Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1994, Page 36

Description:	Totally enthused, Jason Slota waits for the Junior Chris Hunt stares methodically at hisbell to ring. sheet of music.Rebuilding year for jazzWe lost a lot of people over thesummer and had a hard time gettinga band together this year. Nevertheless we moved forward and accomplished a lot, said band director Mr.Dubinski.Many students in the class hadbeen playing together for a long timeso having the small class size did nothinder their performance at all. Junior Chris Hunt said The class wasvery different than wind ensemble; itwas more individualized and we eachgot to do our own thing.The jazz band participated in manydifferent festivals and concertsthroughout the year. One of thehighlights of the year was when theyhosted the Jazz Festival in Decemberwith guest star Rufus Reid. Therewere 21 different schools representedand had over 600 students participating in the festival.Junior Aaron Butcher commentedI liked the class a lot because of itssmall size. I think it is a good thingfor any musician to know how jazzworks and this class helps out a lot.Senior Vahan Papakhian addedBand was a lot of fun. I gained alot of knowledge from this class andwould suggest that anyone interestedin music should try it.Getting a kick out of his exciting band classDavid Gantz smiles.Phoebe Hanshews eyes wander off intospace as Mr. Dubinski lectures the class.36/ACTIVITIES■~, - •■**+JS_
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Collection:	Bloomington High School South

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