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Ventura High School Music Director Paul Hunt said, Sometimes [musicians] dont make [California all-state] in their freshman year, because theres a lot of people. If its high school, then the people who are seniors have been playing so much longer. We see more of the older students getting in because theyve had more years of practice. Photo by: Paul Hunt

13 VHS students named California all-state musicians

Alejandro Hernandez January 24, 2023

VHS Music Department has more all-state musicians than ever before 13 VHS student musicians, including band, jazz and orchestra musicians, won the California all-state distinction, announced in early...

Bennett Torgerson ‘23 said, “Reid Kemble [center] is definitely the hottest person in the band.” Photo by: Ella Montano

Student band Loop 83 performs at Topa Topa

Jane Armstrong, Ella Montano, and Sophia Nacu December 20, 2022

The high school band plays their second live performance at the premiere of the surf and skate movie “Strangeways”   On Nov. 18, at the Topa Topa Brewing Company on 104 E Thompson Blvd., an...

Graphic by: Samantha Castaneda

Winter playlist

Samantha Castañeda December 11, 2022

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Four musical groups performed at the Honors Winter Concert, two being from middle schools and two from Ventura High School. Photo by: Adi De Clerck

Middle school and VHS musical groups perform at the Honors Winter Concert

The first concert out of three in the VHS Music Winter Concert Series The Ventura High School Honors Winter Concert occurred between 7 and 8:37 p.m. Dec. 1 in the VHS Auditorium. The concert was the first...

The album cover of Her Loss is Qui Yasuka, who is better known as Suki Baby on social media. She is seen with colorful eyelashes and jewelry in her mouth. Cal Harrison 24 said, This album cover is so bad. It could have been so much more aesthetically pleasing. Graphic by: Lourdes Almalab

Music review: “Her Loss” deserves better

Lourdes Almalab November 15, 2022

Opinions on the “Her Loss” album On Nov. 4, Drake and 21 Savage released an iconic collaborative album consisting of 16 songs that each average around four minutes.  “Her Loss” is set in a trilogy...

Students came together Oct. 1 under the brightly lit, colorful dance floor for the Homecoming dance. Popular songs such as Mo Bamba and Party in the USA were played as students cheered and danced along. Photo by: Avery Cameron

Opinion: Hold the music

Soraya Stegall and Ace Rico November 10, 2022

The school dance music is tired and outdated Over the past years, school dances have come and gone. Themes have changed as well as venues, but one thing remains the same; the music, and not in a good...

How do Fiona Apple fans at Ventura High School feel regarding her removal of music from the social media platform TikTok? The reasons behind her decision to remove her music from TikTok are still unknown. Photo by: Annika Lange

What do students think about Fiona Apple removing her music from TikTok?

Annika Lange November 5, 2022

Students share varying perspectives regarding the 90’s artist’s decision Fiona Apple, an artist who began releasing her music in the 1990s, removed all of her music from the social media platform...

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