Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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or-cheeslra On the average, I'd say I practice between two and three hours every day. Roxy Schafranek, a senior, plays a 200 year old violin named Plantagenet. It's a name from English royalty and I think he's worth it. Roxy made all-state orchestra four years in a row, and got the chance to rehearse and perform with the best student musicians in the state. Roxy wants to perform in a major symphony orchestra. An even higher goal is to belong to a small ensemble and perform chamber music. I love per- forming with others. Wx. . . mi music Iheorg It was really interesting to learn about the basics of music that nobody' knows about. julie Mann decided to take Music Theory to further her already acquired knowledge of music after being involved with band and chorale. lt was a neat class because the only people that took it were the ones who were really interested and that made it a lot of fun. julie, a senior, wrote her own chorales and said that she could notice now in music some of the things she learned in the class. Now when I sing with the radio, I can sing with the background voices and and have it sound good! 102 honors E hand Music to me was kind of a habit I didn't want to break, My main goal was to just try and keep doing better than I had done before. Leah Hipple, senior, made the all-state band for her third year and commented, I was just so amazed at how good the people were. Some of them were so serious about music, it was an experience just to sit and listen to them taIk! Now I can really appreciate all the different kinds of music, even though lots of people think I'm strange when I listen to classi- cal music or find a few of those records in my room. Leah does not plan to major in music, but I know I would really miss it if I just quit. I'm always going to stay involved in music, in one way or another. choir xfa ' K

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'l love choir, it seems so natural to e, it's great! Chosen top student in noir, Senior julie Smith spent most of rr extra time involved in rehearsals and king the responsibility of being presi- ent. When there's 55 kids talking and nbling on, it takes a real loud voice to ll at them. Right now l'm confused on e point of majoring in music or ama. Some day I want to go to New irk. I want to work with music and be liolved, That's my goal -to be totally olved in something I like to do. sis f drama the past two years I have handed the designs for each play's set. there she has taken full responsi- for the sets, from ordering lumber, and materials, to handling her in the actual building of the sets, mented Mrs. Carolyn Boone, Drama cher. Lynn Wenger, honor drama ent, has worked almost a total of hours after school. Lynn, a senior, d also, but commented, I don't d a big ego boost like some people l'd rather work backstage and not be front of everything. It's just as vewracking backstage, especially n the revolving stage collapsed at end of a drama production! YY nt drama For four years, Drama's honor stu- dent, Kirk Rexrode, worked from 600 to 1000 hours on the lighting for numerous Drama productions. Macbeth was the most difficult because there were 40 light cues to adapt to their schooI's lighting systems. Kirk, a senior, taught himself and learned more about the system and its 'ropes' every show. He wired the lights to a dinner board in the cafeteria for the dinner theater show The Crucible and also coordinated the lights for Bye Bye Birdie which had over 100 lighting cues. Kirk had the satisfac- tion of working with the most complex lightboard I have ever seen at a high school or college. honored will: meril arl Everyone now can have a piece of my work! This was the reaction of Rosemary Struffolino when asked to design the yearbook cover. Rosemary, outstanding student in art, said it took her about 10 hours to complete the rough draft. She also competed in vari- ous contests, including winning a Museum of Fine Arts Scholarship, Rose- mary, a senior, did mostly fantasy work, but she did get into slumpsf' Mrs. Iana Armistead, her art teacher, commented, Her unusual creativity that runs from 'super-realism' to 'surrealism' is often displayed in her artwork that can be seen in the art showcase from time to time. N ,Y Q LE . V -3 -mf' honors 103