Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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usical group work togeth r Jazz Band, Concert Band, and Orchestra made their school year a most complete year by working together. The Jazz Band was very suc- cessful, with the many activities they had to attend to. Under the direction of Royce Tevis, the 14-member Jazz Band was the nucleus of THSPA's lTokay High School Performing Artsl production of lVlerrily We Roll Along. The Jazz Band also spent much of its time preparing for a competition at the University of the Pacific. lt was a clinic for Jazz Bands in the county. They also performed in other concerts. We planned on building up the Jazz Band and we had a lot of fun, said David Fowler, Jazz Band member. Concert Band, besides giving a variety of concerts, performed along with the Jazz Band in lVlerrily We Roll Alongf, A change from previous years had the Concert Band making audition tapes about halfway through the first semester. High scorers were promoted to the Honor Band. The eight-member Orchestra performed in a variety of con- certs, as well as competing in individual and ensemble compe- tition . by Cynthia Gonzales Photos by ALisa Stone l 6. Pit Band members are front row Jackie Johnson, Stacey Padula, Quinta Wells, Tonya Hong, Mat- thew Brayshaw, Andrea Dennis, Donelle Ashworth, and Director Royce Tevis. Row two Freddy Romero, Jason Poteet, Vicki Ashworth, Michelle Hepburn, Mat- thew Holling, Lynn Lohman, and Sam Ferrer. Row three Christopher Blackwell, Joe Lynch, David Fow- ler, Michael Warde, Rodney Wells, Robert Freese, and Kelly Linn. 7. Jazz members Michael Warde, Joe Lynch, Quinta Wells, and Vickie Ashworth make music. Jazz! Concert! Orchestra 37

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lil 4. Sandwiched between represen- titives from Ripon Christian and Tracy high schools, Scott Taylor seems to be lost in thought on a test. 5. Priscilla Louie frowns as her 1 - if' 1 f ex- .1 V. sl turn comes up in one of 10 compe- titions. 6. Leaving the academic arena is senior Thuc Nguyen. 7. Looking casual while accepting his award and plaque is Dennis Czech. 2.1, f' ,, 1 . lfrf , 0' ' '1 If f I X, ,I f gp lf - 12 , LZIJYQ 7 vjvqf ,M , I .yi J L ,qw ft , M .1 .il at rf. 1 ' 'f Lf if 1 , . e gf, . finishes fourth ln the interview competition a perfect score of 1,000 was the highlight of Tokay's Academic Decathlon team. Senior Dennis Czech, a Transfer student from England, in addition to achieving the perfect score, placed first in three other events, social sci- ence, grammarfliterature, and finals competition. The team which finished fourth overall, was coached by Wayne Read, second year adviser and Samuel Hatch, English teacher. The overall team winner was Stagg High School, who won for the sixth straight year. The Honors division was re- presented by seniors Czech and Priscilla Louie, Scholastic Divi- sion was represented by seniors Shazia Khan and Thuc Nguyen, and Varsity Division representa- tives were seniors Scott Taylor and Lisa Whitney. All divisions were decided by grade point averages. Mr. Read cited the two varsity participants as being surprise finishers and doing well in each of the 10 events. Among others who did well was senior Bac Le who was the honors alternate, scoring 950 out of 1,000 in the essay competition. 'Ll am satisfied that there are enough students to qualify for the events, we need to prepare better and dedicate more time outside of class, said lVlr. Read. Despite the fourth place finish among 11 schools, the team was just two and one-half points be- hind the third place team. by John Park Photos by Eric Johnston Academic Decathlon 39