Santa Teresa High School - Compendium Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Jam session. Practicing 2-3 hours a day. Mind Circis rehearses their song Cruol World. The members of the band. Rob Fraser. Rob Caspory, and Derek Venoma, be- gan at the end of their sophomore year. Rob explains, “It is a song about how the world is an unfair place to many people who arc different in little ways. Photo by Ma- rio Bialorucki. You flip the radio to your favorite sta- tion and hear a familiar song. Big deal, you say? Maybe, but if you wrote the song, it just might . . . YOUR MIND magine fulfilling a dream that has been in your mind constantly. A group of talented young men from ST did just that when they created their band, Mind Circis. Rob Fraser and Derek Venema became fast friends when they each discovered the other's love of music. The other members who came along later were Rob “Ox” Casbury and Rich Jenkins. Cur- rently, they are looking for a lead singer. Mind Circis plays a variety of music. Derek stated, Our music is our own style; the classifications are too broad. Rob Fraser writes all of their own music. He writes the guitar and vocal sequences and Derek adds the drum se- quences. The group is highly dedicated to their music. They practice at Derek's house five times a week for two to three hours a day. Rob, Derek, and Ox have ex- pended a great deal of effort in putting the band together, stated Marie Bialorucki, and it shows in the quality of their work. The band is going to go far if they keep working hard and practicing the way they are now.” We get a great deal of sup- port, mainly from our friends, but, surprisingly, we get a lot of sup- port from our families, too! Ex- claimed Derek. While our band really doesn't affect our school life, socially, we have less time to do things we want to, but it's well worth it! Although the band has not played in any professional gigs, they hope to soon. If the band does not succeed, the guys ;all have other professions that they wish to pursue. By Kristine Wang. Seniors 151

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-Although it used to be very frustrat- ing to hear people make fun of the handicapped, Vanessa is . . . Waiting for friends. Standing by the English office in be- tween first and sec- ond period. Vanessa waits for her friends. I really like the time I spend with the handicapped but 1 also like to spend time with my friends,' stated Vanessa. Pholo by Aaron Francis. OTHERS UNDERSTAND Poople 152 , hen she was younger people used to make fun of her brother and it made her upset. Vanessa's broth- er Frank was born with a very rare hereditary neurological disorder called Tuberous Scherosis which affects only 1 in 200,000 people. It was at that time she decided she wanted to make others under- stand that, They're just the same as everybody else. They have feelings and are really caring, stated Vanessa Wallace, when re- ferring to the physically and men- tally handicapped. Vanessa has helped with the Special Olympics for the past two years, but she has only been able to chaperon because in order to be a volunteer you must be eigh- teen. While chaperoning, Vanessa hangs around and talks to the kids, takes pictures for the families, keeps them all together, and gives them advice and a lot of encouragement. Although this may sound like a lot of work and a big hassel, Vanessa feels, the kids are all different; they have their own special qualities, and they make me feel like the lucky one.” Next year in '88, Vanessa will become a volunteer and will be able to be more involved with the running of the events. Al- though chaperoning is fun, Vanessa feels that as a volunteer she will be able to encourage the children even more during events because she will be able to be out on the field. In order to help the handi- capped you must put in a lot of time and have patience. Vannesa puts in two hours each day of the week and eleven hours on Satur- days for the tournaments which are held. In the future Vanessa plans to go into developmental studies so she can continue to help the phys- ically and mentally handicapped. By Valerie Orsolini.