Sandia High School - Crest Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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' ',j',, ,Av g fr X e t f. ar ,mam i g f 1?-wr .na it Top Singers Enhance Chorus In '76 All-State Twenty-five Sandians were selected for the 1976 All-State Choruses. Mixed Chorus members included Cheryl DelVIasters, jean Gerrish, joy Kirkpatrick, Karen VVomelsduff, first sopranos, Lynn Ripi and Dayna Rose, second sopranos, Denise Dawson, Teri Dickmeyer, Donna Leigh, Jeanette Nail, second altos, Scott Bryant, Larry Plath, David Stokes, second tenorsg Jamey Randell, Delano Scott, Gary Womelsduff, haritones, and Andrew Large, bass. The Girls' Chorus members included Tonya Rexroad, Julie Wagner, first sopranosg Beth Ball, Tina Kelly, Jerri McKinney, second sopranosg Joanne Field, Georgia Garmen, first alto, and Debra Betterton and Chriseen Langston, second altos. Delano Scott, baritone, received special recognition by being chosen soloist in one of the Mixed Chorus numbers. Dr. Eph Ehly from the University of Missouri and Dr. Charles Smith from the University of Texas conducted the groups. After hours of rehearsals and clinics, the choruses performed their music in a final concert. .2 7 3, r .... , ' ' ' Eff! TOP: jean Gerrish, Cheryl Dc-lVlasters, and Karen Wlomelsduff, first sopranos, Mixed Chorus. ABOVE! Dayna Rose and Lynn Ripi, second sopranos, Nlixed Chorus. LEFT: David Stokes, Scott Bryant, .Nndy Large, Gary Wlomelsduff, Larry Plath and Delano Scott, Nlixcd Chorus tenors, baritones and bass. ,1-

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'W C ST' yy TOP: Richard Kelly, principal percu ion Concert Band. RIGHT: Ed Trujillo, principal third cornet, Symphonic Band. ABOVE: Pat Doyle. principal alto saxophone, Concert Band. l 11 Band Members Selected To Play In Annual Festival The Sandia band memhers attended a three-day test of their endurance in January, otherwise known as the All- State Festival, held in Las Cruces. The nine Sandia musicians selected for the Symphonic Band were Kathy Becktell, flute: Cynthia Foil and jim Janney. second B flat clarinetsg Lori Lovato, principal B flat clarinetistg Bill Bailey and Janice Buehler, third B flat clarinetsg Ron Everett, alto clarinet, Carolyn Seidel, principal oboe, and Ed Trujillo, principal third cornet. ln the Concert Band, Pat Doyle was principal alto saxophone and Richard Kelly was principal percussionist on hells and Xylophone. Dr. -Iames Jorgenson, Cniversity of Redlands, California, directed the Concert Band, with Dr. Edwin Kruth of San Francisco State University directing the Symphonic Band. As a finale to the afternoon concert for All-State '76, the band joined the orchestra and chorus for a patriotic salute, Testament of an American by Harold VVinkler and Alfred Reed, with narration supplied by Governor Jerry Apodaca.

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RIGHT: Joanne Field, first alto. Girls Chorus. BELOW: Julia- Wagner, ji-rri Nlcliinnvy and Tonya Rvxroad, sopranos, Girls Chorus. N-f ABOVE: Debbii- Bstterton and Clirisi-1 n Langston, second altos, Girls Cliorus. BELOW: Tina Kelly, second soprano, Girls Chorus. LEFT! Denise Dawson, liz-tli Lcigli, and Jeanvttn- Nail, scvoncl altos, Mixed Chorus. K . W