Grants Pass High School - Toka Yearbook (Grants Pass, OR)

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Rita Charleboix Kelly Christian Lisa Christie Patricia Colson Brad Connolly Dianna Coolidge David Corbell Melinda Crisel Ken Crittenden Tracy Crownover Bruce Coutant Antoinette Darrow Jordana Daughtry Kelley Davies Tami Davis SENIORS-1983- SENIORS-1983-SENIORS-1983-SENIORS-1983-SENIORS-1983 Claudia DeBrunner Ruth Denson Cori Douglas Amanda Duncan Jill Dunham Julie Dunne Kim Elsasser Martin Fenner Filbert Fimbres Trisha Fitch Donald Flaming Steven Flores Eric Fogelquist Marvin Fox Kenneth Frank Lonnie Fuller Nancy Gage Cindy Galante Geno Gates Shammi Gibson 20 Seniors

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Eric Anderson Krista Anderson Gera Armstrong Arlean Axtell Lawana Ayling Richard Bair Licia Banks Rena Barnes Susan Benetti Heather Bennett Joanne Berg Dave Berry Travis Biglow Alyce Blandin Deon Bloemendaal SENIORS-1983-SENIORS-1983-SENIORS-1983-SENIORS-1983- SENIORS-1983 Hilary Brown Dana Browns Adam Brubaker Denise Bueoy Kenneth Burden Phillip Burel Tod Burrows Dorey Burton Lynn Byrns Vonna Cain Caren Carpenter Nicole Carr Lynne Casey Darlene Cassity Benay Chankin Seniors 19 Darrell Boykin John Brazille Ronald Breuninger Joseph Britt Bonnie Brown

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Senior Fiddles With Success Among the talented students at G.P.H.S. is senior Heather Bennett who has been playing the fiddle for seven years and has won numerous awards. Heather started playing the fiddle when she was ten, following four years of playing the violin. The style and technique of the fiddle is different from the violin. The type of songs played with a fiddle are faster and shorter than those with a violin. Heather had always been fascinated with the violin, and when she saw a fiddle contest at the age of nine, she decided to learn how to play. Soon after that she started playing in contests. Heather says, “I like it because it’s a challenge. Like at a contest, I like getting up there and competing. I’m really competing against myself instead of the other people, because I’m showing how well I can do.” She has been to many states because of her fiddle-playing talent. Among them are Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. She has taken top honors in the Nevada, California, and Oregon state championships. She also has won fourth place honors at the National Junior Championship. Heather says she will keep playing the fiddle and she may go professional for a year but she says there’s really no money in a fiddle career. “I don’t think I’ll ever quit because it’s a part of me.” SENIORS-1983-SE Tamara Gibson Alex Gray David Groves Cynthia Hageman Cheryl Haines Alice Hamm Dawn Hannum Larry Harper Crystal Havniear Alan Hays David Healey James Henderson James Hill David Hobbs Robert Holbrook Seniors 21