Parkview High School - Spirit Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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.gm ,Z Q Butter Finger. Robert Dean not only plays the piano, but is in business for himself doing musical spots for radio ads. Sexy Musician. Art Porter, Jr. Is the only saxophonist in his father's band. Musicians ZCDCCD Lt Nxt The musician Versatile players I , ., 1 Two juniors, Art Porter Jr. an Robert Dean, played music profes sionally. Porter played for two band with his father, Art Porter, Sr., Ar Porter and Family and The Sex-tet. The Sex-tet played at Cajun's Wharf. Young Porter also played with the- Navy Commodores as a guest soloist in Dallas, Texas, Jan. 4. The Commo- dores were one of the top 10 jazz bands in the United States. Porter started playing an instru- ment when he was 10 years old. He did not get paid for playing in his father's band, but he said he did it for experience. He played the flute, bass, drums and sax. Sterling Ingram, Parkview band director, said, Arthur has a prom- inant future in music. Dean started playing an instrument when he was six years old. Robert said, I got interested in music when my father brought my brother Rick a guitar. I used to sneak around and play with it. Robert plaved four different instru- ments: piano, bass, guitar and drums. Robert and Walter Thurman, former PV students own a business,Consoli- dated Music Advertising, which made musical spot ads for radio and TV. Consolidated was started in July, 1977. The company did recordings for various businesses in the greater Little Rock area. The advertisements consisted of jingles and background music to fit a product. I I plan to go to college and study music, Robert said.

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