Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1987, Page 60

Description:	Dubinski Arrives1987 was a year ofchange for the South bandprogram because of newdirector Robert Dubinski.Dubinski, from New Jersey, has had a considerable amount of experiencein band programs, and hasworked with or played in aband most of his life.The band and orchestracombined talents this yearto form a pit orchestra forthe spring musical,Merrily We Roll Along.Freshman Stacey Ryser,who ordinarily plays withthe orchestra, said, It wasa lot of fun to be able towork with the band aswell. Theres a lot of talentin both programs and bycombining forces we wereable to produce betterquality music.The orchestra performed at a variety of functions including Music InOur Schools, the ChicagoWorld Festival of MusicCompetition, and the honor night program.Both groups held vari-ORCHESTRA: FRONT ROW: AnnettePolley, Deb Plass, Mario Lamb, CharleneONeal, Julie Overman, Eva Sullivan.SECOND ROW: Kirk Sluder, KarenBoruff, Kim Freeman, Jennifer Cease,Regina Bounds, Michele Kinser, TimWiseley. THIRD ROW: Staci Ryser,Genny Von Holt, Lisa Pierce, BobbiGilliatt, Rabiah Hickey, GeorgeSchermer, Vanessa Gong. BACK ROW:Aaron Hosey, Kyle McCabe, MissGouker, Isabel Piedmont, JoannaKnapczyk, Jarron Long, Tony Doyle.JAZZ BAND: Front Row: Mike Mabert,Philip Martin, Pete MacKay, JustinHilbig, Lori Rhodes, Donald Griffin.Second Row: Chris Bumgarner, JakeSmith, Elizabith Rubin, Eva Wailes,Kevin Cottril, Jenny Plass, AndyWhitney. Back Row: Bill Maki, PeteWilhoit, Dave Crabtree, C. J. Glander,Jerry Brown, Adrian Hegeman, MattBethel, Wade Sherfick.ous fund raisers this yearto raise needed funds. Theorchestra held bake sales,car washes, a bowl-a-thon,and sold fruitcakes tomake money to purchasenew instruments and newuniforms. Pep band member Julie Burke said otherfund raisers provided aneeded opportunity toraise money for the bandprogram. They also gaveus a common goal to worktogether to achieve,Burke added.Dubinski described hisfirst year at BloomingtonSouth as being very productive, as well as fun.He has high goals forbuilding an even betterprogram, based on thefoundation established thisyear.I feel that next year wehave potential to be thebest band that Bloomington South has ever had,said Dubinski. We havethe talent. All that needs tobe realized is the kids desire and commitment.60 ActivitiesJAZZ BAND: First Row: MalikMcCluskey, Todd Goodson, Mark Ryser,Damon Brown, Stacee Williams, DaveWrenn, Ross Dinnsen. Second Row:Hans Barsun, A. J. Lindeman, JeffWilson. Back Row: Kahlil Sabbagh, ScottOsborne, Graham Glander, JasonWilbur, Bob Gregory, Rob Harrell, MarkAbplanalp, Andy Holland.
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Collection:	Bloomington High School South

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