Los Gatos High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Los Gatos, CA)

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Concert Sparks Christmas Cheer It was more upbeat . . . h WedheSday, December 12, 1984, at 8:00 p.h'i. ih the PrehtiSS BrOWh AUditOriLIh'i, the LOS Gatos High SChOOl'S COhCert Choir and Jazz PUrr dazzled the COh1h'iUhity with a garland of bright ahd jolly ChriStmaS SOhgS pefittihg a Yuletide Celepratiph. About 200 people attehded the gala occasion. Uhder the d.ireCtiOh of NlrS. Diaha PleaSaht, pOth the COhCert ChOir ahd the Jazz Purr Speht about two h'lOhthS of their ClaSS time praCtiCihg for the special ChriStrhaS pel fOrmahCe. NOt only the ChOirS praCtiCed, pUt alSO JOhh Baker, who played the drUrhS, Robert Bihetti, who played the paSS, and Will Kropp ahd Wally Purcell, who were the aCCOh'1pahiStS. EVeh DaVe Behher, the sound ehgiheer, helped out with the show bv pei feCtihg the aUdipility. The evening pegah with the COhCert Choir, harrhOhiZihg to the SOhg, The Holly ahd the Ivy. They COhtihUed to impress the aUdiehCe with their sweet-sounding voices Oh three rhOre ehiOyaple tUheS, which ihClLided l Be- lieve, The BellS, ahd Silver BeIls. FOliOWihg Silver Bells, the treble ehSeh'iple, Ahhe Burke, Lara HaWthOrhe, Julie Ahh Lira, lVlarCy NlOhdt, Julie ROSe, Sylvia Werner, ahd NliShel Zafrah, charmed eVeryOhe with the jolly tUhe Sleigh Bells. Theh the duo Ahhe BUrKe ahd Dah Dermer eSpeCially captivated the liSteherS as they diSpiayed their eXCeptiOhal taleht ih Sihgihg to Pihe COheS ahd Holly BerrieS. Wheh the Jazz PUrr appeared Oh stage, that rheaht the I'helOdiC evening WaS apOLlt to ehd. Nonethe- leSS, they too preSehted superior taleht, Sihgihg h'iOre upbeat ChriSth'iaS numbers. Their SOhgS ihClUded .iihgle B8llS, The First NoeI, ahd What Child is ThiS in ah arrahgerheht ehtitled Three GlirhpSeS of ChriStrhaS. Happy Holidays, ahd White ChriSth1aS were SUhg ih ah arrahgerheht ehtitled lrVihg Berlih ChriSth'iaS. COrh- rhehted ArjUh Chatterjee, My favorite SOhg WaS 'Happy Holidays' because it WaS rhOre upbeat thah the other tUheS. AS the joyous ehtertaihrheht Carhe to a close the aUdiehCe WaS asked to strike the harp ahd iOih the chor- US to JOy to the WOrld and Deck the HallS, Creatihg a SparK of high spirits and a tWihKle ih the aUdiehCe'S eye as eVeryOhe shared their good will by Sihgihg tOgether. TrUly the COhCert WaS a festive rhUSiCal tripllte to the h'lOSt glorious SeaSOh of the year. After the peFfOrrhahCe mahy people left with a thought of SOOh it will be Christ- rhaS Day. H Activities BELOW: Dah Dermer and Anne Burke perfOrrh Pihe COheS and HOlly BerrieS. if ABOVE: Sahta'S elves sing Sleigh BelIS. ,,,, ,.f.f'i'i ERR.. C ABOVE: Raul Lovlos ahd Marcy iVlOhdt harh'1OhiZe to the sounds of the Jazz Purr. 1

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i lAllVSOn CarVen realizes that she 'dOeSn't have rnuCh,tiI'ne left to sort Outand OrganlZe the restofthe can- dy canes bv midnight. BELOW: Scott Green sends Chl'iSt- rnaS greetings to friends through candy cane grafnS. CENTER: Liz KOSiCh sorts thi'OUQh the piles of CandV cane grarnS to put them into SOrne form of organization. Candy Canes Send Holiday Wishes 'ga bf. I ,,,,.,......,...t., v H ij n d . The school E A n i, I Q ,st should do this gf' , fi ,. more often. ' I n homeroom on Wednes- R ,Q 4 27 1 FOUI' thousand pounds of food make a SUCCeSSful holiday food drive. AI Simon collects a bag of food form junior Mark Albright. .. c3- 'K 3, ' candy canes Were again 4 g W distributed bv Girls' League. FOr a Week and a half prior to December 19, GirlS' League rnen'lDerS sold Candy canes in the main hall during lunch. Then on the evening of the 18th, many ofthe Girls' League h'len'lDerS inet in room 91to sortand punch holes in aDDrOXirnatelV two thousand mes- sages that were to be attached to the Candy CaneS. Shifts of League n Ien'lDerS relieVed one another form the te- ciious job of organizing the large number of n'leSSageS to be tied. The entire aSSeh iDlihg process tookfrom 3 D.l'n. till midnight. The profits that Were raised went tOWard scholarships fOr senior glrlS. Suzanne TOOn'IDS summed uD the Girls' League'S feeling in the Sirnhle statement, l think the school should do thiS n'1Ore often. Food Drive Ends in Success 4,000 pounds of food was collected tudents Carrie to SChOOl the week before ChriStn'laS vacation bringing canned and nOn-DeriShaDle food for the food drive. This WaS the l'nOSt successful food drive in the l'liStOI'V of Los Gatos High. ltS purpose WaS to help those in need during the holiday SeaSOn. The food WaS given to the Santa Clara COuntV Food Bank which donated it tO senior citizens and 400 organiza- tions sewing the low income community. The students most reSDOnSiDle for the SuCCeSS of the food drive Were seniors Aaron Reed and AndreaS .ludaS. Their Dart involved Sending Out flyers, contacting faculty members, and thinking up a Dl lZe for the ClaSS that DrOught in the rnOSt food. The class that WOn the contest WaS a freShrnan world hiStOrV class taught by lVlrS. Pleasant. They DrOught in about 7.1 DOundS of food per person, and for their efforts they got out of a first period and were served doughnuts and hOt ChOCOiate. Nearly 4,000 DOuhdS of food WaS collected because of the incredible Student and teacher DartiCiDatiOh, COl'n- mented senior AarOn Reed. f day, December 19, 1984, Activities X 33