A WONDER-FUL GRADUATION SINGER SURPRISES STUDENTS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - Stevie Wonder made a surprise appearance at Highland High School's graduation, treating the stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. audience to a song a cappella a cap·pel·la adv. Music Without instrumental accompaniment. [Italian : a, in the manner of + cappella, chapel, choir.] Adj. 1. and providing encouraging words to departing seniors. The 51-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in inductee, wearing his trademark sunglasses sunglasses A tinted pair of glasses used to ↓ light arriving at the eye, which are labeled according to the amount of UV light blocked; nonprescription glasses are classified according to use and amount of UV radiation blocked Sunglasses and dressed in Highland colors of red and gold, showed up for his son's graduation Thursday at the school stadium. ``That was awesome. I didn't see that coming. It totally blew me away. That made my whole graduation,'' said Highland graduate Patrick Robins. ``He's Stevie Wonder. Everyone knows who Stevie Wonder is. It was cool.'' Senior Jason Faulk said students ``went wild'' when they saw Wonder ride up to the speaker's platform in a motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. cart. ``It was pretty amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. . I didn't expect that one,'' Faulk said. ``I think it was pretty special what he did for us. He just came out and gave a little speech and sang a little song.'' Wonder flew in from the East Coast to see the graduation of his son, Mumtaz Morris, whom few at the school knew was Wonder's son. Wonder was born Steveland Morris. ``I'm here for Mumtaz,'' Wonder said, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. those in attendance. Rumors had spread around the school before graduation that Wonder might be coming, but students didn't believe it, one teacher said. Wonder flew by helicopter to Fox Field in Lancaster and then was taken by limousine to the school in Palmdale, school officials said. Principal Pat Iaccino said the school got a call at about an hour before the start of the ceremony that Wonder was coming. Iaccino said he didn't know whom Wonder was coming to see. ``We received a call an hour before going onto the field that he would be coming here to be here with family and watch him graduate, which was fine - just deal with it as it comes,'' Iaccino said Friday. ``They loved it. I think he is a very well-respected man in the industry and had nice comments to say to graduates about their future and overcoming obstacles, which is just great to the kids,'' Iaccino said. ``I was glad I spoke before him. It was not a distraction. You would think that, but the kids were just great. They may have been in shock in the remaining half-hour of the ceremony.'' Wonder sang lyrics lyrics npl [of song] → paroles fpl lyrics lyric npl [of song] → Text m from his song ``Stay Gold,'' from the 1983 movie ``The Outsiders'' about troubled Oklahoma youth in the 1960s. ``Seize upon that moment long ago One breath away and there you will be So young and carefree Again you will see That place in time ... so gold'' Iaccino said he had a few minutes to tell Wonder thank you, then Wonder talked with family members and left. One parent said she was sitting in the bleachers In The Bleachers is a podcast and website that focuses on Division I-A college football. It is recorded and aired weekly during college football season and features college football experts from the Big Ten, Big East, SEC, ACC, Pac 10, and Big 12 conferences. waiting for the ceremony to start when she saw Wonder walk down the track with someone at his side and take a seat on the field. ``No one announced it. We all wondered why he was there,'' the parent said. ``Everyone started saying, 'There's Stevie Wonder.''' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour AV edition only -- ran in Valley and AV editions only) Stevie Wonder provides encouraging words during Highland High's commencement ceremony. (2 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) Pop singer Stevie Wonder, with glasses, rides a golf cart to the speakers' platform for Highland High's graduation ceremony Thursday in the football stadium. Ruth Simonds/Special to the Daily News |
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