By Daily Press staff
The John Adams Middle School instrumental music program has announced that seven band students auditioned and were selected for the premiere California Band Directors Association Jr. High Honor Band.
They are: Michael Cox, 8th grade, trumpet; Melinda Gottesman, 7th grade, clarinet; James Hodges, 7th grade, clarinet; Michael Kim, 7th grade, clarinet; Lena Simon, 7th grade, clarinet; Rebecca Waterhouse, 7th grade, clarinet; Helen Yu, 8th grade, clarinet.
The students performed at the Fresno Convention Center last Sunday. Six band and orchestra students from John Adams also auditioned and were selected for the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association honor groups.
They are: Devin Barr, 8th grade, trumpet; Ben Bartelt, 7th grade, violin; James Hodges, 7th grade, clarinet; Michael Kim, 7th grade, clarinet; Ryan Lin, 8th grade, violin; and Helen Yu, 8th grade, clarinet. The students will be performing at the Haugh Performing Arts Center at Citrus College in Glendora.
The JAMS choral department sent 12 students to audition for the SCVA Honor choir and are waiting for the results.
The Santa Monica High School choir will be traveling to Boston to perform at a major choral festival April 23-28, 2003. Many Samohi choral students also are expected to participate in honor groups from the state and Southern California.
The Samohi band program had a number of students successfully audition for honor groups. Those students are James Fraracci, Joey Hards, Sean Lundgren, Cassie McGrath, Andres Pichardo-Rosenthal, and Joni Yamashiro.
The Malibu High School choral program will be traveling to London, Paris, and Rome from April 14-24, and will be performing in cathedrals, halls and schools. The Malibu instrumental program will be participating in the Samohi Jazz Festival and Band Orchestra Festival in the spring. See Q-LINE, page 8 about, but if it does, that’s Saddam Hussein’s problem.” ■ “I think war is inevitable at this stage in the game. But I think we should send Bush and his cronies to the front line and our military in front of them. They are in charge of the whole thing. They should be there first. Generals go first, captains go first. Truthfully there should not be any war.” ■ “I hope that Saddam is ousted by his own people. However, I believe war is our only option at this present time. Saddam is laughing at us as he hides biological, chemical and nuclear weapons from the inspectors. He is a mad man and will unleash his weapons on neighboring countries and soon in our country if we don’t stop him. He cuts off the ears and tongues of anyone who opposes him. If our country’s protesters were to protest Saddam’s policies in Iraq they would all be shot. America is a wonderful country and we must fight to protect it. God Bless America.” ■ “I remember the events of 9/11 that destroyed 3,000 lives in a world class business center in NYC. This to me demonstrated a new 21st Century theorem: That danger is not necessarily determined by the size of an enemy’s country, but by the depth of their hatred and personal ability to wage inhumane attacks on humanity. Saddam Hussein is a small dictator, with a big potential to do world damage if even the slightest opportunity presents itself. To keep him in power is insane. To go after him with military action is courageous and very risky. I would choose the latter. Our 227 years of democracy was not created or sustained by passivity. Much effort and many lives have been given up to ensure our country’s survival. The protests of last weekend sadly showed the frivolous indifference some people have for supporting safety and freedom that others before have so bravely passed on.” ■ “The problem of America attacking Iraq is the size of America and the size of Iraq. In my opinion, it would be very much like the state of California attacking Catalina. I am also the old school who would like to have the enemy fire the first shot. If Iraq had anything to do with the demolition of the World Trade Center, I would agree that the first shot was fired. Still, there is no hard evidence indicating Iraq had any-more than intrinsic interests in those destructions. Also, the news media has not been specific regarding the weapons of mass destruction Iraq intends to use on the bombardment of America. The weapons inspectors sent to Iraq say that Iraq does not have any weapons of mass destruction. In the final analysis any excuse will do simply because the oil company whores wanting it to be done for one form of greed to another form of greed. When oil company whores speak, all company lackeys respond with a resounding YES SIR!”
This past week, Q-Line asked, “What do you hope will happen with the situation in Iraq? Is war inevitable at this stage of the game?”
Here are your responses: ■ “I hope that everyone can support the current administration’s effort to look at what is happening there and if there are a number of weapons and that kind of thing in Iraq then we need to take action and make sure those things do not fall in the hands of terrorists. I think that is the greatest problem with Saddam Hussein, much of his money is used for weapons that ultimately can fall into the hands of terrorists throughout the world. I hope that war does not come
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 21, 2003. Read the original PDF.