Don't miss GALA 08, FAAF's premier fund-raising event of the year, devoted to supporting FUHS Academy of the Arts. Our venue is once again the beautiful and intimate courtyard of Villa Del Sol, in the heart of Fullerton.

• Entertainment provided by students of FUHS's
  Academy of the Arts

• Silent Auction

• Exhibits

• No-host bar

• Superb food from Fullerton's finest restaurants

• Special presentation to honor
  Gail Cochran & Terence Love

Tickets $50. For more information, call (714) 626-3985
You may order tickets in advance, or buy at the door.

Other upcoming Academy Events have been relocated to the new Fullerton High School website (see "Academy News" >>>

Speaking of calendars, the new Fullerton Union High School 2008 "Then and Now" calendar is now on sale. For a $15 donation to FAAF you can own one of these calendars featuring amazing photos taken from FUHS history.

Look at the calendar here ...

Then click the PayPal link on this page to donate and get your copy.

For more information, contact the Director of the Academy of the Arts, Juan Pazos, at jfpazos@hotmail.com

You can also pick up the new calendar at the Fullerton Museum Center gift store (301 North Pomona Avenue) or Fullerton Ace Hardware (117 West Commonwealth Avenue).

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Look for the Fullerton Union High School's NEW website. All of the information and material that you are accustomed to finding here on the Academy of the Arts website are being integrated into the new school website. Here is the link: http://www.FullertonHigh.org.

The website you are viewing right now will slowly disappear as this consolidation occurs.  This URL, http://www.fullertonarts.com will very soon become merely a "re-direct" to the new website, and ultimately close down altogether. For those of you who've noticed that this Academy website has fallen a bit behind ... you are correct ... but hang in there and you will be pleased with the new combined web presence.)

The former FUHS school website: http://www.fullerton.seniorhigh.net will also give way to the new website.

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Dance Company Show, April 2007

"Epiphany"

Dance is very difficult to capture in still photos, but Don Gach's photography will have you moving to the music in your mind.

Thespian Induction 2007

Photos ...

More about Thespian Induction ...

A photographic collage of
Fullerton Union High School's
Spring Musical.

Dinner Theater, 2007
It was the best Dinner Theater ever! Choral, jazz, and theater students treated sold-out audiences to three evenings of wonderful music, poetry, and "love letters."  If only these great Don Gach photos could convey the words and music that accompanied them ...

The California Trail ...
Vocal Ensemble is back home from their 2007 journey to San Francisco. We're grateful to William Billard for capturing on camera many of the performers' candid moments.

See more here ...

November 15, 2006 ... was Fullerton's Fall Instrumental Concert.  If only we could send the wonderful music they made through your computer's speakers.  Alas not, but click here and we'll show you the students who electrified Plummer audiences with their great musicianship.

We have photos (of both casts) from Fullerton's fall production, the hilarious comedy, "Lend Me A Tenor".  Click here to enjoy them ...

Soon after the beginning of the new school year, students from Yearbook and the Photo Program began enjoying the latest in computer technology courtesy of the Fullerton Academy of the Arts Foundation (FAAF): a plethora of new HP laptop computers and related equipment valued at nearly $30,000. A $26,500 grant from the Wilson Phelps Foundation made this possible.

Besides the new classroom setting in the Science and Technology Building, the digital arts program also features the latest Canon EOS 30D cameras.

And earlier ...

... the FAAF also presented 25 students with a total of $11,000.00 in individual grants. The grants ranged from $200-$800 and are designed to help students with advanced training in their particular discipline. Instrumental and vocal music students will be working with individual vocal and instrument coaches, and dance students will be taking additional dance classes off campus. A generous grant from the Orange County Community Foundation, and from FAAF, made this unique opportunity available to gifted students.

Recipients (most pictured above, not in order): James Darrell, Nicole Rojas, Jenell Carranza, Brittany Rabonza, Amber Reid, Abelardo Vazquez, Edwin Monzon, Kara Rubio, Ivan Ochoa, Stephanie Burgos, Alisha King, Fernando Garcia, Willie Holmes, Daniel Garcia, Lily Kehoe, Elizabeth Duran, Mayra Figueroa, Fernando Capitulo, Chloe Gustafski, Jeffrey Tutop, Ashleigh Griffith, Benaz Colabewala, Trevor Garcia, Matthew Spolsky, Osvaldo Ceja.

Hi Frosh!
If you are new to Fullerton Union High School, enjoy a look at our wonderful campus and its diversity of programs.  Lexi Henigman, Class of 2006, takes you on a 15-minute video tour; behind the camera is Juan Pazos, Director of the F.U.H.S.'s Academy of the Arts.  Click here to join the tour!

Capping the 2005/2006 Academy of the Arts season, we have Don and Kathy Gach's photo coverage of the 2006 Alumni Show, featuring numbers from three popular musicals: "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change", "Songs for a New World", and "Avenue Q".  Take a look.

Much thanks to Diane Rude, for this photo featuring Fullerton High School's semi-finalists and finalists at the recent Southern California Vocal Solo Competition.

