Western High School - Epitaph Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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An lnsTrumenTal BreakThrough in Tune and RhyThm Tone auaIiTy, arTiculaTion, Ten- sion, rhyThm and slyle are noT vocabulary ThaT are common among sTudenTs. In facT, noT many sTudenTs could aoTually Tell one whaT These words meanT. However, if one were To ask a band member, They would find ouT ThaT They are all Things ThaT The band sTrives To perfecf in Their music. The fine groups are under The direcTion of a new man, lVlr. Swanson fSwannyJ. He hopes To conTinue The higwh level of musical show- mans ip ThaT WesTern has shown ThroughouT iTs years. There are only a few perform- ances during The year: ChrisT- mas, divisional and regional conTesTs, and The Spring con- cerTs. BuT all The Time is needed To prepare and perfecT The diffi- culT music aT hand. Mr. Swan- son's plans have expanded The music deparTmenT from one To Three groups, which gives sTu- denTs an area To choose To per- fecT Their TalenT in. The newly formed groups are: Jazz Band and Brass Choir, which performs wiTh The choir. Exellnce is The main goal of These groups and only The hard working sTudenTs can make iT in This phenomenal group. Etc r Mapa ., 1- ww- , ,- P' . 'ff, ,.,:,. xwgfsfkgf Jr, f . li ..:..-7 'B 311' UN 6 40 lnsTrumenTal music James E. Story E ik K. Sw son M T ylo Pholcgraphy, English, I Trum T l S e hess Club M I

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Singing inTo Aciion, Cdroling Through Our l-ldlls 8 Koihleen ST. Cloir Joseph Sfein Charles E. STeTTs U English Boskefboll Cooch Sophomore Closs Advisor Physicolpliduccnion Mofhemofics rT Through much hord work, The mod- rigols ond girls' glee were oble To puT on The onnudl ChrisTmos con- ceri. lT wos performed for porenTs ond friends on December 15, To en- hdnce The ChrisTmos spiriT. Two of Their selecTions were performed wiTh The dssisTonce of The drcimo club. SonTo Clous ond his elves were olso presenT in The LiTTle TheoTer. An inviToiTon wos exTended To o grode school for o preview of The Chrisfmos concerT. Mony Children ond Teochers oTTended This ceIebroTion. The Meddows Moll wos one of The locoTions of o Modrigol perfor- monce. For ChrisTmos, The group displdyed Their TdlenT for shoppers in fronT of Didmond's depdrTmenT sTore. AlThough The pop group, DirecTions, didn'T perform for ChrisTmds, They hdd oTher concerfs scheduled. The vocol music depdrTmenT in- cluded d mixed choir-modrigdl group, ci pop group, ond on oll girls' glee. They were under The direcTion of musicon ond chordl direcior, Mr. Goroufes. Mr. Goroufes reTumed To The vocol music deporfme-nT This yedr offer o shori breok. Becduse of d mix-up in The music closses, iT wos lefT To him To find o convenienT woy of orgonizing d lorge group inTo Two smoll ones. Mr. Goroufes spliT The lorge group of singers inTo d mddrigdl ond d girls' glee. He chonged The girls To eorly bird ond Things were seTTled. The singers ond Mr. Gdroufes puT much inTo The vocol music depdrT- menT. They were on imporTdnT port of W.H.S. i.dg Ha 4 i Vocols 39

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I J I I 9 10 8 Edea Trapletti Spanish, Foreign Language Club John Vandendries Social Studies ..-...X N-i Xl James C. Waldron Practical Art John R. Watkins Science S, ' il'! 1. Mr. Swanson is Westem's new instrumental direc- tor. 2. Honor Band student, John Krantz, and Leslie Fisher both practice hard and concentrate on their music. 3. Keeping ci constant beat is drum- mers, Adam Vdnce's and Joel Ennipers job. 4. Many pop tests are given and Carol Deitrick is the lucky one chosen this time. 5. The Christmas con- cert features many students, two of which were Steve Schank and Glenn Spigener. 6. Combo: G. Pribble, K. Spencer, C, Cordner, M. Lewis, D. Ragoski, P. Casella. K. Clark, H. lvlaunu, D. Baty, J. Bearce, P. Johnson, J. Ballen, S. Schank, A. Levin, J. Krantz, K. Thrower, B. Wilcox. 7. Concert Band. 8. Trombonist, Pam Johnson and trumpeter, John Bedrce, do their stuff inthe X-mos performance. 9, This soloist, Jay Ballan received a standing ova- tion. 10. Combo soloist, David Baty, was featured many times on his alto sax. 11. Stage Band: same as Combo. lPhotos by: Albert 84 James - 1,6,7,8,9,tO,11: J. Story - 23.4.55 Portraits by Albert 84 Jamesj Instrumental Music Al 1.-..-