McMinnville High School - McMinnvillan Yearbook (McMinnville, OR)

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✓ 9. Concert Choir Christmas Concert Features Many Soloists Turning toward each other, Twilighters sing Put the Yule Log on. T he McMinnville Choral Department presented the annual Christmas concert as a combined effort of the Concert Choir, Twilighters and Free Spirit at the First Baptist Church. Special guest performers at the concert included Dave Patton, Dave Price and a bell choir. Patton and Price performed an original composition using synthesizer, piano and guitar. Enthusiastic applause registered the audience’s enjoyment of the number. The bell choir, composed of local residents, displayed their skill in the grand finale. All choirs joined with the bell ringers in The Christmas Suite. Three sophomores - Brian Elston, Toni Schiavone and Sheila Roberts —were among the many soloists. Toni and Sheila were accompanied by the choir in The Jesus Gift, while Brian sang a solo in Three Wisemen. Accompanied by the Twilighters, Melissa Royer sang An Old Fashioned Christmas. Above: Orchestra member. Paul van Dyk, accompanies Christmas concert vocalists. Left: Standing on the altar steps, the Concert Choir performs a medley of Christmas carols. 23

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Concert Choir: Front Row Director Doug Anderson. Stephanie Sanchez. Colleen Hermans. Cheryl Parks. BJ Longfellow. Tina Winbolt. Martha Worth ley. Cindy Stead. Kelly Silva. Betsy Turpeinen, Marcy Hamby. Second Row Patty Nichols, Sheila Roberts. Vicki Hensley. Brian Elston. Carl Mueller. Jason Hafner. Lori Hantze. Susie Eder. Colleen Woods. Patrice Boundy, Jane Seely, Joan Bernards. Michelle Miller, Angie Gibson. Third Row — Marianne McDonald. Wendy Youngberg, Rena Williamson, Hilary Hafner. Jeff Struxness, Jeff Hill. Kim Kinion, Jon Sherwood, Rick Robertson, Steve Laughlin, Leslie Thompson, Julie Schaffner, Kathy Grimm, Traci Bynum. Kathy Gudeman. Fourth Row — Melissa Royer, Kathy Schaffner. Diane Johnson. Toni Schiavone, Craig Shumate. Mike Barnes. Tom Blensley, Robbie Leathers. Ken Scofield. Charlie Sitton, Mike Smith. Richard Gunderson. Craig Bresee. Vernon Lilja. Desiree Kolouch, Stacy Halsey. Martha Deforest, Sandy Adams. Marilyn Engle. 22

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10. Winter Band Concert Bands Perform Classics, Marches, Pops, and Jazz he three Mac High bands entertained adults and students with a wide variety of music at the Winter Band Concert, held in the gymnasium. The program included classics, marches, pop, and jazz directed by Kevin McGillivray, MHS alum in his first year on the faculty. First on the program was the Concert Band with the Sousa march. The Fairest of Fair. The 74 musicians, also performed some less traditional, modern numbers, such as Chorale and Shaker Dance. Next on the program was the MHS Stage Band, one of the school’s two jazz bands. Composed of mostly sophomores and juniors, the band performed after many months of practice on the “basics” of big band jazz, as well as experience garnered at three jazz festivals. The group played several Count Basie style arrangements, including Tuxedo Junction and That Old Black Magic. The Mac High Jazz Ensemble closed the program with several exciting jazz tunes. Senior soloists for one number, Fast Forward, included Kevin Woods on the alto saxaphone, Rick Sampson on the trombone, and Curt Hawk on the guitar. 78 Trombonist Rick Sampson stands for solo with Jazz Ensemble. 24