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Show IKmmmmmmammmmmmmlLmlmmW' SimBmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmlmmmmHBfl llmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmKV9mP 'ammmmmmmmmHammmmmiimW mlllllllllHmfll- ( uHvHFW ' 4 JflmttHHsmllmStamPSi mHHHlllllH 11 smUI m JmlllllllmflL9ijllBHLimmHr "B mlllllBmHivBV K V W ft mlHaHPWBimW ' Playing recorders at Panguitch High School, and providing special music for various activities are Martha Rlggs, left; Lou Anna LeFevre, Julie Dodds, Kerrl Tebbs and music In- Renaissance-Type Music Fills High School Halls If you happen to stroll down the halls of Panguitch High School late some afternoon after most of the students have gone home, you're likely to think yourself transported back to the renaissance or middle ages. This is because waiting down the empty halls there will likely be a sound which once dominated the musical world of the 16th century, but which today is heard only rarely. The music is being performed on a set of recorders by students in the Panguitch Music Department Studying under fhp HirArHon nf Mr DnKart - a.m. VWW Hassell, the students have been performing together since 1973, when they were the only instrumental music program in the Garfield County School District. Although the school now has a fine instrumental music program, these students have stayed together out of sheer love for the instrument and the deep friendships that have structor. Robert Hassell. This Is the only high school recorders group In Utah. really forged this group Into a performing unit The recorder dates from the fifteenth century, A time when all the music the ordinary man heard, he had to make himself either in his own home or in the village church. The recorder Is actually a flute with a whistle mouthpiece and it is usually made from wood. While recorders are made in many sizes and pitches, the Panguitch Consort makes use of three of them. Martha Riggs plays the descant, Julie Dodds and LouAna LeFevre perform both sacred and secular music from the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries, together with some modern pieces Just recently composed for this grouping. As the Renaissance Age closed, the recorder disappeared, being pushed aside in favor of its more powerful cousin, the transverse flute. Today, however, the recorder is undergoing a revival, as many people seek a more peaceful, less Jarring, way of life. Listening to the soft, lilting sounds made by these Panguitch students, one might wonder how it was possible for such beautiful music ever to get lost |