Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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ln the heot of the spotlight Dozzling oudiences with sound, hor- mony ond dromotic expression were the ombitions of the Performing Arts Deportment. The musicol side of the deportment com- menced with beginning bond, which serv- ed os o stepping stone for students who were interested in leorning how to ploy on instrument or odvoncing on to the Blue Stors. The Blue Stors provided lively enter- toinment during holftime of the footboll gomes, ploced first in the Cleorwoter Christmos Porode, morched in the St, Petersburg Festivol of Stotes Porode in the spring, ond hod the privilege of troveling to Tennessee for the grond notionol chom- pionships of the Morching Bonds of Americo. Adding visuol flore to the bond wos the color guord which consisted of flog ond rifle beorers. Performing ot school oc- tivities of on entertoining noture wos the Stoge Bond, ojozz oriented bond. Storting off the chorol focet of the Perfor- ming Arts Deportment is beginning Mixed Choir. This course wos offered to ninth ond tenth groders interested in obtoining bosic vocol skills. The Girls Choir ond the Concert Choir performed ot vorious concerts throughout the yeor including the bionnuol All County Concert in December ond the Spring concert ot Wolf Disney World, After ocquiring the experience of Concert Choir, quolified juniors ond seniors hod the oppor- tunity to be one of 16 chosen for the Children of Liberty. The theotricol ospect of the deportment wos represented through the mony levels of dromo closses. Bosic octing techniques were introduced to the novice octors of beginning dromo closses one ond two. Chorocterizotion, evoluotion of group per- formonces ond reseorch in selected oreos of theotre were mojor foctors in the in- termediote dromo closses. Concentrotion wos ploced on individuol octing vio the public performonce in the odvonced dromo closses of seven ond eight. Once students ottoined these gools, they were given the opportunity to groce the stoge with their performonces in T.V., the one oct competition ploy, individuol competi- tion such os monologues, duet musicol, ond the evening of one octs presented to the school ot the end of the yeor. 1611! AUDITORIUM ond A WING THE SOUND OF MUSIC wos restricted to A wing, students often heord the high soprano voices in n by wings when the Concert Choir procticed. DON'T STOP THE MUSIC, wos o rule of the Blue Bond, becouse they ployed regulorly during period. The musicions procticed long hours ond reworded with mony owords in competition.

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LET'S PRETEND was a fun game for children, but became serious business for Joanie Burton and Richard Smith, who spent many hours rehearsing for T.V., a one act play for competition. Practice makes perfect and that's exact- ly what the Performing Arts Department did. During the early months of the school year, it was not unusual to find members of the Blue Stars bond marching time after time until formation and synchronization were nothing less than perfect, Harmonization was the goal of the chord department and rehearsing in in- dividual classes was a great advantage. There were a few occasions however when the voices of these dedicated students could be heard striving for perfec- tion long after the last dismissal bell had rung. The drama department strived for enter- tainment through dramatic expression. Students who participated in one act and individual competition held rehearsals three to five days a week during the few months preceding their performance. No matter how long or for what purpose they rehearsed, band, choral and drama students alike, put their best foot forward, gave it all they had and earned a well deserved reputation for excellence which brought great pride to the Performing Arts Department. F , 4 , ir F' 'Q AUDITORIUM and A WING X165