Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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ith Fall Concert in October oI'Cl'leS-'IC practiced daily dUl'll'l9 Setbhd Pefidd fOl' ed in fhe spring, wus gne of fhe mqin ggnceflg, UPC0mln9 Wnfeffs- M00nli9l'l Melftdlesf' Pel'f0l'm' Both popular and light classical music was featured. Perfection in timing and quality were ultimate goals when Mr. Stevenson directed orchestra students. ORCHESTRA: Jody lmmerman, Michael Jauch, Sieve Jennings, linda Jordan, Santeyan, Beth Schenker, Marilyn Schenker, Donald Schmid, Stephen Shep- Mike Kuhn, Rosanne Love, Nagui Maghrabi, Beki Manke, Jim McCallum, Lin- pard, Ken Smith, Bruce Stone, Vicki Stone, Bruce Tost, Alicia Vitale, Verna da McCoy, Phyllis McLeod, Laura Misenhimer, Steve Nicholas, Robbin Peter- Warner, Jo Youngling, Brooke Zeller. sen, Scott Richardson, Scott Roberts, Brooke Sammons, Randy Sammons, Tim

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Orchestra Students Opened School Year Students in orchestra were chosen The previous year on recommendations made by Their last year's teachers. Orchestra consisted of 65 students. ln October The orchestra and band played for the Vocal De- partment at The Fall Concert. The Christmas Concert in Decem- ber featured the Messiah, During The assembly the Vocal Department sang while the orchestra presented selected pieces from the Messiah. February brought a Festival where small ensembles of ad- vanced students played selected pieces. This was held at Co- chise College. All students participated in the All-City Orchestra Festival in March. Each school's orchestra was allowed to perform for 10 minutes. Selected advanced students from the city's schools were then chosen to play in an Honor Orchestra. Orchestra and band combined April 16 to play a Beethoven Concert featuring soloists on the violin, cello and piano. Five hundred students from elementary, iunior high and senior high schools participated in the String Festival. Auditions were held for those who desired to be in the All- State Orchestra. Tryouts were held January 25 in Tucson. March 14 and 15 the All-State orchestra performed for the public. May brought the Moonlight Melodies concert featur- ing the entire Music Department. Orchestra ended its full year by playing at Baccalaureate in June. ORCHESTRA: Gary Anderson, April Antonetti, Nancy Armstrong, Janet Blay- lock, Bill Bremer, Jeannette Burkhardt, Jeff Burns, Paul Burton, Dave Carpen- ter, Lynne Casey, Dave Cole, Jan Christianson, Robert Drake, Dan Duperre, Delores Durham, Chuck Eger, Stephanie Ellquist, Rocky Esparza, Cheryl Faus- Orchestra ensembles from around the state attended the Solo and Ensemble Festival in Douglas. Groups rated superior participated in the state festival. sett, Arlene Feldman, Don Fish, Melanie Filichia, Jon Findley, William Find- ley, Carolyn Francisco, Fred Free, Linda Garner, Bryon Hackett, Holly Hamer, Sue Hamilton, Tom Harney. o

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Concert Choir Perfected Class Musicianship CONCERT CHOIR OFFICERS: John Torreion, presi- retaryp Susan Laughlin, vice president, Leonard dent, Dyan Scherer, historian, Jodie lmmerman, sec- Gradillas, treasurer, Shirley Robold, librarian. Concert Choir of Palo Verde's Vocal Department prepared and participated in several concerts during the year. Show Stoppers was the maior proi- ect put on by the choir students during the month of November. South Pa- cific, Damn Yankees and Carousel were the three shows featured in the program. When not preparing for a concert, vo- cal students worked to perfect voice quality along with rhythmic and melodic memory during class time. When re- hearsing for a show, class time was used in going over the musical selections to be performed. Vocal students wishing to participate in group activities separate from the choir were required to audition before Mr. Justus. They were tested on mu- sicianship and chosen according to their ability in comparison with other students. WV!! CONCERT CHOIR-FRONT ROW: Nan Reese, Barbara Field, Barbara Andrle, Susan Laughlin, Cindy Eustice, Joy Cooke, Taffy Tucker, Ruth Walker, Becky Kinsey. SECOND ROW: Debbie Johnson, Verna Warner, Sallie Farr, Cathy Cleven, Pom Molling, Lee Johnson, Jolene Turner, Sandee Piper, Renee Smith, Jill Carson. THIRD ROW: Susan Robold, Debbie Matthews, Martha Sutton, Den- nis Bouchard, Dave Bonewell, Fred Free, Bruce Jones, Lin Thompson, Randy Lewis. BACK ROW: Kairy Roffensparger, Janet Romney, Tom Ripley, Don Fish, Steve Pierce, Walt Baily, John Fetter, Greg Weitzel, John Torreion, Bruce Greenberg.