From the Archives

Geoff Dickenson ’89, Rick Stevens ’88 and Clayton Jones ’89 played together in the Upper School orchestra under the direction of Vivian Potts. That larger group was then divided into two groups: Lab Band, directed by Preston Thomas and Frank Brown, and Chamber Orchestra, led by Potts and Martha Stitsell. Lab Band consisted of all of the jazz instruments and percussion, and the Chamber Orchestra featured the string instruments and most of the woodwinds. The orchestra, sitting in the now sealed up orchestra pit, played for all of the Upper School musicals, and performed Pomp & Circumstance at graduation. There’s an orchestra record, and Rick’s sister, Alexandra Stevens ’85, has a copy. The orchestra and band groups also traveled for competitions to ISAS Arts Festivals and Colorado Springs, and even toured Europe in the summer of 1986.