Award-Winning Community High School Jazz Musicians, May 1984 Photographer: Cecil Lockard
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Ann Arbor News, May 12, 1984
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JAZZ HARDWARE - Community High School musicians earned several bests at the School Jazz 2 Festival in Saginaw. From left: Erik Saran (outstanding soloist), Jim Kimball (front-best percussion), Geoff Estey (best guitar), Gwen Williams (best piano), Mike Grace (teacher-director), Mike Manley (coordinator of the festival from the Saginaw schools), and Ryan Claunch (best promising young musician). Claunch, who plays keyboards, wrote all the songs that Community High played in the event that attracted 300 musicians.
Ann Arbor News, May 12, 1984
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JAZZ HARDWARE - Community High School musicians earned several bests at the School Jazz 2 Festival in Saginaw. From left: Erik Saran (outstanding soloist), Jim Kimball (front-best percussion), Geoff Estey (best guitar), Gwen Williams (best piano), Mike Grace (teacher-director), Mike Manley (coordinator of the festival from the Saginaw schools), and Ryan Claunch (best promising young musician). Claunch, who plays keyboards, wrote all the songs that Community High played in the event that attracted 300 musicians.
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