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

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Images Images in the female counter part to the all male vocal minority singing group. In the past, Images was thought of as a stepping stone for Shadows. I-Iowever, Images has become so popular with many of the members, several of them choose to remain instead of going on to Shad- ows. They sing a variety of music. Any- where from pop music to classical. The group is very well known at Green Moun- tain and are noted for their excellence. Mr. Meininger is the sponsor of this special girls chorus. To make Images one must go through an audition. Many girls try out but only a select few are chosen. Images are sometimes caught in the Shad- ows of Shadows Iso to speakl. They are Kim Abbott kisses Chris Lenway. often overlooked. There are at least 520 students in music this year. Only approxi- mately 2 V2070 of these students make Images. Also less than 1070 of the com- plete student body are selected for this group. Every year, Images does many con- certs in and outside the school. Every year they also do something special for all the Students by offering them Val-O- Grams for Valentine's Day. Once one makes it. The hard work doesn't stop. There are constant rehears- als and many concerts. It also doesn't come free. They make their own formal dresses. They have to do the work to keep them clean and much, much more. Michelle, Sherry, and Sue review the music. Kim Greeno and Carolyn Jognson prove that practice makes perfect. Images members practice their skit. 96 Images

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Spectrum By far the 'iswingingest' group in the school, Spectrum, the jazz band here at GMHS, is in its twelfth year of entertain- ing, and they've never sounded better. Many of us have heard Spectrum play at pep assemblies, and special events here at school, but few of us know about their outside events. Some of Spectrum's past events in- clude the National Collegiate Jazz Band Festival in Chicago where Green Moun- tain turned out to be the hit of the testi' val. They also went to a college and high school music festival in Honolulu, Hawaii. Every other year, Spectrum tours during spring vacation. Beat it. The drum is resting. Keven Warner pratices his bass. Practice makes perfect. Spectrum 95

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Vocal Minority There is a relatively new performing group at Green Mountain High School. In fact The Vocal Minority is only four years old, but a lot has hap- pened to that group in the last four years. This year was probably the best and the most revealing year in the group's history. The group began as a place where talented male singers, which were too numerous to fit into Shad- ows, could find an outlet to their desire to perform more often than just at the regularly school concerts at which all music groups perform. There is a whole library of music written for male vocals only. These songs go all the way back to the medieval period. Music was primarily written for guys, such as, barber shop quartets, drinking songs and army songs. Vocal minority is an all male vocal group here at Green Mountain. The group includes 45 talented young men and all of them except 14 are doing it for no credit, for the sheer pleasure of being in the group. Vocal Minority is only four years old and already they are very prominate in our community including: nursing homes, South West Plaza, Villa ltalia, colleges, and many neighboring high schools. They even went to Glenwood Springs to do a performance. They try to get their audi- ences involved in their music, they don't want them to just sit and listen. Vocal Minority used to be considered the training grounds for Shadows, but many men have chosen Vocal Minority over Shad- ows. Now that is dedication. Part of the reason Vocal Minority is so well liked is because it provides a way for each member to be an individual. No two costumes are alike. When watching Vocal Minority, however, you are likely to see one of the members dressed in a white dinner jacket, white shirt, black leather tie, flourescent yel- low shorts with black stripes, and to top it off, or bottom it off, knee-high moccasin boots. That is not the typical costume. Only one of the many bizarre costuems one would see at a Vocal Minority perfor- mance. If walking through the halls and you see someone dressed out of the ordinary, as long as it's a male, it's likely that that person is a member of Vocal Minority. Phil Wakham scratches his ear. Todd Bannister makes the grand gesture. Jeff Leinaweaver goes for the low notes. Vocal Minority members test their hearing. Vocal Minority 97