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

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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

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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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JC LIFK! Mr. D uncan The fall term of 1977 marks the begining of Watson B. Duncan Ill ' s thirtieth year with J.C. Having been with the college since its campus lo- cation at Morrison Field Air Base, Duncan says, I ' ve seen a great deal of growth at the college. Mr. Duncan now teaches two clas- ses of eighty-five students each, three days a week. His popularity with the students is proven by his classes being the first to be closed out (usually on the first or second day of early re- gistration). The reason for his pop- ularity stems from his exuberant per- sonality that makes the authors come alive for his students. His duties however, are not limited to teaching English Literature. As chairperson of the Communications Department (which includes English, Speech, Logic, Drama, Journalism and all foreign languages) he councils students, coordinates the schedules of teachers, and figures the budget for the department. Mr. Duncan is also noted for his book reviews, lectures on poetry, and is respected as an authority on Shake- speare as evidenced by invitation to lecture at the Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shake- speare was born. Bob Freeman New Teachers in this fall term at Palm Beach Junior College we see the addition of many new instructors. These high- ly trained personal are welcome ad- ditions to our ever growing family here at J.C. At the north campus we see the addition of Ardata Ferguson, Read- ing; John Henkins, Counselor; Dr. Alan Johnston, Psychology and Joan You- ng, English. P.B.J. C. Glades is equally fortunate in aquiring the talents of James Lucas, English and Janette Campbell, mathe- matics. Right here in town, at P.B.J.C. the student body might notice a few new faces also. For instance Pat Hilliard, James Aldridge and William McCrack- en in our biology department. And new in mathematics, are Marie Lang- ston and Allen Hamlin. Dental Assisting adds Sharon Whitehead and Christine Buendel to its staff as well as Robert Peterson and Donald Cook in business. Other new instructors include James Bruton, Jr., Social Science; Ca- rol Crusan, Dental Hygiene; Alma Har- rell. Nursing; lleana Lavastida, Music; Philip Millard, Air Conditioning; Dr. Franklen Saunders, Relate Health and Oscar Shackleford, Law Inforcement. Steve Tortorici