West Valley High School - Aurora Yearbook (Fairbanks, AK)

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Part of the power behing the woodwinds is Diane Caldwell. N iw, ai, Endeavoring to perfect a piece, Dana Garrett concentrates, as usual, on sax. THE BEST BAND I THE STATE. ' Members ofthe band entertain listeners' cars with waves of music at a basketball game. ff'

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Z' L ka., Q Basically a clarinet player, Mark Turner pauses for a breath. 4? lg. 66 Q-fw 4 XXI! M ilf! SJ!!! 5 There was a surprise in store for many people when concert band started again this school year with innova- tive projects. One of the bands newer projects was the Music Marathon, done with the orchestra. Actually it cannot be said that concert band started again, as it never really stopped at the end of the last school year. The band continued marching practice and in July '77, marched and won first place in the Golden Days Parade for music and marching. They have also marched for two military functions at Fort Wainwright and have received awards for them. The band gave five local concerts, performed in the State Music Festival, and took a tour to the south central part of the state where they played 16 concerts. Band Captain Lisa Klaich, director George Wiese, and the 68 students in band did their best to fulfill the band's main goal which was To honor our school and the city of Fairbanks by being the best band in the state. the City of Fairbanks by Being . FRONT ROW: Lisa Klaich, Bobbi Doner, Alice Hisamoto, Katie Van Cleve, Linda Rayburn. SECOND ROW: Cheryl Winters, Mary Van Hoomissen, Marylin Childers, Toni San Chez, Cheryl Wilhelm, Sandy Flodin, Donna Neidhold, Laurie Klepper. THIRD ROW: Jenny Jordon, Joe Shaw, Lori Loud, Dana Garrett, Debbie Thcis, Hans Straiger, Katie Ncidhold, Dave Totin, Mark Lewis, Mario Roedercr. FOURTH ROW: Bob Dempsey, Chris Senungetuk, Cindy Oliver, John Stinson, Mike Ashton, Theresa Dempsey, Mark Turner, Ted Thomas, Rus Peterman, Bill Cox. STANDING: Eric Resch. 'E S ,-fi 4Q

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Practice makes perfect, and Anne Walters often reviews the bass- LEFT TO RlGHT: lan White, Joy Phillips, Mrs. Matschke, Charlie Koo, Janice Trumbull, Jennifer Brice, Druska Salisbury, Debbie Davis, Brian Johnson, Robert Carboy, David Lokken, Arun Sharma, boubakr Elshamma, Barbara Setzer, Tom Van Flein, Raeleen Fishback, Terry Nance, James Hobbs, Rachel Lindemann, Anne Walters. ic String long Mrs. Donna Matschke, director, President Druska Salisbury, and her fellow officers led the I7 piece orches- tra through many and varied money-making projects. These projects included selling tickets at games, holding a Music Marathon, hosting bake sales, and washing cars. They presented four regular orchestra concerts, and many special performances at the District String Festi- val, Youth Fair, and State Music Festival. Concerts at the Pioneer Home and Senior Citizens luncheons were also given. Brian Johnson rehcarses violin-tly. l is 5l