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Orchestra teacher Debbie
Martinez di rects her 10/12 (A. Seni or Andrew Grimm plays" 18 12 Overture" on his cello. Orchestra allowed
Orchestra for an upcoming him to learn many different techn iques and to enjoy beautiful music. photo by
concert. The students played Molly Gibson B.Sophomores Eddie Hanlon and Hope Li ann rehearse for the
the song "Carmen" fo r the di strict concert. They had been stand part ners for the past two years. photo by
District Concert. photo by Molly Gibson C. Sophomore Oli via Gaudineer practi ces the viola in class. Gaud-
Molly Gibson ineer played fo r six years and is plann ing to continue until the end of high school
because she fi nds orchestra to be "so much fun ." photo by Molly Gibson]

Becoming more advanced in musical around fun together with the incoming said.
skill s, having the chance to play a freshmen," senior Allison Woolcott said. For all grades, students were able
variety of tunes, learning different With the pressure of memorizing to fmd orchestra as something very re-
styles of music and being able to come music and competitions, students found warding and something they could look
together as one contributed to the techniques to keep them going. forward to. I
orchestra experience. "Music has always been a huge part "Being with people, becoming more
"Good attitude, good musicianship, of my life and something I look for- advanced with yourself i mu'sic, learn-
gettin g along with others and respect ward to everyday more th an anything. I ing so many of the differ; nt styles and
we re just a couple of things that were love all the fri ends I have made and the being able to watch other groups come
ex pected out of us," sophomore Mona memories we all make together as the and pl ay fo r us was what orchestra was
Baishya said. orchestra," junior Olivia Krueger said. all about," Baishya said.
After practicing an hour during the Many students from orchestra Many stud ents day in and day out
school day and more time at home, made some exciting memories through made orchestra a main priority of their
stud ents rewarded themselves with a performances at All-State Orchestra in li ves by practi cing and parti cipating in
night of fun. Lincoln. activiti es throughout the enti re year.
"We were able to have a lock in at "It was really cool to play with the "Orchestra trul y is one of the most
the YMCA, and we ate a ton of food best musicians from all around the state rewarding and funniest classes that I
and just relaxed while having some all of Nebraska," sophomore Lydia Selzle have ever taken," Selzle said.