Fall and Spring Concerts with their first time premier appearance at the Christmas assembly. They also accompanied the Symphonic Band on a spring tour to Eastern Washington. Other appearances included several schools, service clubs, and the Poulsbo jazz festival. Front Row: Simon Clayton, Lee McKinnon, Kathy Jacobson, Maria Orloff, Dan Vopnford, Della Slocomb, Bobbi Storms, and Kevin Porter. Row 2: Willie Bodger, Brian Vallejos, and Randy Storms. Row 3: Randy Carr, Brian Storms, and Kevin Hunter. 1: Brian Vallejos was one of the important players in the Jazz Ensemble. 2: New to the Jazz Ensemble, Freshman Kevin Hunter showed good talent. 3: An excellent drummer, Lee McKinnon thought about his next gig. 4: Simon Clayton, a new student from Australia, played the electric guitar. 5: As a trombone player, Randy Storms enjoyed his early morning class. 6: As the director of the Jazz Ensemble, Mr. Patterson was proud of the group.