This page contains info about last year's show, with pics, scores,songs, and the people.

Oakland High School Percussion Ensemble Presents: "A Night At The Palladium" featuring the songs "Cuban Dance", "Sentimiento De Cancion" and "Ran Kan Kan".

Director: Julie Davila
Assistants: Julie Hill, Jonathan Wright, Stephen Richardson, Shawn Harris, Lalo Davila, Bob Horne

Students:

Battery

*Mike Bone (tenors/timbales)
Dawn Golson(tenors/timbales)
David Wells(tenors/timbales)*competed with us for 3 contests*
Cliff Bowman(1st bass/triangle)
*Greg Napper(2nd bass/timbales)
Josh Hyer(3rd bass/claves)
Jonathan Henry(4th bass/cowbell)
*Matt Fisher(snare/congas)
*Lucas Kairdolf(snare/congas)
*Adam Patterson(snare/congas/timbales)
Jonathan Phillips(snare/congas)

Pit

Katy Butler(small marimba/accessories)
Katie Carlton(bells/accessories)
Erin Chandler(small marimba/synthesizer)
Jesse Chavez (xylophone/chimes)
Elliott Conley(guitar)
Andrew Hooper(bass guitar)
Brad Horne(marimba/accessories)
*Mollie Lane(vibraphone)
Lauren McCawley(synthesizer/marimba)
Kathryn McCash(marimba/synthesizer)
Josh Phiffer(drum set)
Rachel Touchton(accessories/bells)

(* denotes CO's)

Vocalists/Dancers

Brittany Crocker
Joel Polk
Rachel Day
Chris Young


Here are some early pictures of us in practice,back in February 2000. I'll try to get some performance pics in sometime. All pics taken by Jon Henry.

Here are our snares...Jonathan, Matt, Lucas, and Adam..

This is the bass line... Cliff, Greg, Josh, and Jon

Ah,the tenors..on the timbales...Mike, David, and Dawn

The pit...a somewhat side view of the pit..hehe...

And the snares playing their congas...:-)
Here are some performance pics:(thanks Katy)
This is the pit with three of our vocalists.

The snares playing congas once again..

Adam, Katie, and Brad..

The other half of the pit...with Mike and Dawn playing timbales...