Palm Beach Community College - Galleon Yearbook (Lake Worth, FL)

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MUSIC l j. n S U Eight and a half years ago America gained a unique and talented individual. This per- son is none other than lleana Lavastida - music teacher here at P.B.J.C. lleana, as she likes to be called, was born in Havana Cuba and started her carreer in guitar as a hobby when she was twelve years old. Her talent was evident and she received a scholarship at the Conservatory of Music in Havana. At fifteen she and her parents moved to America not knowing a word of English; but that didn ' t discourage her any. She finished high school by going at night, while she worked for her father and mother during the day. She entered P.B.J.C. in 1971 with an English major (she is now completely bilingual), but changed to clas- sical guitar with a minor in voice. She star- ted teaching at P.B.J.C. part time which soon led to a full time position. When asked what the guitar meant to her, she replied, I love it, it ' s like a sister to me and I couldn ' t live without it. When she starts plucking away at her guitar and singing with her beautiful deep voice, you can understand why she has per- formed in local town concerts and even on television; channel five and eight to be pre- cise, and also on the university station in Tallahassee. Recently singer Ella Jenkins released a record with lleana as her accom- panist. Even with her obvious professional talents she has no desire to become famous. She ' s loved by her students, and said she en- joys teaching and gets a kick out of seeing her students improve their ability. Sue Nutt We live in a new renaissance. Man is born again as a cosmic being. After so long a time of writing and talking, and talking and writing, he listens... beginnings... With fantastical- ly sharp microphones and macropho- nes, he listens to all oscillations, tun- ing himself. Every instant newly to swing synchronous with the uni- versal vibrations. Man is discovering his destiny; to be a musician, a bright bird carried by the waves of sounds. Conservatories of music? Lets change the name to Exploratories of music , where the young can absorb rythms, notes, melodies and harmonies, dyna- mics and volumes, timbres and space movements of musical flying. No limits between inner and outer-space. We need to close the eyes for a while and listen. There is always something unheard of in the air. Palm Beach Junior College Music Department offers mini steps towards the beginnings of explorations. It is one of the few colleges that offers Jazz, Jazz Orientation Jazz Arranging, I- ::v

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SLIKVKV A- Well I don ' t know. I hear they ' ve got a soccer team this year. I ' d like to see soccer get really big. Q- Are you a member of any clubs? A- No. Q- What kind of activities would you like arranged here? A- Target shoot- ing, well they got everything. They got sailing and they ' ve got intramural archery now. A- What ' s your fav- orite thing about the school? A- Meeting alot of people. Q- Do you think PBJC needs any improvements. I think more funds should go to it. Q- Have you heard of the Galleon? A- Yeah, it could be alot member of any club? A- OAA club. 0- What kind of activities would you like arranged here? A- A football team. Q- What ' s your favorite thing about the school? A- The books. Q- What do you think of the Stu- dent Activity Funds? A- I don ' t know enough about it. I heard complaints that the newspaper is not getting eno- ugh money. Q- Do you think PBJC needs any improvements? A- Yes, the administration can use improvement. Q- Have you heard of the Galleon? A- Yes, I have. Q- How di d you like it? A- I didn ' t get one last time, I didn ' t eds any improvements? A- No, so far I think the school is in pretty good shape. 0- What do you think of the Student Activity Funds? A- There could be improvement there. Q- Have you heard of the Galleon? A- No. Q- Would you like to see a year- book here? A- Yeah. Q- Are you sat- isfied with the quality of instruction here? A- Yeah, I am. Q- What do you think of the school spirit? A- Not bad, but it can be better. Q- Do you think the clubs help? A- Sure, it brings in alot of people. Q- Are you a more, they could cover more areas and do more with sports. 0- What do you like better; magazine or yearbook? A- I don ' t think people would really buy a yearbook, its fine in high school. Magazine definitely. Q- Are you satisfied with the quality of instr- uction here? A- I am. I have really good teachers. Q- What do you think of the school spirit? A- Usually you associate school spirit with sports and all we have here is baseball. Q- Do you think clubs help? A-No. Q-What is your favorite thing about school? A- Baseball. Q- Do you think PB|C ne- know where they were distributed. I wanted one, but I didn ' t know how, I think that should be advertised bet- ter. 0- Do you like the magazine for- mat or would you like to see a year- book come out? A- The magazine format is enough, because not enough were distributed and it would be ex- pensive to put a yearbook out, and I don ' t think enough people would buy it. Q- Are you satisfied with the qual- ity of instruction here? A- No, I think there are some great teache but there are some that aren ' t qualified to teach. Susie Nutt

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MUSIC ip y Ai j I I m :: Instrument Improvisation along with Jazz Ensemble and Pop Vocal Ensem- ble. At the head of all these courses is Sy Pryweller, Horn man and Director of Jazz studies. Naturally all other aspects of music are delved into, for instance, Opera voice, taught by Dr. Hugh Albee, who also teaches solfege. Music History, piano lessons, and voice lessons are offered by Dr. Butterworth. We have a young lady, Mrs. Ruth Akers that teaches piano and harmonization, a Frenchman, Mssr. Philippe Drevet, al- so teaches piano avec le flair du I, air. For woodwinds and theory that gets to the core we have Mr. Gross. Back to fine jazz we have our own professional musician teacher, Mr. Jo- hn Mason at the Bass... yea, yea, yea. And now we ' ve come around and cannot stop without mentioning the teacher who holds the department to- gether, our lady director. Miss Letha Madge Royce. As you know, the beat goes on Mani Zavala : . . . around the corner, in the back alley of the Humanities BIdg., you ' ll either hear or run into people who are congregating around one teacher, Ms. Johnson. With three musical degrees, Ms. Johnson is quite adept at handling her theory classes and vocal styling lessons. She is the prime mover in the vocal direction of the Music Department as Director of the Pacesetters, a vocal ensemble that performs various styles of music from past to pops. When asked about her personal prefer- ances, Ms. Johnson stated that her main in- terest lies somewhere around vocal styling and arranging. To persue this interest Ms. Johnson moonlights with a vocal ensemble, Pat Johnson and the Reflections... a group that has traveled extensively around the country. To keep things going and to relax nerves from school, Ms. Johnson is a jewelry- en- thusiast. Tis her hobby to make pretty things for others and herself, out of silver and various stones. One can see fine crafts- manship in all her work. To keep down to earth, Ms. Johnson has two beautiful children. Her son studies here as an art student. As the sun goes down on the west, and most of the activities have died out for the day, you may see a bright red Eldorado leaving the Humanities area, it ' s Ms. John- son, Lady on the Move. . . Mani Zavala (1 iJ