Prescott High School - Hassayamper Yearbook (Prescott, AZ)

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FAR LEFT: Tenor Chorale members sing through a difficult piece of music At the beginning of the 87-88 year, the guys m Chorale out numbered the girls 2 to 1. LEFT Senior Kim George employs help from Ms Van Winkle in reading a tedious line of music 22

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TOP: Senior Sam Weatherford Jams out on his tuba for “Another One Bites the Dust The song was a part of the PHS marching band routine. ABOVE: The percussion section keeps the beat at NAU Band Day 21

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Jane Fonda Watch Out! Choir added d new twist to the 1987- 88 school year by beginning each rehearsal with Body Warm-ups. These exercises provided a short work out to warm up the students and get them ready to sing. It helps with the focus of attention, attention is focused on me and the task at hand. said Ms. Amy Van Winkle, choir director. Van Winkle started with many other goals as well to improve the music program during the 87-88 year. Her most important idea was to let “the students have many more performance opportunities. She also tried to blend the types of music the choir sang, so they could get experience with both classical and pop styles. Building up the pro- gram so there will be more than two choirs in future years is another goal Van Winkle had. Students caught on to the changes and seemed to enjoy them. With the way choir has changed, we have learned a lot more about music than we ever thought there could be, said Kay Klein worth, junior. Sophomore Ju- liann Tenney has always loved to RIGHT: Doing what choir members do best. Seniors Brooke Martin and Jennifer Rodriguez warm up their voices LEFT And down 2. 3. 4 Seniors Steve Phippen and Nat Russo practice body warm-ups These exercises were Van Winkle's way of getting the wiggles out of her students before they sang sing. I think the high school music program should be a great im- provement over junior high exper- iences. In addition to the two choir classes offered during the day. Choraleers met most school morn- ings. Choraleers was an extra cur- ricular choir that worked on more contemporary music and jdzz. Stu- dents performed and choreo- graphed up beat music whereas the regular classes did serious things. Choir officers this year were presi- dent, senior Nat Russo, vice-presi- dent. junior Angeleen Barney; sec- retary. senior Kim George, treasurer, senior Joe Nisse. and tour commit- tee chairman, senior Cherylyn Ten- ney. As well as making changes in choir. Van Winkle was a new addi- tion to the program herself. She graduated from Prescott in 1978 and was involved in the music pro- gram then, so the program was nothing new to her. The changes in choir do not look to be the end. Van Winkle hopes to work up the program, so that in the future she can work at the high school full time. Looking at her ac- complishments in one year, expect great, new things in coming years.