Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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.lall Ballll ZCCEllfllafES lllllllfy llllIll'0lllS8fl0ll Quality music was on the minds and mouth- pieces of Jazz Band mem- bers. Jazz can't be locked into one particular cate- gory. It can be played and interpreted in so many ways, stated Royce Tevis, band direct- or. lt's not like classical music where you just play the notes exactly how they're printed. ln jazz music the key word is improvisation. To prepare for this dif- ferent type of music, the students spent a lot of time studying theory and DI'aCtlClhQl. ThlS aD- DaI'ehtlV paid Off, as Jazz Bahd WOh pest SaXO- DhOhe section at the LOS IVleClahOS Jazz Festival, which features l'TlUSlClahS Oh a high school level. The Jazz BahCl also Del'- fOI'I'T1eCl at l'eSt hOI'TleS, lO- cal fUhCtlOhS, and Othel' high school jazz festivals. SOITIG thOUQht Jazz Band to pe SVhOhOfTlOUS with Pep Band. The PeD Band WGS the HOl'lOl' Band Cli- vided into two separate DahClS that alternated Def'fOl'I'T1ahCeS at basket- ball QaI'heS. 1. lllfellfly Clllliillfllflllg Oll ll!! lllllSlC lS l.lSl M0l'f0ll. 2. llllllald Harper Illll Kyle l8l'llGl' lll'3CflCE fllell' SCZIES.

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