Orchestra Concert - India Goss

An orchestra concert on the night of February 27, 2009 lit up the West High auditorium. Parents, friends, and the close family of any person in the North Central Orchestra, Advanced Orchestra, or the West High Freshman Concert Orchestra filled the auditorium up. The lights grew dim as each orchestra played their songs lead by Wayne Thelander and Carrie Beaderstadt.
The West Side Elementary Advanced Orchestra (lead by Carrie Beaderstadt) played at 7:30 starting off the concert. They played the songs Dragon Slayer (Bob Grice), Morning Lights (Brian Balmages), Festive Dance (Edmund J. Siennicki), and Apache (Carold Nunez). The North Central Symphony Orchestra played the Four Royal Dances by Eric Ewazen which included The Lord, The Lady, The Jester and The Knight. They also played Sanseneon by Robert S. Siennicki. The audience seemed to like this concert with the whistles and cheers from peers and family that followed each song.
This concert was followed by the West Concert Orchestra lead by Wayne Thelander. They played African Procession by Ellen Lindquist and Danzas De Panama by Willliam Grant Still. The crowd also showed their approval by clapping so much that Wayne Thelander had to come out twice.
Matt Vest ’11 attended the 7:30 concert and said, “I think that they did great for how young they are.”
Paola Jaramillo ’11 was in the orchestra concert for West High’s Concert Orchestra starting at 8:30. She said, “I think we did pretty well. It was nice because it got over quick. There were a few mistakes but they were unnoticeable by the audience.”
Wayne Thelander directed West High’s orchestra and also helped the 7:30 orchestras before they played.
About the younger orchestra he said, “I thought all the groups did very well.”
He said that the performance went very well but “any performance could be better.”
Melanie Foraker, a parent of one of the students in the West Concert Orchestra said, “I think the concert was beautiful. Every group did wonderfully. I don’t understand why my child was so concerned about her pieces. She thought that she wouldn’t do very well. I think they did great.”
Westside Orchestra, North Central Orchestra, and our own West Orchestra was a success. The lights got turned off, violins, violas, cellos and bass were returned to their rightful place, and everyone went home.