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PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, NOVEMBER 13, 2015 MUSIC, continued from Page A1 While Wheeler got an early start in the fi eld, Moore and Fonzeca were pushed into a trial by fi re their sophomore years. “I’ve always wanted to be part of music, but I never found the one thing I enjoyed doing. When I took the re- cording arts class that’s when I thought, ‘I found it,’” said Moore. While Wheeler spends much of his time in the sound room of the Ken Collins the- atre, Fonzeca and Moore can often be found on the other side of the school record- ing audio and musical per- PARKS, continued from Page A1 board stuff would be taken care of in the process. It’s not like you’re eliminating some- thing and starting over. The big thing is it stabilizes the funding.” Parsons agreed that would be a big advantage. Currently, formances from an isolation booth. “I came in with nothing but knowing choir music. I didn’t know the software and I barely knew how to hold a mic,” said Fonzeca, who now works a sound board and mix- ing software with ninja-like skill. That’s not to say that the trio haven’t had setbacks along the way. “We lost one of the fi rst re- cordings we ever did because we didn’t save it correctly, but you need to fail so you can learn better. We’ve failed a lot, but we’ve succeeded so much more by learning from our mistakes and becoming bet- ter,” said Moore. They’re also passing on what they’ve learned to the up-and-comers in the pro- gram, or as Moore likes to call them, “the minions.” “We knew some basic things because of theatre, but it was like being a baby in the deep end of the pool,” said Zena Greenawald. “We started with the the- atre, but we really sort of dis- covered all the other stuff after starting there,” added Faith Zamora. For fellow minion Rose Nason, getting involved with the recording arts program was as much a matter of prac- ticality as expanding her ho- rizons. “I just wanted to have more knowledge of all of it. That way if I end up some place where no one knows anything I can come in to it and start the work, even if we have to branch out from there,” Nason said. Taking on the role of teaching what they’ve learned has added new dimensions for the three seniors. “Since we have a record- ing arts and engineering class, we’ve all had to take a crash course in how video cameras work and how the editing works. We have to learn it and immediately turn around and teach it,” said Wheeler. While they get their names in the production credits for most of their works, Fonzeca and Moore said the pet proj- ects, which are often small in- dividual recordings, are their favorites. “My favorite part is coach- ing people to get ready to record. Juan and I will fi nd someone whose voice we re- ally like and we think has po- tential and then we’ll slowly build them up into the studio,” said Moore. Part of that coaching draws on their own experiences as members of the school choir, explained Fonzeca. “Choir has defi nitely helped because we can pick out when someone is playing or singing something wrong. Being able to do that is a huge part of getting good record- ings,” he said. Both Moore and Fonzeca are planning to attend Clacka- mas Community College to study recording arts; it’s one of the few places that offers the degree as a major in Oregon. They’ve both already trav- eled up to take a tour of the program and liked what they found. “It felt like home because some of the problems are the same ones that we have here,” Fonzeca said. Wheeler has no intention of pursuing it as a career. It started as a hobby and he ex- pects it to stay that way while he pursues a career in law en- forcement. Still, he relishes watching the audience during a theatre performance. “When I’m doing live stuff, I get satisfaction from seeing people enjoying the perfor- mance and taking something away. I like having a small part of that. I was able to contrib- ute to someone else’s day,” Wheeler said. money for parks comes from the same fund as other city services, with parks often get- ting low priority. “It does stabilize funding,” Parsons said. “It will continu- ally get the funding. We’re building this humongous park at Keizer Rapids and we want to expand it, but we can’t (with current funding). Ten years from now, are we still going to have that same thing? You just don’t know.” Parks Board member Rich- ard Walsh noted a task force was formed several years to look at the idea of forming a library district, so some of that information gathered could be relevant. “When parks funding is mixed in with water funding and a water main blows out, there’s no question where your money goes,” Walsh said. “The money pretty much goes everywhere but parks when water, sewer and police use the same funds. The real advantage (of a separate dis- trict) for parks is for funding to be separate from that.” Parsons cautioned this isn’t an overnight solution. “You would need a couple of work sessions to talk about the process and what the fi rst steps are,” she said. “It might take a couple of years to come to fruition. It’s a huge project.” Hager felt that might be optimistic. “It’s going to be more like fi ve years,” he said. “We’re going in the right direction in exploring this. I want to see stabilized funding for our parks. 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