Fairmont West High School - Dragon Yearbook (Kettering, OH)

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Cold weather plays havoc with concert Symphonic band presented their winter concert on a Tuesday evening in lVlarch. The winter concert should have originally taken place on Febru- ary 6, but the energy crisis closed the school for two weeks in February and canceled the concert. For their guest artist at this pro- gram, the band presented a French horn soloist Richard Chenoweth. He serves as horn instructor at Witten- berg University and also plays in the Santa Fe Opera, Dayton Philharmonic and the Srpingfield Symphony. In addition to the guest artist at the winter program, the band featured a narrator, Ken Honeyman from WHIO- FM. The symphonic band also pre- sented two other concerts. At the spring concert the band presented a student artist as its attraction. Fairmont West stage band the Continentals performed at the win- ter and the spring concerts. They played a wide variety of jazz, senti- mental and popular music. Also, the energy crisis played havoc with the annual spaghetti dinner held by parents of the band and Rhythm- ettes. The dinner should have taken place on February 12, but again the school's closing postponed it. Finally, the dinner took place on March 26, in the Fairmont West cafe- teria. The Continental's performed their rock and jazz selections to a crowd of approximately 300. As a fund-raising project, the band and Rhythmette Parent Association sold mugs at the spaghetti dinner and in the cafeteria during the lunch hour. On one side of the mug appeared a picture of the school and on the oth- er side, the school's crest. Stage band member Julie Bettis remarked, Stage band takes time and hard work, but I think every mem- ber would agree that it's worth it. And with Nlr. Haines as director, we can't help but learn. He's definitely the genius behind the Continentals. 86 Concert Band Q-1 1 'ln1l-UIQ! af 'Z ,? , Q , s it Q J, t ? 3 'f i Trumpet players, Dave Grant, Carolee Tay- lor, Eric Schneider, Alan Cross, Dave Moore and Steve Bieranowski perform to the song Cookin ' at the winter concert.

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Crisis plays primary key in schedule Orchestra last year last year had 90 pieces: strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion. The year's schedule con- isted of Winter concert February 13. Due to the energy crisis, the Spring concert May 22 had to be cancelled, to fit the year's calendar, said Don Detrick, orchestra conductor. Twice the past year the orchestra performed concerts for local fifth and sixth grade students. Christmas festi- vities culminated in a concert at the Winters' Bank tower. Commence- ment at UD Arena closed the concert season for the year. The repertoire of the orchestra has diverse selections ranging from classi- cal to popular, commented Leanne Kleinman. We played anything from Shubert's symphony to 'Sounds of the Carpenters', commented French horn player Jeff Schelling. Many outstanding musicians made up the orchestra, some special groups. The student quartet which played at various events consisted of Judy Bow- man, Kitty House, Terri Potter and senior Ed Hardt. Chamber orchestra with 24 peo- ple played a special performance at Sinclair College. Many orchestra mem- bers participated in the Dayton Junior Philharmonic training orchestra. Julie Kemp made All-State orches- tra harp player. Judy Bowman, Kitty House, Mark Laufersweiler, Dawn Paine, Julie Kemp and Jim Herbeck made All-Ohio State Fair Youth or- chestra for the summer. Viola, violin and cello players perform url der Donald Detrick's direction. f' French horn, clarinet and trumpet players rehearse after school for Hello Dolly. if v I 1 if , 1 1

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Mr. Haines rehearses the band during sixth period for the pop concert. Trombonist, Dean Nielson performs his jazz- style music at the spring concert. W Band members perform a variety of tunes at the winter concert. Front row: Laura Shaw, Jim Weyrauch, Beth Miles, Patty Stabler, Doug Knee, Kev- in Lindsey, Betsy McWhirt, Linda Myers, Cindy Bowden, Jan Schelling, Carol Von Gruenigan, Lynn Bohachek, Lisa Muehl- stein. Row 2: Lynn Root, Debbie Single- ton, Barb Madden, Susan Justus, John Wey- rauch, Tina Griffith, Dean Nielson, Bob Sur- iano, Bill Abrams, Lauri Burshtan, Cindy Niekamp, Jeff Schelling, Nancy Wright, Vicky Jakes, Jill Lewis, Kathy Harshbarger, Andrea McQueen, Margo Johnson, Beth Gra- ham, Phyllis Payne, Suzie Ferdelman. Row 3: Janice Weitthoff, Alex Cudkowicz, Amy Dickenson, Elizabeth Federspiel, Mark Bog- ner, John Caron, Greg Weinberg, Tom Reich- ert, Patrick Eveslage, Kevin Beechey, Dan Schneider, John Knight, Terry Moore, Ron Dopf, Mark Brownfield, Randy Morton, Steve Bieranowski, Dave Moore, John Sch- elmmer, Eric Schneider, Carolee Taylor, Jeff Ankeney, Wes Leibrook, Kevin Sartin, Dave Greiman, Jim Dolan, Ed Patrick, Julie Bettis. Back row: Brady Harding, Drew Rohr, Mike Bailey, Terry Harney, Teresa Sturgill, Dennis Ball, Mike Brownfield, Scott Brown, John Smith, Tom Blackford, Stan Glander, Tim Korsei, John Ginter, David Allen, Roger McGready, Paul Johnston, Mark Tron, Kent Dybvig, Jim Gordon, Steve Driscoll, Jim Rogers, Dan Brownfield, Dave Grant, Al Cross, Cindy Mason, Jim Locker, Chuck Docken, Ann Rismiller, Alison Fel- lows, Terry Reichert, Perry Hays, John Meuser, Brad Middlebrooks, Jerry Hulshult and Dave Sharpe. Concert Band 87