Vote:  “Unmasked” Needs Your Vote in the Student Filmmakers Awards

Voting ends Sunday, January 24th at 10:59pm PT

Last weekend the community united as emails and FB posts spread like wild fire to alert people of the Student Filmmakers Award online competition. “Unmasked”, a movie produced by Paly and Gunn students (DocX) rallied for the win in the semi-finals, and has now advanced to the FINALS!! The DocX team is thoroughly humbled by the support they have received.  Let’s keep it going.  Please help them by clicking the link below (or paste in your browser).  Then sign in with either Facebook or Google+ and vote for “Unmasked” by Sunday 10:59pm

http://studentfilmmakerawards.com/matchup/1538/ 

Last summer students from Paly and Gunn (DocX) came together and collaborated on a project to address the issue of teen suicide in Palo Alto. Their goal was to open dialogue, to help their community and their fellow students, and to let those who might be feeling pain know that they are being heard and we care.

In a few short weeks this team of 15-18 year old kids story-boarded the project, filmed, interviewed key high level people and created the amazing documentary “Unmasked”.  The movie is good and it addresses an incredibly sensitive and complicated issue in a balanced way. “Unmasked” has not only united a great group of kids (and families) from the two schools but it is uniting the community. Someone who has seen it said, “…it gives us a chance to step back and realize the goal is not to blame, but to care.” A Cupertino student told me, “It’s really on the kids’ level. It hits home and gives hope.” I am so proud of what these kids took it upon themselves to do and how they have helped the community that they love.

“Unmasked” is good. The film won “Best Short Film” last November at the Big Asian Film Festival in Los Angeles. And now it is in the FINALS of the Student Filmmakers Award competition, a world-wide student film competition. Of the original 32 films that were accepted to this competition, 5 were from high schools and the rest were from college and grad school; stiff competition.  The movie they are up against is “If Death Were Kind".  It is the thesis project of three students from the University of Nebraska.

Online voting is in progress and ends Sunday 1/24/16 at 10:59pm. 

Voting will be tight so please forward this to friends and family. 

These kids care for their community, their schools, and their peers and hence they are hesitant to self-promote their work. Throughout the competition, the one thing the DocX team has stated over and over is that the most important consequence of this competition is that more people have been able to view the movie and be helped by its message.  

Help them in their quest to support us.  Please vote!!

Hire a String Quartet Ensembles comprising PACO's most experienced members are available to perform at weddings, parties, get-togethers, and wherever else fine music might be needed.  More info UPCOMING CONCERTS Preparatory May 15th, 7:30PM Unitarian Universalist PACO May 16, 7:30PM Cubberley Theatre SuperStrings May 29, 7:30PM Cubberley Theatre Debut May 30, 7:30PM Cubberley Theatre Sinfonia May 31, 3:00PM Cubberley Theatre For a complete list of performances, please visit our website. CONTACT US www.pacomusic.org info@pacomusic.org (650) 856-3848 Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Simon, Music Director Katherine Tseung, cello   Saturday, May 16th - 7:30PM Cubberley Theatre admission free A full complement of professional wind and brass players join PACO's string orchestra to perform large orchestral works from the Classical and Romantic repertoire.  Our principal cellist Katherine Tseung, winner of PACO's concerto competition, performs Schumann's heartbreakingly beautiful cello concerto.   An early masterpiece by the incomparable Beethoven, his Symphony No. 2, and the world premiere of a new work written for PACO by Youth-for-Youth Commission winner Thomas Feng round out this program.   The performance will also feature members of PACO performing movements from the chamber music repertoire, including Smetana's string quartet From My Life and Dvorak's massive G-major quartet. Concerto Competition Winners with Sinfonia The remaining winners of PACO's annual Concerto Competition will perform their own concerto movements on May 31st at 3:00PM, joined by the Sinfonia Orchestra.  Join us for pieces by Mozart, Dancla, de Beriot, Barber, and Schumann!

