Santa Cruz High School Music Department

SCHS Music Alumni

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Class	Name	Band	Instrument	Email	Comments
2005	Devon Modrak	Varsity Band	Percussion & Color Guard - 4 Years	dmodrak21@yahoo.com	Missing the Band Life and people, shoot me an email
2005	Sterling Worth	Varsity Band	Trombone - 4 years	sworth42@hotmail.com	I love you all. Shoot me an e-mail.
2004	Gabe Ramos	Varsity Band	Drum Major, Trumpet, Mace, Rifle, Euphonium, Trombone, Flag, Baton - 5 years	gambit00@berkeley.edu	I will forever be grateful for the achievements and memories I made in my 5 crazy years...
2004	Eric Roberts	Varsity Band	Clarinet, Saxophone, Trombone - 4 years	baldeagle072@hotmail.com	I was also in Jazz Band and Winterguard. I received the John Phillip Sousa Award. I now also play baritone and am Majoring in Music Education! Yay band!!!
2002	Jamie Palochak	Varsity Band	Trombone and French Horn - 4 years	jmpalochak@ucdavis.edu
2001	Julia Ando	Color Guard	Kazoo - 2 years	jando@calpoly.edu	Hey Ron, guess what..."we won first!" Much love to all Cardinal Regiment affiliates.
2001	Laura Arthur	Varsity Band	Drum Major (3 years), clarinet, bass clarinet, bari sax - 4 years	larthur@gladstone.uoregon.edu	Being involved with the SCHS Music program (through the marching band, jazz band, and winterguard) saved me in high school. 'Nuff said.
1999	Emily Spencer	Color Guard	4 years	espencer@uab.edu
1993	Will Delgado	Varsity Band	Drum Major, Baritone, Tuba, Trombone	wildcatwill@hotmail.com	Found you on facebook. Good site. Nice to see that the new traditions that we started then are still going strong. Hopefully the string of award winning drum majors have continued as well.
1993	Lauren Mauck (Lauren Ricker)	Varsity Band	Tenor sax - 4 years	l_mauck@yahoo.com	I, as well as a few other die-hards, were part of the "changing of the guard". Mac retired when we were 8th graders, John Burn (only 23!), some other guy who lived in CHOWCHILLA, and then Ray Lindsey (save the Reno comments). Do you still stay at Zabies in Anaheim?!
1989	Lionel Roberts	Varsity Band	Clarinet, Asst Drum Major - 4 years	lionjen@lionelroberts.com
1987	Christie Clark	Varsity Band	Clarinet, bass clarinet, and tenor sax (jazz band) - 4 years	cclark1969@charter.net	I was one of the lucky few who got to spend 6 years with Mr. Mac (2 at Mission Hill and 4 at SCHS). He has left an indelible mark in all of our hearts, minds and souls for those who were lucky enough to be under his direction. He was one that was always making sure I was doing well in my classes so that I would be able to compete in the band reviews. 2 memories that come to mind are (1) Mr. Mac jogging around the track at some awful hour of the morning before Jazz Band, and (2) him throwing his baton and threatening to retire! He will be greatly missed! We love you Mr. Mac! Some favorite band trips were all the Hollywood Xmas Parades, the World Expo 1985 (Canada), and ALL the local Band Reviews
1986	Richelle Noroyan	Varsity Band	Clarinet & Tenor Sax - 4 years	richelle@baymoon.com	This website is great! I loved reading all your comments. Aside from the great opportunity to play a muscial insturment, Mr. Mac provided us the opportunity to belong to an institution that had a place for all of us. I am so grateful for Mr. Mac's patience (this is an understatement) and willingness to provide such a great experience for all of us. Drop me a line! I am still in Santa Cruz and would like to know how you're doing.
1986	Shawn Smith	Varsity Band	Saxophone - 4 years	Chaos68@verizon.net	I was also in Jazz Band. In any case, as others have said Mr. Mac was awesome! I often wonder what the old gang is up to (Jerry's Squad, The Panero Brothers, the members of Speciall Guest)...I hope life is finding you all well.
1986	Melissa Stevens	Varsity Band	Flute & Bass Drum - 4 years	mamabunny@citlink.net	Wow, this is great!! I would love to hear from all of you!
1984	Martin Corona	Varsity Band	Drum Major - 2 years, Percussion - 4 Years	mmcorona9@yahoo.com	WHAT'S UP! Band was a kick in the ass and we did kick some ass. It was whether or not there would be an Overall Band Sweepstakes. We/I was taught well, Mac(RIP), Ron, Cassius, Lester etc. It's Amazing how good we were considering how much we/I Partied! WooHoo! Looks like present SCHS is Kicking some A..! I hope to see you all(Jeff,Colleen,Andrea,ect)Oct 21st. Oh, and CLASS OF 84 ROCKS!!!
1984	Jeff Matlock	Varsity Band	Saxophone - 4 years	jmatlocks@cruzio.com	Mr. Mac was one of the most influential adults of my high school life. He would stop me in the hall and ask about things he had heard about me, good and, very often, bad. He was an adult whose care and interest was not lost on me. I feel privileged to have been taught by the man. The Big Red Band was a four-year laughfest with competition thrown in every month. The people I was fortutunate enough to work with were among the best people I have ever met. Sly forever!!
