In a d d i t i o n t o f o u r o n - c a m p u s p e r f o r m a n c e s t h i s y e a r , H o p e ' s orchestra was also h o n o r e d w i t h an i n v i t a t i o n t o t h e M i d w e s t e r n C o n f e r e n c e o n School V o c a l a n d I n s t r u m e n t a l M u s i c . H e l d in A n n A r b o r , M i c h i g a n , H o p e was c h o s e n by t h e M i c h i g a n School Band a n d O r c h e s t r a A s s o c i a t i o n as t h e o n l y college t o p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e c o n f e r e n c e . This is t h e t h i r d t i m e in ten years that H o p e ' s orchestra has e a r n e d this h o n o r . The i n v i t a t i o n was a special a c h i e v e m e n t t o t h e orchestra d u e t o t h e fact that 75 p e r c e n t of t h e s t u d e n t s w e r e not m u s i c majors. For these s t u d e n t s , orchestra p r o v i d e d not o n l y m u s i cal satisfaction and e n j o y m e n t , but also a c h a n c e t o meet p e o ple w h o share t h e same f e e l i n g for music but place t h e i r m a j o r emphasis o n o t h e r a c a d e m i c interests. — K. Bowman
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Immersed in intense musical concentration is violist Nancy Ritchie.
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Rich Blake, Alice Ford, and Connie Coldzung give a low-reeding.
Front r o w , left to right: M a t t Fike, D e b W a r -
naar, Kathy Wedemeyer, Jeanne Brink, Anne Mulder, Nancy Ritchie, Fern Raima, Karyn Harrell. Second row, left to right: Nancy Kerle, Lauren Lambie, Jluia Huttar, George Wiszynski, Lisa Czanko, Linda Strouf, Donna Klein, Carol Vandenberg, Sue Ward, Nancy Tait, Benta Galland, Sarah Saddler, Vickie Wilson, Shannon MacBride, and Shou Ling Wu Third row, left to right: Sue Edgcomb, Ted Johnson, Tammy Nothdurft, Michelle Serrette, Kathy Olson, Betty Bice, Sandy Blodgett, Rich Blake, Barb Pell, Alice Ford, Connie Goldzung, Mary Soeter, Joan Oskam, and Paul Miedema Back row, left to right: Conductor Robert Ritsema, Peter Koeppe, Mike Schumaker, Laura Warnaar, Laura Press, Pam Wright, Mark Colsman, Linda Gnade, Mary Burton, Rod Matthews, Tim Lowe, Phil Rose, and Dirk Doorenbos. Not pictured are Erin Dunwiddie, Amy Glass, Kyle Chamberlain, Jane Vandenberg and Peggy Lubbers.
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