Left to right: Anna Shubert (2nd Place), Cassandra Negrete (3rd Place), Madison Palmer, Jake Rude (5th Place), and Megan Franklin.

Here they are, photos from our Spring 2006 Choir Concert. And, for the first time, we've included a link for downloading the photo set,  Take a look.

With thanks to William Billard and Terri Reid, we have some photos of the Jazz Choir's visit to New York City.
In April 2006 they performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Allen Room.
Visit our photo page (where we've also included a couple shots of the Jazz Choir's appearance at the Disneyland Community Artists' Showcase on 12/2/05).

The wonderfully talented Jazz Band and Jazz Choir joined together for an unforgettable evening of music at Plummer Auditorium. For a special group of seniors, this was their final performance as Fullerton High School students. Photo memories here.

A special theater event, Shakespeare Night / Dark Night highlighted the close of the drama season. We're pleased to present Don Gach's photos from that occasion.

FUHS garnered the most MACY awards in its history (31). Students were recognized for both shows, "A Little Night Music" and "Into the Woods".
HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT went to Olivia Hernandez (best supporting actress) as well as Emily Mackey, Lexi Henigman, Emily Williams-Halkyard and he entire ensemble of "Night Music".
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT went to Barrett Finch, Traci Hosler, Tyler McGraw, Aaron Schwartz, Trevor Gomes, Amy Jones, Damien Kerr, Jacob Morales, Dane Morris, Jake Rude, and Anna Shubert.
ACHIEVEMENT went to Juliette Reid, Erin Schmalfeld, Joey Stedman, Cassandra Negrete, and Sammy Stedman.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION went to Bennett Billard, Megan Franklin, Trevor Garcia, Olivia Hernandez, Madison Palmer, Amber Bissell, and Kellie Spill.
BRIGHT SPOT went to Jessica Bellendir, Alex Coakley, and Hannah Glasgow.

For your listening pleasure:
Enjoy Osvaldo Ceja's sweet interpretation of The Milonga (.wma format). Osvaldo is the recipient of a 2006 guitar scholarship. This recording is among those the Digital Arts students did with the XBox during guitar class.

Orange County Cappies (http://www.cappies.com/occ) released its 2006 Nominees and Commendees. Congratulations to these  F.U.H.S. students:

• KC Marie Pandell as Madame Arcati - Comic Actress in a Play - "Blithe Spirit"

• Nichole Rupp, Xanat Hernandez, and Cassandra Hsieh - Costumes - "A Little Night Music"

• Emily Williams-Halkyard - Featured Actress in a Musical - "A Little Night Music"

• Olivia Hernandez - Female Vocalist - "A Little Night Music"

• Emily Williams-Halkyard as Elvira - Lead Actress in a Play - "Blithe Spirit"

• Damian Kerr, Juliette Reid, Erin Schmalfeld, and Kellie Spill - Commendees

Photos from the Spring '06 Dance Company Show are on the website for your viewing pleasure. Check them out here.

... and we also have a load of wonderful photos -  the most prolific set yet from Don Gach - of the Dance Production Spring 2006 show. View them here.

News from the Rotary Club's Young Singer of the Year awards:
   Pictured here with Mr. Hedgecock, Olivia Hernandez won 2nd place in female musical theatre. Anna Schubert won 2nd place in female classical (2nd year running). And Megan Franklin won 1st place in female classical (also 2nd year running).
   Megan also just learned that Opera Pacific awarded her 1st place in Classical Voice at their competition. And more ... she was also recently awarded the Spotlight Award in Classical Voice at the Dorothy Chandler Music Center and was selected as a finalist for the Orange County Performing Arts Center's "Tomorrow's Stars."

Dance Ensemble Tour
Under the direction of Mrs. Karen Hunnicutt, the Dance Ensemble toured 17 local schools this year, performing before nearly 2,000 students. Their 45-minute presentation introduced students to the exciting world of dance.
This highlight video (in Windows Media format) pays tribute to their hard work and recognizes the following students for their contributions: Shannon Cabbell, Monica Czypull, Charlotte Hull, Kim Iwai, Emily Mackey, Sara Mason, Katelyn Ordway, Megan Reid, Nick Reihl, Lauren Yerian.
And a special thanks to Kraft for their generous grant.

The amazing results from the Digital Arts student project to digitize Kassler's 1934 fresco, "Pastoral California" are now on the website. Please visit the "Plummer 75th Anniversary Project" (look for the link button on the left of this page). Then click on the link to the fresco.

See photos from our Gala 2006.
Thanks to our underwriters, restaurants, and participants whose generosity earned $18,000 for the Fullerton Union High School Academy of the Arts!

Part II of the Spring Musical, Celebrating Sondheim, was "Into the Woods". Here are some photographic memories from that event, courtesy of Don Gach.

Fullerton High School's Spring Musical Event for 2006, Celebrating Sondheim, opened in Plummer Auditorium with "A Little Night Music".  Enjoy our photographic collage from this show, which played to enthusiastic audiences March 23-25.