Mountain View High School - Summit Yearbook (Bend, OR)

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ST B Pops Concert Sets Stage For Busy Year F' Front, left: Robin Schattie, Scott Allen, Jason Hewitt, Oliver Fraser, Cindy Reinmiller. Second: Mike Lancaster, Mark Berry, Dean Cooper. Third: Kraig Kirkaldie, Bart Hallowell, Stacey Catlett, Skeeter Halter, Shawn Crandall, Dan Heap. Fourth: Jef! lngraham, Chris Cochran, Bill LaMarche, Tom Scott, Jeft' Moltzau, Kevin Williams, Bryan Noffz. '-.1 tage Band, made up of ninth and tenth graders, started off a very active year by playing at the Pops Concert in October, After this initiation, the group played at the Salem event, Stage Band received the second highest score for sight reading, In the spring, the Stage Band played at the Combined Jazz Concert with all of the stage bands in the area. Director Tom Barber told Summit that the Stage Band was one of his favorite classes because of the nature of the music. Many of the top songs of the day filled the band's repertoire. Sophomore Mike Lancaster, one of the Stage Band members, earned a trip to Europe this summer by sending in a tape of music on his baritone horn. Lancaster played at Carnegie Hall in New York before leaving the country. Students from each state were selected for the musical tour of France, Italy and Switzerland. They traveled under the title of 'iAmerica's Youth in Concerti' and were taken to Europe by teachers of the Universal Academy of Music. Lancaster played with the Concert Band. -.5 tix Q. mmkm , ss . - 1, Q Ps -. The horn section gives it all they've got! 4 , , , S. - ' fl' f te Q51 Mike Lancaster takes a breath before making another blast on his baritone.

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J Funffilled Year For Musicians eing on call for many activities keynoted the year for . the upperclassmen in the Jazz Ensemble. The musicians played at the spaghetti dinner to raise g f money for the San Diego trip to be taken at the end of March. They played at the Pops Concert and also at the jazz contest here in November. Eight schools from all over Oregon participated. No awards or ratings were given. At Salem the students finished third in the Jazz Festival gl klvz lgli where 14 schools competed. F --.- J ,f At San Diego, the Jazz Ensemble finished fifth in the 7 competition out of 13 groups, many of which were from T Quad A schools lwith 2,000 or more studentsl. Mark Fullerton won a S5400 scholarship for his playing in the 1 competition. QQ, In May the Jazz Ensemble performed with the Central Oregon Community College Stage Band. Director Tom Barber noted that the Jazz Ensemble learned lkr' Q some great tunesn. Three that stand out in the minds of the members were Boonies's Blues , Skin Tone , and Randi'. , .... TQ? T ff 3 B lf uf s is rf s.. ' 's i arf We ES it i l 6 Q Members put in many hours of practice to achieve perfection. Mark Fullerton in deep concentration at a concert. Front, left: Don Crenshaw, James Blakely, Tom Blakely, Dave Keeling, Russ Morgan, Craig Moyer. Second: Yvonne Storment, Kent Olmstead, Mark Fullerton, Scott Volkenand, Robin Schattie, Brad Atkins, Tom Barber. Third: Mitch Fullerton, Perry Champange, Tim McKenzie, Dean Cooper, Annette Dooley, Dave Kimm, Brian Flener.

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Front, left: Teresa Cantrell, Cathy Beaver, Lynne Ertle, Chris Foreman, Margaret Shepard, Barbara Morrow, Susie Allen, Tom Blakely. Second: Mark Fullerton, Annette Dooley, Kent Olmstead, Oliver Fraser, Jim Hunt, Tanya Wojtowych, Regina Norris, Lincoln Hayes, Cindy Robinson, Amy Wacker, Lesa Berg. Third: Scott Volkenand, Suzy Keyte, Brian Flener, Don Crenshaw, Mitch Fullerton, James Blakely, Russ Morgan, Dean Cooper, Perry Champange, Mike Lancaster, Dave Kimm, Tom Sprenger, Andy Hickman, Jeff lngraham. 2 i 3.3-QQ! James Blakely takes a breather while Russ Morgan performs a solo SYMPI-IONIC BA ND Second In Competition - etting together with the Concert Band to form the Marching Band took all the energies of the Symphonic Band at the beginning of the year. Made up of tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders, Symphonic Band enjoyed being directed by Mountain View's first drum major, Andy Hickman, who led them on the football field four times and raised the spirits of all musicians to an incredible peak. Many members of the Symphonic Band also gave evenings of their time to play for the first musical, Music Man . Money-raising projects then consumed the group as they planned the trip to San Diego. One of the best money-makers was the 12-hour nonstop playing marathon a week before the gang left for the six day trip. The musicians also held a huge garage sale at the old Bob's Sporting Goods location, and washing cars and doing yard work, the group managed to get together over 520,000 to take three busloads of kids to the Southern California competition. Symphonic Band placed second overall in the Concert Band category, and member Dean Cooper won a S400 award. To top off the year, Symphonic Band played at graduation. To sum up the year, Director Tom Barber said, lt was great. The clarinet section concentrates on a difficult piece