North High School - Norwica Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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V Also a member of the Youth .1r-, f,f, Symphony, Jill Leggett contrib- ' : ' 1 AM M .I f, W ,, f f a utes to our own school orchestra. 1 Photo: R. Semlow Deep concentration and in- tense practices develop these North students into orchestra experts. Photo: R. Semlow ORCHESTRA: Front Row: Alan Schlung, Hoa Nguyen, Celeste Thomas. Kathy Stan- ton. Heather Holder. Back Row: Jill Leggett, Kristi Spindler, Rachel Riley, Patti Roberts, Catherine Dietz, Jon Noga, Kerry Goodwin. Photo: R. Semlow 4 C5 Cie Finetuning: string along It is a very rare opportunity to be in the beginning of something: meeting the challenge of helping something growf' expressed orchestra director Kerry Goodwin. The unique part about our orchestra was that its size of eight string members had a way of accomplishing many big tasks. One accomplishment was sending two members to All-State - Jill Leggett and Kristi Spindler whom were both sophomores. The orchestra also played at the open house dedication for North which added to their list along with a Orchestra solofensemble festival in March. Due to its smaller size they felt they had many advantages over other orches- tras. Besides being much more mobile than other orchestras, they worked on literature other orchestras couldn't use. The major fault of the size was the loss in the fuller sound that larger orchestras are able to produce. Thinking of orchestra you probably wouldn't relate to pizza and pop but at NHS you could. After reading through their music they enjoyed themselves while eating pizza and sipping pop on a few occasions. This being a new school and having a new direction was really quite exciting. Because we were so small Mr. Goodwin was able to work with us on more of a one-to-one basis and our size allowed us to perform at many social events. I'm really glad to have been part of it, expressed Jill Leggett.

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ff. 4 -.fp , At the ice cream social. Flag Corps performs a spectacular routine for onlookers. Photo: M. Evans. With a serious expression on his face. -lon Fleischman fol- lows his music. Photo: M. Evans. otekicking: right left 1,2,3,4 1,2 ready go! chanted Mr. Hart to his ninety-six member band. Beginning their practice on July 30th while other NHS students were sleeping in and tanning themselves in the sun, students were hard at work learning steps and manuevers for their marching routines. The four and a half hours of practice each day paid off many times through trophies and acknowledge- ments. Drum majors Bethany Gertner and Lorie Evans won grand champion trophies. The flags also received out- standing guard at the marching auxilia- ries of America. Flag captains consisted of Jean Chang, Jean Clark, Sue Cramer and Lana Marxen. The band placed third in the Maquoketa Octoberfest in both parade and field competition. But the bands biggest accomplishment was being invited to the 1987 Gator Bowlg they won this by audition only. Considering the band has only been together for one short year much has been accomplished and according to Tim Erickson he stated I believe the band was good figuring it was its first year. But a lot of work is going to have to be done for us to rated the best or one of the best at state competitionf' Band! Flag Corps

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Jabberjawing: breathe deep I find people here generally strive for excellence. It pleases me that the students are not satisfied with a medio- cre sound, stated vocal director, Ron May. Our choirs consisted of eighty-five members which in a way was towards their benefit because May had the advantage of working one-on-one with each student. The disadvantage of such a small group though was a longer amount of time in which it took to gain confidence in the members. The first musical production was How to Succeed in Business without really Trying. It played March thir- teenth, fourteenth and fifteenth. The thirteenth was general seating and the fourteenth and fifteenth were dinner theaters. The choirs took forty people to New York City for benefit of gala concert. They sang with the American Symphony Orchestra. This was an honor for our choirs because it was by invitation only. This past year May stressed that vocal music was here for students who enjoyed singing so everyone was wel- come. As for the students involved in the vocal department, they seemed to feel the same as May. According to Becky Mackenzie, Mr. May makes it fun with his attitude and how he conducts the class. Y, 'x A. E g 48, i x E - ,Nw The group sing along helps these vocal members prepare for an upcoming concert. Photo: R. Semlow. Front Row: Tammy Smith, Catherine Dietz. Amy Pitman, Dawn Hartwig, Sharon Wolfe, Kelli Ekstrand, Second Row: Elin Kjetland, Julie Reiser, Kristie Swatosh. Linda Knabe, 'Farah Bishop, Stacy Wright. Third Row: Kelly Tschantz, -Ieanne Ahels. Susan Schroeder. Photo: R. Semlow. Front Row: Lisa Williams, Toni Howerton. Lana Marxen. Darla Englund, Brandon Barker, Linda Schoffstall, Krista Leedall, Rodney Vance, Melanie Martinez. Second Row: Kimberly Macdougall, Beth Emde, Lorie Evans, Patti Nagy, Beth Gartner. Third Row: Jody Wilcox, Missy Foster, Chad Hopkins, Tara Waggoner, James Green, Photo: R, Semlow. Orchestra 135