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THREE North Vancouver schools took top honors at the
National Music Festival held at Expo Sunday.

Music students from  Hand-
sworth Secondary School, Argyle
Secondary School and Carson
Graham Secondary School com-
peted against 7,800 others from
across Canada.

Rob Kerr, one of the festival or-
ganizers, said the schools did ‘‘ex-
tremely. well,’" and North Van-
couver was better represented than

_any other region in Canada at the
invitation-only awards festival.

“It’s really a credit to the music
programs in’ North Vancouver,”
he said.

“The size ofthe festival was re-

: “ally. phenomenal, and it was the
first time a national music festival
“has gone on at a world festival. We
literally had’ ‘world famous ad-
judicators. ro

By KIM PEMBERTON
‘ News Reporter

silver award and from its band,
drummer Paul Townsend, bass
player. Richard Ernst, soloists
Elena Kirchner and Jeff Harris
were selected to play in the jazz
honor ensemble.

Bass trombone player John Col-
lins and lead tenor Marci Cole
were also selected to the honor
ensemble from. the Carson Graham
jazz band.

ALL STARS

Chosen for the All Star Choir -

from Argyle were Linnea Sharples,

“Derrick Christian ‘and Georgia

~ Tyrrell.

; " HANDSWORTH GOLD

Competing against 27 other '

” bands, Handsworth. Senior Jazz
-band «and. Handsworth » Senior
“Concert band, both..won a gold

award in the: AT and under. age»

“came fnat “out. of “14° bands. ang

«Handsworth Intermediate A con
“cert-band also won a’ ‘gold award in
“the - 15. and ° ‘under ’ age | categor

ir ~ Handsworth music. teachers are...
: Bob Rebagliattt and Mary Backun. :
At Argyle the music teachers are —

A gold medal was also awarded

_ ito” the -°15-member .* Junior ;.Jazz:
Choir, *- comp ting against. _ three ....

__ The four-member: Argyle School
‘vocal combo was awarded. a gold’ <
‘miedal for its rendition of the Kirby. :
_ Shaw: arrangement of Girl: Talk, ©

i i eight . other.’

Mike Parr ‘made first trombone -

in the. intermediate All Star Band
from Argyle and David Pay. was
selected first alto saxophone i in the
junior All Star Band. :

From Handsworth the: six ae
‘dents selected. for the “AllStar -
.: ‘bands . included:trumpét, players

‘ Nooshin Khoshkhesal and’ David.
Ashton, ‘trombonists Jeff’ Seddon’

‘and’ Bob Jarvis, tenor saxophone.
layer: Blair Schellenberg’ and. clar- |

inet player Mike Eby.
“Khoshkhesal :also ‘won a ‘$1, 000
Berklee College scholarship. »

Janet Warren and Ken Oster-
reicher, and at Carson Graham the
music: teachers are. Rob Kerr and
Peter Taylor.

The students were performing i in
: front. of,.Expo. crowds, which
: numbered over 100,000 that day. -
The performance. venues includ- :

‘ed® the *Plaza:.of Nations, 86th

: Street, Waves: ..Cabaret,., Flying
2Chib, ‘the’ "Xerox Theatre. and the -
Kodak. Bowl. The festival also used

facilities at at Douglas College.

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