Park Forest Middle School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (State College, PA)

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ind Ensemble Row 1, bottom: L. Seguin, P. Smith, C. Bellanti, S. Quinn, M. Musick, I. Spychalski, K. Quinn, T. Babe, W. Krall, K. Quinn, I. Gibson, B. Straw. Row 2: E. Niemann, R. Harbison, M. Kurtz, E. McDonough, M. Knight, I. Ranney, B. Reyburn, S. Peterson, R. Unz, T. Mahute, K. Danish, M. Goode, S. DeShong. Row 3: K. Neff, L. Diehl, S. Wigby, T. Berhosky, B. Dupuis, A. Hussey, K. Harper, S. Shields, L. Smead, K. johnson, L. Crocken, A. Harrison, 1. Brady. Row 4: T. Petersen, E. Lowry, R. Avillion, P. Lynch, M. Patton, D. Smith, B. Mason, B. Sweet, R. Francke, D. Robinson, T. Seguin, T. Witham. Row 5: Mr. Kovalchik, A. Krumrine, K. Rider, K. Smithbauer, I. Smith, I. Packard, C. Stebbins, L. Vicary, I. Zeller. i Stage Band 1 The Wind Ensemble was made up of wind players from all three grades. It specialized in playing more difficult pieces of music than the regular band played. The Stage Band was made up of twenty instrumentalists who got together each Monday to play jazz and the blues. l Both groups were conducted ' by Mr. Kovalchik. l A Row 1: B. Urban, T. Petersen, K. Rider, T. Babe, 1. Sturniolo, D. Robinson. Row 2: B. Sweet, M. Kurtz, 1. Ranney, R. Harbison, B. Rayburn, E. McDonough, 1. Smith, T. Seguin, E. Niemann. Row 3: D. Smith, S. Vratarich, Mr. Kovalchik.

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Ninth Grade Band Row 1, bottom: K. Harper, BQ Dupuis, L. Kline, T. Rekas, C. Smithbauer, C. Rudy, P. Antonik, K. Rider, A. Hussey, 1. Zeller, S. Morgan K. Curtis. Row 2: M. Knight, L. Pepe, B. Sweet, R. Francke, C. Spear, T. Petersen, C. Stebbins, R. Harbison, T. Seguin, D. Smith I Shipp. Row 3: Mr. Kovalchik, L. Diehl, S. Shields, S. Quinn, K. johnson, L. Crocken, C. Bellanti, K. Ruud, B. Jeffreys, T. Furi,1. Smith I Packard, D. Spychalski, I. Sturniolo, E. Lowry, M. Patton, H. West, S. Vratarich, R. Vose, D. Curtis, T. Benninghoff. Bands Make Sweet Music lt fit the last time. CB. Dupuis! All three Park Forest bands per- formed to packed houses this year. The seventh grade band gave a concert on May 13, bursting forth with such tunes as Basin Street Blues and Seasonal Suite. The eighth grade band moved the audi- ence to toetapping with The Theme from Star Wars and Matrix , while the ninth grade band tickled the fancy with A Chorus Line and Instant Con- cert. Mr. Kovalchik was highly complimented on the prowess of his students. I love it! U. Kovalchikl

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Row 1: C. Fraser, S. Shields, R. Untrauer, P. Doty, C. Bellanti, K. johnson. Row 2: L. Graetzer, A. Ohmoto K Davis K Harper L Crocken, K. Quinn, K, Spear. Row 3: A. Waltz, E. Niemann, T. Seguin, M. Kurtz, S. Hussey, P. Heitmann Row 4 A Lyday I Wegner T. Liu, M. Lyght, K. Raupach, 1. Moyer, S. Santalucia. Row 5: P. Bellanti, L. McCormick, T. Petersen M Patton S Smith Watch me cross my eyes. lA. Lydayl Grchestra Under the firm conducting hand of Mr. Hartman, the PFIH orchestra combined with the Westerly Parkway orchestra to present two concerts. The first concert was held in December, and the second in May. Some of the pieces performed were South American Overture by Isaac, the Symphony No. 14 by Haydn, and the Hamburger Suite. About twenty members of the combined orchestras were chosen to participate in the annual Tri-county Orches- tra which performed at West- erly Parkway this year.