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Clackamas Pj
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Sax master to join 35th jazz fes
Cl Ciaramella
The Clackamas Print
College, high school and
junior high jazz bands from
across the Northwest will con
verge at Clackamas for the Annual
Instrumental Jazz Festival, March
17 - 18, joined by special guest
and renowned saxophonist Javon
Jackson.
In all, 52 bands total will be com
peting, including the Clackamas Jazz
Ensemble and the Clackamas Jazz
Combo. Only the three highest scor
ing bands in each division will be
chosen to play in the final or com
mand performance.
Jazz bands will be judged on
qualities such as precision, interpreta
tion, pitch and phrasing. According
to Tom Wakeling, the chair of the
Music Department, the Clackamas
jazz bands have not been taking the
competition lightly.
“Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse;
practice, practice, practice,” Wakeling
said of their work effort
The Clackamas bands have been
taking a hands-on approach to practic
ing as well. According to Wakeling,
they have been “learning how to play
in the jazz style, primarily by listen
ing to recordings of toe jazz greats
and working with a knowledgeable
teacher.”
In addition to toe competing
bands, attendees will be entertained
by saxophone player Javon Jackson,
who’s played with jazz legends such
as Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers.
Jackson will be giving a work
shop, as well as a concert at 12:20
p.m. on March 18. He will be backed
by none other than toe CCC Faculty
Jazz Band, which includes Wakeling
on bass, Clay Giberson qji piano and
Charlie Doggett on drums.
“We are all looking forward to
playing with Javon,” said Wakeling.
“None of us have ever met him or
played with him before, but we all
share toe common language of jazz
and will be playing songs from the
jazz tradition.”
Also, Eli Reisman, a Clackamas
faculty member who teaches guitar
lessons, will be holding a guitar work
shop Friday, March 17 at 4 put
“Eli has been a wonderfill addition
to our faculty, and I’d encourage all
guitar players to get to know him,”
said Wakeling.
The festival will start at 8 a.m.
on both days, with evening perfor
mances held at 7:30 p.m. Admission
is $5, and all events take place in toe
Niemeyer Center. Contact toe Music
Department at ext. 2434 for more
information.
Jeff Sorensen Clackan
Rebecca Gilpin and Jonathan Butler play during a Jazz Ensemble practice session. Nexti
the Niemeyer building will welcome jazz bands from all across the Northwest. The jan
val will be a mix of performances, workshops and competitions.
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care if I’m part-time or full-
time. I don’t care about the
money. I care about doing a
quality job. The students pay
their money and they should
get a good French program,” -
This sort of work ethic is
what makes part-time instruc
tors at Clackamas such an
indispensable part of the cam
pus, according to Teetor.
“That’s typical of part-time
faculty,” said Teetor. “They’re
not slackers.”
Dodge said that during the
time he was working as a part-
time instructor all he did was
read papers and prepare for
class. He had to if his family
wanted to eat.
“It’s a really hard way to
live for a long time unless
you’re really flexible,” he said.
“In some ways it’s easier if you
don’t have someone waiting at
home.”
According to Dian Connett,
vice president of Instructional
Services, part-time faculty gen
erally teach only one class per
term.
However she àlso said that
“some start teaching a few
credits and end up teaching
more.”
The majority of the classes
are taught by frill-time faculty.
Part-time faculty are paid for
class hours and, if need be,
office hours. The college moni
tors closely how many credits
are being taught by part-time
and full-time faculty.
“We put a high priority on a
solid core of full-time faculty,”
Connett said.
In the end, though, it still
comes down to the individual
quality of the teacher and not
their status as full-time or part-
time.
“It’s really importan
the part-time faculty is e
as good as the full-time,
Connett,.. “Students jho
be able to tell if their teat
full-time or part-time.”
Keoni McHone, P.E. in
tor and cross country and
coach, remembers w
part-time, and being cow
with getting the work dot
making it through each di
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time to full-time my conn
to the students got extn
better,” he said. “I’m n
surviving now.”
In general, part-time it
tors seem to enjoy teacn
Clackamas.
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at Clackamas is that tn
no cap on how many
a part-timer can teach,’
Counselor Tim Pantages,
been here for 15 years. In
to be full-time or part-«
want to do it here. It’s
campus.”
Connett pointed out
when the college does h
a full-time position, it lo
its own part-time faculty
♦ “There’s a high va
internal promotion,” she
Connett
herself
ed out working part-t
Clackamas.
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it’s a pretty typical t
path,” she said.
The college also tn
focus on the individual c
of the part-time faculty,
are scholarships for pat
faculty and workshops.
There was a Part-timeE
Recognition Event yestei
the Gregory Forum, whic
the college a chance toil
part-time faculty and reci
their achievements. Me
was one of the instructot
ored at the event.
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a
really
Clackamas
value.”
Connett. “Everyone who
here is important and val
“I’d pit our part-timO
against any full-time
anywhere,” said Teetor ■