Morro Bay High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Morro Bay, CA)

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Stage Groups Do Much ore Musically ince Mr. Sando has been leading the music department at Morro Bay High School for the past four years, most students are unaware of the changes he has made. Besides greatly improving the regular music classes, he has created two new en- sembles, Stage Band and Stage Choir. The groups usually perform together, and con- sist of members wanting to do much more musically. The Stage Band is a special group that emphasizes jazz, blues, and rock, differing from the more traditional flavor of the Con- cert Band. We're definitely a progressive group, said four year member Jason Kastner. The pieces we play branch into all forms of music. The band holds several performances each year including Open House and Back-to-School nights. As it cur- rently stands, the band is made up of saxo- phones, trombones, trumpets, bass, drums, and a recently purchased S1800 keyboard. The practices at 7:10 every morning are dif- ficult, but they pay off well. When musicians graduate from Stage Band, they are among the most talented in the school. The Stage Choir, which was started just last year, began when the Stage Band want- ed to add vocals to its shows. This year the choir has twelve members and has com- bined choreography with talented voices. It's a great change, and the improvement has been tremendous, said the director, Mr. Sando. He stresses improvisation and points out how important it is for all of the members to work in unison. When we put the Stage Band and Stage Choir together, you hear some darn good music. 140 Music

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Students Care About Friends And Future or such a long established group, the California Schol- arship Federation doesn't do much these days. ln 1921 CSF was started by school administrators with the intent of unifying and recognizing high academic achievers, and their goal has been accomplished well. Sev- eral years ago, CSF was a large and active group, said the club advisor, Mr. Richmond. We used to take trips to col- lege campuses and bring university speakers here to speak. The Career Center, which was started on campus three years ago, has largely taken over those tasks. So where does that leave CSF? Being a member means that you've taken the CSF required courses and have kept your grade point average up. lt's great to be recognized for all this hard work, said four year member Tim Berger. The requirements for becoming a member of CSF include taking all of the classes needed for admission at the University of California, plus maintaining at least a 3.00 grade point aver- age. lnteract was started last year as a student branch of the local Rotary Club. Interact is a service group with the intent of helping both students and the community, said the advisor, Mr. Plog. Membership is great this year, and we are getting lots of good ideas from the students. This year the group is planning to help start the new community center in Los Osos and if possible, get landscaping in the large area in front of the bus loading zone, now overrun with weeds. They organized a successful food drive at Christmas, and sponsored the Valentine's Dance in February. Originally set for the fourteenth, the date had to be changed because of heavy rains. lt's a good thing we changed it, or else we would have had to sleep in the gym! said vice-president Janet Jankauski. One of the biggest efforts of Interact was to start the group, Students Against Driving Drunk. We're not trying to discourage drinking, said Sherril Spencer. We just want to let students know the dangers of driving drunk. Beside offering free rides home, they encourage students to know their limit. Although the people in CSF and Interact may be quite different, they have one thing in common -they care. They care about their future and the world around them. 142