Dana Hills High School - Mast Yearbook (Dana Point, CA)

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.oise, self-confidence, c( fiiW ' .iihT?Ti ' iriT»-«iiTiaiiT r»Ti»i;;v iai. ' t« ' within a week, he really means it. After a year of practice !r), his students are often able to perform solos at the annual dinner show, a ie of talent in which students perform the songs of their choice. Says Woods, on the benefits of choir, Music theory training is an excellent form of logic ig and ear training skills which aid the development of mentals skills such m concentration, focus, and memorj j-shower sopranos and behjnd-the-wheel basses have the option of learning to sing in either Madrigals or Jazz Choir. Madrigals, which specializes in more traditional works, performed works by Mozart, Bach, and other composers. 1 est production of the year for them was Amahl and the Night Visitors, a finB ■fever opera which ran for three nights and drew throngs of interested crowds. K Choir drew participants who were more into swing and bee-bop. They kept Rappearing at the Ritz-Carlton and Disneyland and competing in the FuUerton and Cuesta College Jazz Festivals. mistmas, they caroled in and around the community, and they taped a one- jingle for KDOC Channel 56 in Anaheim. Pierre Agamata, bass, enjoys Jazz ir thoroughly; he said, It ' s really fun for me to sing songs by the Manhatten Transfer — it ' s neat to sound just like they do on records. ffoTh which began in 1984 and continued in 1986 was the trip to the World ' s th vacations, the first to New Orleans and the second to Vancouver, were so sir that Mr. Woods hopes to take his choir to Expo ' 88 in . . . Australia! The 1 annual dinner show, which took place on June 9th, was the first step in t long process of fund-raising for the activM t. ««««5:l, ' ' At the Round Earth, Imagined and Christine Horn carry through a spring concert practice session. MADRIGALS-(Sront) T. Meyn, P. Arce: - le) J. Gable, K. Verdon. L. West, D. er, T, Fisher, K. McCann; (back) R. • k, K, Horn, A. Dull. T. Barak, ro, M. Vi ' lezien, C. Ratcliffe, P. p Agamata. J. Klingsick. %ZZ CHOIR({ront) H. Amelotie, L. li, B. Hoopes, L. Woods, E. Price.A irano, T. Jensen, E. Larson, K. Larsoi foods, E. Horion, M. SavincUi; (back) icr, man, P. Arce, M. Thompson, T. Meyn, A. lichi, P. Agamata, D. Ellison, S. DouU, A. s, T. Varney, T. Harris, L. Williamson, A. i Guzman, G. Wilkerson, K. Coutts.

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' ,■4 finally comes together, it is definitely Whether composed by Beethove glance the music is all the same: just notes on a It is not until months of work and critiquing are finished that musicians are able to create music o, this chaos. A composition reaches the point of perfection when, not only the instrument, by the musician ' s soul becomes a part of the music. This what the Dana Hills orchestra strives to accompli; The All-Southern California ranked orchestra hacf busy, rehearsal and concert-filled year. Peddling i cups, and stuffed dolphins at school games, the 4; member group, under the leadership of President , Barbara Stransky, Vice President Rob Feldman, I Secretary Hans Brightbill, and Treasurer Nicole ■ Vollmer, raised funds in a concerted effort to ti tour of San Francisco in May. Of the benefits that come from being in orchestra! Stransky commented, It expands education from academics to music so that students can appreciati classical and baroque music. The difference between a piece of music when it first played and the final product, after a series ol practices and critiques by college music conducto was phenomenal. The orchestra competed at seve competitions second semester and fared well. -k.l. d.b. 1. Sophomore Erin Gravlin is dres for her parr as a medieval musi( the Renaissance Faire. 2. ORCHESTRA(hoM) K. Lewis, Weiers, M. Howard, J. Cheng, t Bolton; (second row) G. Bernel Lit , H. Meyn, K. McDowell, K, Brackney, B. Stransky, M. Andei T. Shultz, H. Brightbill; (third t K. Bolton. R. Snyder, T. Walsh, Simpson, J. Waters, T. Kuykend) Bolton, A. Miller. T. Dowsett; ( row) M. Onega, M. Dricssen, J; Blakely, N. Vollmer, E. Gravlin, Clarke. M. Eaton, R. Rhodes, M KJingbeil; (back) S. Ball ? Orchestra 9

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4. Tina Jensen rides on a bus with the rest choir eo route to Expo ' 86 in Vancouve ' 5. Seniors Julie Deleo, Emily Price, Lisa : Altamirano. and Dana Ellison all sang i : ' for four years. 6. The choir takes a break as Till Meyn, I %: Al tamirano, Emily Price, and Burt Hoof form the Manhatten Transfer ' s Java ancouver marketplace. j Choir 99