LINDERO CANYON MUSICIANS WIN HIGH HONORS AT BATTLE OF BANDS.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry sherry [from Jérez], naturally dry fortified wine, pale amber to brown in tint. The term sherry originally referred to wines made from grapes grown in the region of Jérez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain; today it may refer to any of the Daily News Staff Writer For the second time in two years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Lindero Canyon Middle School Lindero Canyon Middle School is a public middle school in suburban Agoura Hills, California. It is located west of Morrison Ranch district and north of Lake Lindero. It serves the entire city of Agoura Hills and is one of three middle schools of the Las Virgenes Unified School music program has received top honors at a San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. competition. In addition to winning the sweepstakes award, which goes to the outstanding music program at the Heritage Festival, the local choral cho·ral adj. 1. Of or relating to a chorus or choir. 2. Performed or written for performance by a chorus. [Medieval Latin chor and instrumental groups took home prizes. The Lindero Canyon jazz band also was deemed the best overall group among more than 20 schools from California, Arizona, Colorado and Alberta, Canada. ``The strongest feeling I have about all this is a feeling of pride for my students,'' said Matt McKagan, the director of the jazz and concert bands. Students played their selections for a panel of three judges, who then rated them on their performance. ``When they were done playing they were relieved in many ways because it's very stressful,'' McKagan said. ``I think they felt good about their performance.'' Along with its overall best award, the 25-member jazz band earned awards as the best instrumental group and the best jazz band at the festival. The jazz students also won a gold trophy in individual competition. ``We were really excited,'' said eighth-grader Josh Friedlander, 13, who plays trumpet trumpet, brass wind musical instrument of part cylindrical, part conical bore, in the shape of a flattened loop and having three piston valves to regulate the pitch. in both the concert and jazz bands. ``It was really loud in there.'' Lindero students sat in on some other performances to see what they were up against, Josh said. ``We were listening to check out our competition,'' he said. ``It was a really good experience.'' Because Lindero Canyon had the only middle school concert band at the festival, its 82 members opted to compete against smaller high school concert bands. The middle-school musicians bested every high school and captured first place. ``They really work well together,'' McKagan said. ``They've learned the concept of teamwork (product, software, tool) Teamwork - A SASD tool from Sterling Software, formerly CADRE Technologies, which supports the Shlaer/Mellor Object-Oriented method and the Yourdon-DeMarco, Hatley-Pirbhai, Constantine and Buhr notations. and cooperation.'' The 54-member string orchestra took home a silver trophy and the 10-member Lindero Singers choir choir [O.Fr.] 1 A group of singers; traditionally the chorus organized to sing in a church. Usually, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran choirs are composed of men and boys, but occasionally in these churches and customarily in other Protestant won a broze trophy. The students were very excited about all the awards the school won, said Gregory Fried, instructor of choir and orchestra. ``They go crazy,'' Fried said. ``They love it.'' The Lindero Singers sang a mix of classical, jazz and show tunes, while the string orchestra performed selections from Bach, Bartok and Rimsky-Korsakov. This year, the two groups have a large number of sixth-graders, which leads Fried to believe that they will be even better in the next two years. The most rewarding part of teaching is ``seeing how they mature over the year,'' he said. After the event, McKagan asked his students to write down five things they thought they did well and five areas where they needed improvement. ``They did a great job of self-evaluation,'' he said. In addition to the music awards, McKagan was especially proud to receive a compliment Not to be confused with Complement. Compliment may be
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