Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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Karen Walker smiles, thinking how well the.concert went. Vocal Minority performs in the auditorium. 'Grandmafs' Singers Throughout the school year there were approximately 20 girls who got out of their mid-afternoon classes about once every one or two months. They left the classroom for about one and one-half hours to sing. This group was Images. lt was the counterpart for Vocal Minority. The girls all wore long blue dresses, and swayed to the music, leav- ing an air of happiness and fun about them. Directed by Steve Meininger, they chor- eographed dances and developed their own unique style. On their afternoons away from the school, they sang at nursing homes, elementary schools, and shopping centers. During the Christmas Season, they also sang at various concerts on the weekends. Besides touring within the neighorhood, they also participat- ed in a tour within the state in different schools and communities. They enjoyed singing because of the positive responses they received. They sang any kind of music, but mostly they enjoyed spunkier songs. Meininger him- self got involved in one song by dressing up as a grandmother and feeding her 'grandchil- dren, sweets and fruits. Images group in clusters for their song. Lisa Danora and Doug Kasel practice a dance in the hallway. Images

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Images smiles for the group picture. Mike Amstein carries a box down the hall for Mr. Meininger. Vocal Minority wears Beach garb in the snow for the group picture. 96 - Vocal Minority Look Up I-Ier Dress? Now starring the all-time favorite, Vocal Mi- nority! Vocal Minority was a bunch of guys who dressed in beach clothes and sang off the wall songs like PDQ Bach, Fruitcake, and others. Because they participate in some sort of tour yearly. generally instate, they sold Coca-Cola at the Bronco games this year as a fund raiser. Vocal Minority's idea of fun wa: to embar- rass girls by singing a song about a couple going out, but before they go out, the father and boyfriend have a conversation about the girl which turns into the song Look Up Her Dress. Last year, they sang it during an assembly and received a tremendous response. Steve Meininger led this band of 'trouble makers.' They performed at older folks' home and many neighborhood schools. Yet during concerts, Meininger did not direct the group. Instead, they sung their hearts out while they also danced and joked about. At the concerts, everyone from Meininger to the audience seemed to enjoy their style of singing. During the Vocal Minorityf Images Christmas Concert they gathered all the small children together and set them on their laps up stage to sing to. Tryouts are held in the spring at the end of the year for the next year.

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Musicians Tuned-Cn When you hear 14 flutes, 11 clarinets, 10 saxaphones, 8 trumpets, 8 percussionists, 5 french horns, 5 trombones, 2 tubas, and 2 bari- tones you have heard the 1982-83 GMHS Sym- phonic Band. The band consisted of 8 fresh- men, 4 juniors, 3 seniors, and the rest of the band is made up of sophomores. The band met every day during 5th hour. The band had its first concert on November 17. After the con- 98 Symphonic Band cert they felt ecstatic and they also felt they had done a good job. Their next concert was on December 14 with Wind Ensemble, which is a tradition. Band director C.J. Shibly said, The band has a lot of potential, and it has the high- est caliber of players it has ever had. lt is also very exciting and can be as good as it wants to be