Hire a String Quartet Ensembles comprising PACO's most experienced members are available to perform at weddings, parties, get-togethers, and wherever else fine music might be needed.  More info UPCOMING CONCERTS Preparatory May 15th, 7:30PM Unitarian Universalist PACO May 16, 7:30PM Cubberley Theatre SuperStrings May 29, 7:30PM Cubberley Theatre Debut May 30, 7:30PM Cubberley Theatre Sinfonia May 31, 3:00PM Cubberley Theatre For a complete list of performances, please visit our website. CONTACT US www.pacomusic.org info@pacomusic.org (650) 856-3848 Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Simon, Music Director Katherine Tseung, cello   Saturday, May 16th - 7:30PM Cubberley Theatre admission free A full complement of professional wind and brass players join PACO's string orchestra to perform large orchestral works from the Classical and Romantic repertoire.  Our principal cellist Katherine Tseung, winner of PACO's concerto competition, performs Schumann's heartbreakingly beautiful cello concerto.   An early masterpiece by the incomparable Beethoven, his Symphony No. 2, and the world premiere of a new work written for PACO by Youth-for-Youth Commission winner Thomas Feng round out this program.   The performance will also feature members of PACO performing movements from the chamber music repertoire, including Smetana's string quartet From My Life and Dvorak's massive G-major quartet. Concerto Competition Winners with Sinfonia The remaining winners of PACO's annual Concerto Competition will perform their own concerto movements on May 31st at 3:00PM, joined by the Sinfonia Orchestra.  Join us for pieces by Mozart, Dancla, de Beriot, Barber, and Schumann!

Legally Blonde-The Musical

Submitted by Eric Brown

Legally Blonde: The Musical – Tickets Now Available!

Is it legal to have this much fun in the theatre?

Starting March 14, the award-winning hit Legally Blonde: The Musical is coming to Gunn’s Spangenberg Theatre! Winner of 7 major awards including the coveted Best Musical 2011 (Olivier Awards) this all singing, all dancing romantic comedy is about knowing who you are and showing what you’ve got!

Elle Woods can handle anything. So when her boyfriend, Warner, dumps her she decides to follow him to Harvard Law School and win him back. With some help from new-found friends Paulette, Emmett and her adorable pooch Bruiser, she learns that it’s so much better to be smart! Don’t miss Gunn’s Performing Arts wonderful production of this spectacular musical.

Performances:
Opening Night Gala includes post show party: Thursday, March 14th at 7:00 pm.
Tickets: Adults – advance $15 / $17 at the door;
Students – advance $13 / $15 at the door

Evening performances:Friday, March 15th at 8:00 pm;
Saturday, March 16th at 8:00 pm;
Thursday, March 21st at 7:00pm;
Friday, March 22nd at 8:00pm;
Saturday, March 23rd at 8:00pm
Tickets: Adults – advance $10 / $12 at the door
Students – advance $8 / $10 at the door

Matinee performance:Wednesday, March 20th at 4:00pm
Tickets: Everyone – $5

Tickets available online NOW at gunntheatre.org/tickets

Tasting Week in Palo Alto

          Submitted by Rebecca Scholl 

Get your taste buds ready, Tasting Week is Coming to Palo Alto 

 

Here is a sneak preview of tasting activities going on in our community and at our school:

*   October 12: Launch of Bay Area Tasting Week in San Francisco at

the Metreon from 7PM to 12AM.  Click

here http://www.faccsf.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=346  to register.

*    October 22: A to Z salad bars and Cooking Demonstrations will be served at Gunn in the staff room at lunchtime. It is available to everyone who purchases hot lunch so remember to give your student money or put money in their hot lunch account by going to the websitehttp://www.sendmoneytoschool.com

* October 23:  Chef Jean-Yves Charron, executive chef at Galaxy Desserts (the makers of the famous "lava cake") will visit our school for tasting workshops in several of our classrooms. In addition 400 Rumbles whole grain baked crisp bags will be donated by Revolution Foods in the Student Activity Center in the afternoon.  Many thanks to Revolution Foods for their donation. At 3PM, Pinkberry will visit our campus to sell their famous frozen yogurt.

