Seniors celebrate last performance
Nicole Hoy Staff Reporter
Issue date: 4/9/09 Section: Features
Three graduating seniors performed their last Spring POPS Concert in Rogers Gymnasium on Sunday.
Kori Birch, Daniel Barker and Charles Bungo will be leaving the LHU Community Orchestra this spring as they begin their future careers.
Bungo plays bass and guitar, Birch plays clarinet and Barker plays trumpet.
Much thanks and appreciation was given to them from their fellow members and conductor, Jack R. Schmidt. This is Schmidt's fourth year as the orchestra's conductor since the retirement of its founder, Robert Lynch.
Schmidt said goodbye to the graduating seniors through a piece by Johann Strauss, "Tritsch Tratsch Polka."
Food and drinks were provided during short intermissions by Bentley cafeteria to everyone attending the concert.
"Rigaudon Processional" was the opening song for the orchestra. It was originally written for a wedding reception.
Susan Davenport, Phoenix, Pa., and Mark Rowedder, Mill Hall, did the waltz together during Johann Strauss' the, "Blue Danube Waltz."
"This is the first time I met Mark, but after this concert, we will have a long-lasting relationship," joked Davenport.
Bungo played guitar during Debbi Boone's "You Light up My Life."
"A Tribute to Henry Mancini" was one of the most interesting pieces. Mancini, originally from Beaver County, Pa., was a very famous conductor. Identifiable melodies by him were heard throughout the piece, such as "Peter Gun" and the "Pink Panther."
Kori Birch, Daniel Barker and Charles Bungo will be leaving the LHU Community Orchestra this spring as they begin their future careers.
Bungo plays bass and guitar, Birch plays clarinet and Barker plays trumpet.
Much thanks and appreciation was given to them from their fellow members and conductor, Jack R. Schmidt. This is Schmidt's fourth year as the orchestra's conductor since the retirement of its founder, Robert Lynch.
Schmidt said goodbye to the graduating seniors through a piece by Johann Strauss, "Tritsch Tratsch Polka."
Food and drinks were provided during short intermissions by Bentley cafeteria to everyone attending the concert.
"Rigaudon Processional" was the opening song for the orchestra. It was originally written for a wedding reception.
Susan Davenport, Phoenix, Pa., and Mark Rowedder, Mill Hall, did the waltz together during Johann Strauss' the, "Blue Danube Waltz."
"This is the first time I met Mark, but after this concert, we will have a long-lasting relationship," joked Davenport.
Bungo played guitar during Debbi Boone's "You Light up My Life."
"A Tribute to Henry Mancini" was one of the most interesting pieces. Mancini, originally from Beaver County, Pa., was a very famous conductor. Identifiable melodies by him were heard throughout the piece, such as "Peter Gun" and the "Pink Panther."
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