Pittsburg High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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Danny Kittleson and Charles Stark read their music intently. Kevin Rolfe watches Mr. Cross, the wind Ensemble's conductor, while playing his trumpet. The P.H.S. Performing Arts Area has been experiencing grow- ing pains as the. .. Growth Spurt ects and! Choir 104 students sang in Mr. Oldham's fifth period choir class and 66 students enrolled in Mr. Cross' concert band class. The choir was one of the largest in at least 14 years. There were three roll sheets for the class, but unfortunately there was also, on an average, 20 students absent each da . The choir's conductor, Mr. Oldham, went out to recruit prospective singers personally by, Asking a lot of men especially, how many electives they had. Then asking if they would give one of them u to get into my concert choir class. And eventually, I ended up with 24 men, and the rest women. This year's concert choir per- formed at: the Solo Festival fheld at D.V.C.i, the Spring Concert fheld at P.H.S.j, the CMEA 1 6 Festival, the District Concert lheld at P.l-1.51, and at the graduation ceremonies. For the second year the con- cert band has been split in two to accommodate its number of students. Oldham conducts the concert band and Cross con- ducts the wind ensemble. Even though the-entire class has 66 students enrolled, both bands are still lacking in lower brass section, fthis includes: trom- brone, baritione, suzaphone, baritone saxophone, and bass clarinet playersj. But that's kind of the story of our life, Cross jokingly added. Both bands performed at the spring concert fat P.H.S.i, the final concert fat P.H.S.J, the district concert fat P.H.S.J, and at the 1988 graduation ceremonies. - Merideth Fike in in vs ,,: ,. . ,A . . .,-1-W, . ff , Q Z . ,,,. .,,, i ,,.. , ,,..... ,,, 'Qi 4, L I, f is , f . ,-iif ff 3155: f '77 V UE!! lereme Haley learns from his mistakes as he sings his part again. - Growth Spurt Affects BanclfChoir G., NK it jesse Gutierrez sings with the in Concert Choir.

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