October 25: Pinkberry will visit our campus again.

*   November 11: Tasting Week opens up its doors to the public with a grand event for families from 10AM to 3PM at  the Presidio in San Francisco . Sign up here http://www.foodday.org/rebecca/bay_area_tasting_week. Many opportunities for Community Services hours if you like food and kids. Contact us for details.

 

Tasting Week is an association that invites chefs to schools to meet children and together discover, enjoy and share new tastes and food.

Tasting Week was created by a group of parents from Palo Alto who believe that educating children about taste is the best way to get them to love food and at the same time fight obesity. You can contribute to Tasting Week by donating herehttp://www.gofundme.com/17ucx0

 

More information on the Tasting Week website http://www.tastingweek.com or contact rebecca@tastingweek.com

Gunn’s Annual Fall Gizdich Ranch Pie Sale

Submitted by Ruta Puranik

Gunn’s Annual Fall Gizdich Ranch Pie Sale is underway!  All proceeds benefit the Class of 2013 Graduation Activities.  

Download order forms at http://gunn.paloaltopta.org/gizdichpies2012.pdf .  

Stock up on pies for your Holiday festivities! Get grandma and neighbors to buy pies too. Many parents bring these pies to the Turkey Feast, which in on Nov 15 this year—pie distribution is on November 9. Pies are made fresh in the farm kitchen of Gizdich Ranch of Watsonville. Pies are priced competitively with top bakeries and are unbelievably delicious. SALE ENDS OCTOBER 22, 2012.  Send any questions to Debbie Brown at dxxbrown@gmail.com.  

San Jose Youth Symphony Chamber Orchestra

Submitted by sean hartman

The Chamber Orchestra presents its season opening concert on January 21st at 8:00pm in the Santa Clara University Recital Hall. This is a wonderful venue and the Chamber Orchestra is comprised of an exceptional group of talented young musicians. The rep is as follows:
Beethoven – The Creatures of Prometheus Overture
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C Major – 3rd movement, featuring
Eunice Sim, cello
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Haydn – Symphony No. 101 The Clock – movements 2, 4
Anderson – The Syncopated Clock
This is a free event.

For further information contact the San Jose Youth Symphony offices at 408 885-9220 or sjys@sjys.org

SINFONIA OF THE PALO ALTO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM 46TH SEASON FIRST CONCERT

Submitted by Kim Nguyen

Under the direction of PACO music director Benjamin Simon, PACO's Sinfonia Orchestra will present the first concert of the season on Sunday, November 13, 3:00PM at Cubberley Theatre in Palo Alto. The concert will feature PACO’s 2010 Concerto Competition Winners, violinist Angela Thé and violist Tessera Chin, performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major for Violin and Viola, K. 364. The program will also present baroque favorite Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 #1 in. and contemporary master Graham Fitkin’s drivingly postminimalist Servant for Strings (1998). Admission is free. For more information, contact Hans Hoffer at 650-856-3848 or info@pacomusic.org www.pacomusic.org

San Jose Youth Symphony (SJYS) Philharmonic Orchestra

Submitted by sean hartman

San Jose Youth Symphony (SJYS) Philharmonic Orchestra, under the artistic leadership of Maestro Yair Samet, presents its 60th Anniversary Season opening concert to be held on Saturday, December 3, 2011, at 2:30 pm at the California Theatre.

This concert will showcase outstanding musicians, including a featured solo by cellist, Iris Liu, the winner of the 2011 Philharmonic Young Artist Competition, proudly sponsored by the San Jose Symphony Foundation. The concert program will include works of Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Khachaturian, Gould, and Liszt.