1983	Ofelia Hernandez	Color Guard	Tall Flags - 2 years	maria@allume.com	Best part of high school? Mr. Mac and the Band!
1983	Colleen Mulholand	Varsity Band	Flute and saxophone - 4 years	mulholand@earthlink.net	There were so many things that were great about band; the people, the traveling, that feeling of anticipation standing in formation right before the competition started at the band review, the chaos of the band review, wondering if everyone got their uniform out of the cleaners (and if they didn't good ol' Scott Murray would go get them), and the sheer joy of making music and entertaining-Thanks Mr Mac.
1983	Debby Robello (Debby Rappaport)	Varsity Band	Trombone & Clarinet - 4 years	debrobello@yahoo.com	20+ years and 3 kids later, my boys are all interested in learning some kind of musical instrument. Mr. Mac was THE MAN!
1982	Jerome Deck, Jr.	Varsity Band	Tuba - 4 years	jeromedeck@kp.org
1982	Andrea Rosenfeld (Andrea Moore)	Varsity Band	Drums - 4 years	andreasmail@earthlink.net	In addition to not spilling beverages when I walk, I learned a great many wonderful things during my years in band. Learning to read music was not one of them, but that didn't seem to matter! It is great to share so many happy memories with my bandmates.
1982	Thomas L Roberts	Varsity Band	Clarinet, Drum major - 4 years	thomas_roberts@excite.com	Wow, the Big Red Band is online! Band was the greatest experience of my high school life. I had great mentors, Cassius and Ron Salinas. Where the heck are you guys these days? Mr Mac is a living legend. We went to Victoria, now the new band is off to Maui...
1981	Stacy Anders (Stacy Erba)	Color Guard	Tall Flags - 5 years	scruz5000@aol.com
1981	Donna Larson	Varsity Band	Percussion - 4 years	segre@softcom.net	Band was a lot of fun and made High School a great experience.
1981	Dennis Lira	Varsity Band	Saxaphone - 4 years	dennislira@usa.net	Hello to all my fellow band mates!
1979	Jeff Downey	Varsity Band	Clarinet, Sax - 4 years	jeffdowney@hotmail.com	Howdy...back in the Bay Area after 14 years in Austin, TX. Mr. Mac was one of the most influential teachers at SCHS...I had the pleasure of talking to him just before he passed away...at 77 he was just as sharp and interesting as ever. Sure miss him and the fun we all had; glad to see the tradition of excellence still lives on.
1979	Ruth Jones (Ruth Hill)	Varsity Band	Saxophone - 1 year	jones7726@sbcglobal.net	I am a total band geek as my kids would say, Ron, Mike, laura, kay, Cassius, Julie ect what a Band group to go to Hs with. I think Band made so many wonderful memories that I can share with my kids and I am not ashamed of. Mr. Mac was great band director. I admire him. The band trips were so fun I wish that today was as simple as those days.
1979	Jennifer Martin (Jennifer Larson)	Varsity Band	Bells, French Horn, Piano - 4 years	jlmartin246@hotmail.com	I loved my years in band. Hi to all you band friends! I have a hard time convincing my teenagers that band was "cool" when I was in highschool. Too bad all schools don't have a Mr. Mac to teach hard work and discipline.
1978	Kay Smith (Kay Larson)	Varsity Band	Flute, bassoon - 4 years	dkjtsmith@carolina.rr.com	Mr. Mac encouraged team work, commitment and a true sense of community. Band was a significant stepping stone in my life - great memories! I hope public music programs will continue to be valued and made available to help shape adults of the future!
1978	Ron Salinas	Varsity Band	Trumpet, French Horn, Drum Major - 4 years	ronsali@aol.com	Band was the best part of my high school experience! Gee...what a surprise, huh? :)
1978	Mike Yambrovich	Varsity Band	Tuba - 4 years	myambrovich@excite.com	I had my first dream job as a Navy pilot. Now I have my second dream job - nearly. I play trombone in the 59th Army Band in Sac. I also get to see the Cardinal Reg't when I judge Marching or Drum Majors at band reviews. Thanks Mr. Mac.
1977	Gail Lukan	Varsity Band	Flute, piccolo and majorette - 4 years	gails190e@hotmail.com	Many wonderful memories with my fellow musicians and the majorettes. Mr. Mac was a great man! I wish it was the same for kids now.
1976	Dave Gregoric	Varsity Band	Baritone/Trombone/Trumpet - 4 years	dakpop@yahoo.com	I thought I would chime in...I am a band director ( I am the director of Jazz studies at Valley Christian schools in San Jose) . and have the gray hair to prove it (but at least I still have it...oops, sorry Mr. Mac). I want to congratulate Mr. Mac on his induction into the CMEA hall of fame...well deserved. A big hello to Mike Y. and Ron...those were great drills back in the day! GEEOUT