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

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The Air Band At Green Mountain High School, the top concert band at the school is Wind Ensemble. The band is made up of around 50 of the schools top musical students. The class met 3rd hour this year in the band room. As the Wind Ensemble is the top band, you had to tryout in an audition at the end of last year. The audition included items like playing prepared pieces of music and showing your knowledge of different musical styles. It also included doing sight readings, and all the various scales. Besides meeting in class every day most of the students take, outside private lessons. Although this is not required, but it is encouraged. All of this work is working towards the 4-6 concerts the band plays throughout the year. They also have a few concerts outside of school at other schools in the area. This year a big event for the Wind Ensemble was the music marathon. The music marathon, 30 hour ordeal, was a fund raiser for a combined Shadows, Spectrum tour. The general feeling after the marathon was of course exhaustion, but also a feeling of accomplishment. Said sophomore trumpeter Brad Dunkin, The music is cool. I enjoy playing in the Wind Emsemble because it is an honor to be in the group and I like the music and people as well. So if your are looking to have a time in school I suggest you join band and work towards Wind Ensemble. Take it away, Wind Ensemble Wind Ensemble in action. Mitch Smith and Sharie Hess play clarinet. Wind Ensemble takes time to learn. 98 Wind Ensemble

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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

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Concert Choir When registering for a class, most of us thought we were suffering when we went through the mini-arena and computer reg- istration. Concert Choir, however, had to suffer through a different type of registra- tion. Each member of Concert Choir had to audition to make it into the class. The director of Concert Choir was, once again, Mr. Meininger. Shadows and Images, which are also directed by Mr. Meininger, derived from Concert Choir. Both boys and girls participated, but the ratio was less than equal. Concert Choir consists of approximately 20 boys and 50 girls. Although it is a hard class and is very diciplinary, most students enjoy it. It is a good vocal group to learn more about music. It's also a good vocal group to practice your singing voice , and im- proves sight reading. Many people, like me, think that all Concert Choir does is sing during class. However, that is not the case. Each per- son is required to do one critique each quarter. The critiques opionized each choral and special vocal group. Concert Choir was in all-county choir. They were participants with Bear Creek and Columbine. They sing all kinds of music. They sang at Homecoming, and also sang at a Christmas concert. Concert Choir gives a good vocal background and puts structure with vocal music. It is typically the largest choir. Next to Shadows, Concert Choir gives the most performances. Most of the elite Shadows members, are also members of Concert Choir. Concert Choir is by far one of the most talented groups at G.M. Such an array of talent should not be missed by anyone. R2 A one and a two f 4 25.7, 11-if-is- nf - wg, Fa la la la la . Sopranos show them how. But the tenors give them some competition. Lynn Dodge and Sue Cielens sing away. Concert Choir 99