Playing With Flute Band Is Fun For
Jacqueline Gark
By Loretta Manago '
Entertainment Editor
During the hours of 9 to 5,
.Jacqueline Clark is an
engineer lor Southern Bell,
but every Tuesday evening
from 7:30 to 9:30 she goes
to Central Piedmont
Community College and.
becomes a part of the
Charlotte Flute Choir.
• There she joins her
fellow musicians - to
practice a wide variety of
music, ranging in styles
From Scott Joplin to
Mozart. The Charlotte
Flute Choir which is
composed of music
instructors, students,
nurses, and other profes
sionals also fluctuates in
the level of music
experience df its members.
a novice to the instrument.
She has been playing since
the age of 13.
"I was born into a
musical family. Both of my
older- brothers played an
instrument. And in order to
survive, I bad to find an
instrument I could play,”
recalled Mrs. Clark. That
first instrument, sur
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“When I got to junior
high, I joined the band.
And the music sort of
looked at my lips and said
that I could [day best would
be the clarinet or the flute.
I chose the flute.”
Through junior high,
high school and college,
Mrs. Clark has continued to
pipe the melodies from the
high pitched wind
instrument. And through
her affiliation with the
Charlotte Flute Choir she
has the opportunity to do
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something she enjoys as
well as give back to others.
“Personally, I use the flute
for a release. It requires
using a different part of the
brain and I like that
diversity,” she confirmed.
“There are many members
of the band who are much
more serious musicians
than myself. For me
playing the flute is fun."
As a part of their service
to the community, the
Charlotte Flute Choir has
performed at several
functions, including the
Alexander Children’s
Home, and the convales
cent homes. “We try to ex
pose music to some people
who may never have the
opportunity to hear a
band,” confirmed Mrs.
Clark. In addition to these
functions, the Charlotte
Flute Choir has performed
for weddings, at functions
for Outlet Square, as well
as concerts at the park
during the summer.
More recently the
Charlotte Flute Choir par
ticipated in an Inter
national Flute Band Com
petition in Bangor, Ireland.
The first American band
ever invited to the compet
ition, the Charlotte Flute
Choir won the conductor’s
award, the inerpretation
award (the delivery of the
. music in keeping with the
time it was written, etc.)
'and first place in their
division (2nd division).
“Flute bands are really
big in Ireland. And a lot of
times you’ll find entire
families that play the
flute. ” That was the case in
the hosehold where Mrs.
Carr resided during their
weeklong stay.
Having been part of the „
Charlotte Flute Choir for
two years, Mrs. Clark
heartily urges anyone
interested to join this
merry aggregation of
musicians. “It’s fun.
There’s a variety of music
to play, a variety of people
to meet and besides you
can always get credit from
CPCC,” she counted.
Mrs. Clark is married to
Sidney Clark, an airline
pilot for US Air and they
are the parents of two boys,
Trae, age 5 and Sheldon, }.
six months old.
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