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Show Thursday, February 19, 2009 OREM TIMES Page 5 NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS o y 1 Jared Morris, an instrumental mime teacher at Timpanogos High School directs the percussion ensemble on Feb. 13. T-Wolf music teacher finds harmonious match Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAfr Timpanogos High School's new instrument al music teacher, teach-er, Jared Morris, is well into his first year of teaching, and by his own account, loving it. "Ever since seventh grade, when I started band, 1 knew I wanted to be a band teacher," Morris said. "I never wanted to do anything else. So really, this is my dream job. ... 1 absolutely love it here." Morris said he has wanted to do for other students what music mu-sic teachers have done for him helped him find inspiration, joy and beauty through music. "And 1 think there are skills that are learned in music that are applicable no matter mat-ter what career students go into things like cooperation, dedication, and preparation not necessarily in that order," Morris said. "If you can learn to do those things, it applies to whatever you do in life." Morris Ls a 2008 graduate of Brigham Young University. His own instruments are the percussion ones, but he said he "plays a little bit of everything else," and wishes he had more time to practice them. Morris grew up in American Fork, which has a strong local lo-cal band tradition at the high school. "(The band students) went to the Rose Bowl the year before I came, and to the (presidential) inauguration a couple of years after, but that's OK. I had a fantastic experience there. ... 1 keep in close contact with my music teachers there, and ask them questions all the time," he said. The THS music department iiiNEW SALON IN iiMERicAN Fork! 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"He did the hard part getting it going and he designed the uniforms. The uniforms are here now, and we will be using them this next year. We had 27 people in the marching band this past year. We were very small, but we took first or second place in our division in every competition we entered, and won caption awards for best music, best visual, best color guard. The students were excited, had a lot of fun and worked hard. I think next year will be a great one, too." In collaboration with Orem and Oak Canyon junior high schools, Timpanogos High had a new combined concert this year, which included one piece that was played by all three bands. The concert is expected to become an annual tradition, Morris said. "We want (the junior high mum imi 3 D I' i Hp U students) to be excited about continuing with music not playing an instrument for a couple of years, then putting it away. We want them to see that the most rewarding experiences experi-ences come later, as they get belter." Morris and his wife, Al-yssa, Al-yssa, live in Orem. Alyssa is a composer and oboist, and is arranging a new medley of patriotic songs for the march UlAJLl Tired Of losing Money On Stocks? COMMERCIAL BUILDING BELOW APPRAISAL! FREEWAY EXPOSURE Aspen Mortgage Your Home Loan Sjxx uih'srs rw:AM'.vmv.M Where do I start? How much money will 1 need? l How much loan can I qualify for? lHow much will the monthly payment be? Call us today for free answers w ith no obligation. We'd low to Helpyvu buy the home oj your dreams. Bert Wilson tin 'Wmi ' Bruce i -V PLM tmf QJ VI tilm, 1 M I ., " CRAIG DILGERDaily Herald ing band to perform in parades during the upcoming season. The Morrises are parents of a 16-month-old son, Kimball, and are expecting a new arrival in July. Timpanogos principal Ther-on Ther-on Murphy said, "We are fortunate for-tunate to have Jared Morris at the helm of our band program. We believe his energy, passion, and vision will take us to the next level." lHffii& t -Mitolitfo 1 f S Nate Howell Last Wednesday was quite an eye-opening experience. Before that day, I had thought that there certainly could not be anybody in this world younger or more immature imma-ture than sophomores. Scarify enough, I was wrong. The Wednesday of which I speak was a day that we call Freshmen Day, where all of the ninth graders come to our school and we show them how awesome we are so they get excited about coming to high school. It started off very smoothly. We put on an assembly for them, which showcased all of the exciting clubs and teams our school has to offer. Band, productions, cheer, ballroom, the fashion team, and the Timpanogos dance team all performed. They cheered when they were supposed to, yelled when they were supposed to, and laughed when they were supposed sup-posed to. I was thoroughly impressed that not only could people this young actually understand English, but they could be smart enough to know how to react to it. After that came the fair, where all of the freshmen went into the commons, where there were a bunch of tables set up. These tables had representatives rep-resentatives from many of Smoke Cigarettes, Cigars, Pipes, Loose Tobacco CMIIM 'QHIHW LOWEST PRICES 695 North State Street PR0V0 410 North Freedom Blvd. Bring in this ad I i FREE I With a Minimum Limit one per Average annual savings Of mm J8K Rick Albrecht Insur Agcy Inc Rick Albrecht, Agent Bus: 801-756-3500 www.rickalbrecht.com AW Slatt hm Mutual Atf rwtle wnxe Ccmqariy, -ST the clubs we have to offer, from National Honor Society to Foreign Language to the Ultimate Frisbee Club. The freshmen walked around getting get-ting to know what we have at Timpanogos High while some of us older ones picked up in the auditorium. This is where things starting getting a bit scary. Walking down the aisles, I swear we found about two eaten sucker sticks for every freshman that was actually in the auditorium. audi-torium. People were sticking gum wherever they pleased apparently having decided that throwing things away is so five years ago. Heck, we even found a stick of deodorant. How the heck that got there, we still have no clue. Well, either way, I came back to the commons for the wrapping up of the club fair. We then had to escort the freshmen out of there, much like cattle. I suggested before the assembly as-sembly that we buy a cattle prod to assist us with such tasks, but nobody listened. Anyway, when they left, approximately 100 percent of the floor was covered in paper, candy, and whatever else you can even think of. We were then left to clean this up as well. This did not make me a happy boy, and I spent much of my cleaning time wishing for the good old days, when throwing things away was not such a lost art and actually accepted ac-cepted in society. 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