Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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72153 ff il! JE' , 11 H ORCHESTRA, FRONT ROW: Aram Agbabian, Cheryl Hammel, Libby Meyer, Iris Shen, Molly Hartle, Laura Heidrich. SECOND ROW: Scott Gramlich, Ursula Nerdrum, Andrea Fella, Mr. Hickman, Dhurata Bardha, Jane Ravish. PEP BAND, FRONT ROW: Ann McIntyre, Laura Perry, Alison Haro, Noreen Yazejian. Rick Dustin, SECOND ROW: Muffy Hayes, Mike Schmidt, Bill Bird, Russ Ethington, Doug Denne. THIRD ROW: Eric Troelson, Dave Branstrom, Charles Tittle, Rob Meyer, FOURTH ROW: Simeon Stoddard, Jason Smith, Adam Deck, Cathy Allison, Sean Morse, Paul Garrett. FIFTH ROW: Ted Arnstein. Helen Constan, Lynne Sheren, Keith Laakko, Greg Kohs. P ERFORMANCE 6 1

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0rchestra is synonymous with hard work and practice. . . . it's an experience every musi- cian should have. ' ' I instrumentalists not involved in marching band. This group is known as orchestra, conduct- ed by Mr. Hickman. The orchestra is made up strictly of string instruments. They play three major concerts a yearg an open house, a winter and a spring concert. They also perform for the elementary schools in the area to promote interest in the younger players. Orchestra concentrates its rehearsal time preparing for the three major concerts and for the Solo and Ensemble Festival held early in the spring. At the festival Seaholm ING students play solos, duets, and trios, for a rating between one and five. The groups are judged by a panel of experts and a score of ones all the way across the boards is the ultimate goal of every par- ticipant. Violinist Aram Agababian says of Festival, I've been going to Solo and Ensemble for four years and I think it's an experience every musician should have.l'O DHURATA BARDHA MEETS fourth hour each day with conductor Mr. Hickman and the rest of orchestra in room G0O8. CHALLENGES FOR CHAIR POSI- TION and Solo and Ensemble Festival help give violinist Aram Agababian the competitive edge. NEW TO SEAHOLM, symphony and concert bands conductor, Mr. Course, leads his first holiday concert in Wagner Auditorium. 60 PERFORMANCE

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Seaholm lS FORENSICS STUDENTS Eric Dick- son, Tom Fiscella, and Bill Bird present a dramatic reading during sixth hour class. HOPING HE HASN'T stuck a notecard in the wrong place, debater Craig Ciccone searches for a winning W 9 point. S .JW ff .f , f . gg e ' 2 .. M? . H V' ' ,,,, ' .5 -Egg, in 3 HERE'S N0 DEBATE Seaholm is one of four schools in the state which is one of four schools in the state which is consistently outstanding in debate and forensics. 62 DEBATE FORENSICS consistently outstanding in debate and forensics,'l Mr. Klemme says, having the right to be proud of the two teams that he heads. The students in debate and forensics also are proud of their coach, for as Varsity debater David Fish- man puts it, Without Mr. Klemme, we would not have a debate team. Mr. Klemme, he went on to say, puts a great amount of time, energy, and effort into making Seaholm's two teams some of the finest in the state. Seaholm has won a total of about 500 awards under Mr. Klemme's guidance. This year, the twenty-six member debate team placed 9th in Varsity State Finals, and 5th in Novice State Finals, under this year's topic, the criminal justice system. Forensics is, like debate, a class working on one's speak- ing structure and skills, but in a different area. Forensics students concentrate on more subjective aspects. The two areas of speaking in Forensic competition are public address, which includes oratory, infor- mative, impromtu, and extem- poraneous, and interpretation, which may be serious, drama- tic, humorous, duo, multiple, radio, or storytelling. This year, Seaholm forensics is honored by the selection of senior Dave Fishman to repre- sent Michigan in the National Speech Tournament in San Antonio this June! 4 Paul Donn MIKE KIPTYK UNLEASI-IES string of persuasive, eloquen words on an unsuspectin debate class. KRISTEN RONEY AND Wend Katz work together on makin Seaho1m's forensics team on of the best in the state.