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. Part of our work will be
to continue to have good re-
lations with the council. They
want to have good parks too,
so we’re not at odds. These are
all things that can be worked
out.
“The only challenge is pre-
senting this to the public to
show they are the benefi ciaries
of stabilized funding for the
parks,” Hager added. “Parks
are going to deteriorate. We
saw that on the Parks Tour. We
need stabilized funding for it.
The long-term results are to
our benefi t.”
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