Coquille High School - Laurel Yearbook (Coquille, OR)

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A. The choir sings in unison white Mr. Dorsett directs. B. The crowd listens quietly while acconpianist Natalie Conaway plays and Megan Danielson flips the pages. C. The choir has a good tine while singing along. D. Practicing a song for their next concert are Brenda Irwin, Canny Altree, Ann Gran, Steve Kilmer and, in the background, Michelle Shields, Margie Cooper, Jodi Brugh and Dena Brugh. E. Rehearsing for the concert are soloists Alecia Latin, Dick Herold and Kim Brook. iO Choir concerns Page editor: Mark Myhrvold

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B nd concert prove -to h«.vee tremendous p i i a 1 i -t y The bend students put en exceptional amount of effort into their concerts, marching, and their other activities. There were more students in the class this year than last year which gave the band a larger horn section. The class officers included president Duane Stateler, vice president Sheldon Bowen, secretary Jenny Haldiman, treasurer Tammy Burkett, and librarian Bill Reiman. These officers made decisions for the band members and presented those decisions to the class for the final voting. They also helped the new members become adjusted and they made announcements to the class. The librarian sorted the band materials for the class members. The marching band played for sports activities and various parades. The parades included the band day at Oregon State University where the band again placed first, a feat that is just about a Coquille band tradition. Other parades were the Cranberry festival in Bandon, the Centennial events, and Coquille's Gay 90's parade. The Centennial events were in celebration of the one-hundred-year birthday of the city of Coquille. The other activites played in were for competitions. The concerts held throughout the year were the Christmas, spring, review of bands, and the band festival which was held in Reedsport. Brenda Irwin, a senior, said, The Christmas concert was the most enjoyable one for me because we performed with the choir on several pieces. The most exciting event of the year was the Canada trip. The students spent a week in Canada marching and competing with other bands. Samm Christoferson, a junior, replied, I went two years ago and this year was just as much fun. The band also had fund raisers to help with the expenses of the Canada trip. They sold cookies, candy, and notebooks. The most important money maker was the Devilrieties which covered most of the expenses. These pages sponsored by A W Drive In Restaurant Barrow Drug Band concer-ts 9

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Choir brings oui musical sounds during concerns Choir concerts war full of fun and excitement. The students in choir worked very hard to try to sound as good as they could. This took many hours of practice and dedication on the part of the vocalists. Choir had a good turn out. Mr. Dorsett trained the students to listen in order to make them sound good. All year they tried to reach the sound that was expected of them by the audience and the instructor. The first concert was a good success overall. It was held in the band room and there was standing room only. The best of the concerts was the Christmas concert which had the band there also. It was a typical Christmas concert with all the songs filled with spirit. Brenda Irwin said( “It was nice to see so many faces in the crowd and it made us more confident when we sang. Another thing that the crowd enjoyed was the soloists. Some of the people who sang solos were Kim Brook« Alecia Latint Grant Wartnik, Dick Herald and Duane Stateler. Another aspect of choir was honor choir which had a few events throughout the season. The people who represented the honor choir were extremely good at what they did and had great voices. They participated in activities such as the honor band and honor choir concert held at Marshfield High School. These pages sponsored by Bill DeBoard, Contractor Bonney's Rex all Drug