Program:
Tchaikovsky - March Slave
Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1
Iris Liu - Cello
Khachaturian - Masquerade Suite
Gould - Symphony No. 2
Liszt - Les Preludes

PALO ALTO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA’S 46th SEASON

Submitted by Kim Nguyen, Publicity Chair
paco_publicity@yahoo.com

FIRST CONCERT OCTOBER 29

The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra will perform their first concert of the 2011-2012 season on Saturday, October 29. PACO’s season begins with tubist extraordinaire Forrest Byram performing an unconventional arrangement of Mozart’s delightful Horn Concerto #1. PACO proudly welcomes Mr. Byram, the principal tubist of the Monterey Symphony Orchestra, California Symphony Orchestra, Santa Cruz Symphony Orchestra and Modesto Symphony Orchestras. The program also presents Dvorak’s musical valentine to his beloved Bohemia, the famous Serenade for Strings, and the first of Handel’s twelve wonderful Opus 6 concerti grossi. Additional highlights of our concert feature the talented young musicians of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra performing masterpieces from the chamber music repertory. The concert, to be conducted by PACO Music Director Benjamin Simon, will take place at 8:00 p.m. at Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA. Admission is free. For information contact Hans Hoffer at 650-856-3848 or info@pacomusic.org
http://www.pacomusic.org .

Gunn Staff Fashion Show

Submitted by Meg Omainsky

Gunn Staff Fashion Show

Mark your calendars for Tuesday afternoon, September 20th from 3:45-5:00 for the inaugural staff fashion show: Project GunnWay!

Why a fashion show? This zany event, with fashion categories such as "prom gone wrong," "dream jobs," and "famous dead folk," is actually a benefit to support student scholarships for the Gunn Foundation and the library advisory board.
We hope to develop a scholarship fund for a Gunn Senior who demonstrates exceptional leadership in promoting libraries for the public good. Come out and support the Gun staff as they channel their inner supermodels and work the Spangenberg runway!

Tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased at the Gunn Library, or at Spangenberg Theater on Sept. 20th.

All inquiries should be directed to Meg Omainsky, Gunn Librarian. Meg Omainsky

PALO ALTO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA’S 45th SEASON

Submitted by Kim Nguyen, Paco Publicity chair

FINAL CONCERT JUNE 4th

Palo Alto native and rising classical star Teddy Abrams returns to PACO with Gerald Finzi’s delightful, and seldom-heard Bagatelles for Clarinet and String Orchestra. Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite and Mendelssohn's Octet are old friends too. Our program also features the world premiere of PACO’s sixth Youth-for-Youth commission, a brand new work for string orchestra by Elizabeth Ogonek, a student at USC’s Thornton School of Music, entitled Window Watchers in a City of Strangers. The concert, to be conducted by PACO Music Director Benjamin Simon will take place on
Saturday, June 4 at 8:00 p.m.
at Eagle Theater of Los Altos High School, 201 Almond Avenue, Los Altos.
Tickets: $5 - $15.
For more information call 650-856-3848 or visit www.pacomusic.org

The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra is delighted to inform you Gunn’s cellists Haleli Moalem, grade 11, and Nicky Hwang, grade 12, will be performing in our June 4 concert.


Visit www.pacomusic.org for more details about the concert.

PACO's Debut Orchestra - Season's Final Concert

Submitted by Kim Nguyen, Paco Publicity chair

PROGRAM:
Rhosymedre~Prelude on a Welsh Hymn Tune--Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Arnold Foster
Theme from Schindler's List--John Williams, Jeremy Tamlico, violin soloist
String Quintet in B-Flat Major K. 174--Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for String Orchestra, op. 11--Dag Wiren
 Skylife--David Balakrishnan

Conductor Eugene Sor described the program as follows:

PACO's Debut Orchestra concludes its 2011-12 season on May 22 with a concert rich with variety. The effervescence of one of Mozart's early chamber works and Swedish composer Dag Wiren's Serenade, the beautiful and distinctly Welsh colors of Vaughan Williams, the somber Theme from Schindler's List with PACO Concerto Competition winner Jeremy Tamlico, and the hard-rock inspired Skylife by Turtle Island String Quartet violinist David Balakrishnan are all featured on this program. It will be presented by talented musicians between the ages of ten and fifteen, including Gunn’s 9th grade violinist, Iris Chen.

Concert venue: Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto
Date and time: Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 3:00PM
Admission: Free
Contact: call 650-856-3848 or visit www.pacomusic.org

Gunn High School Hosts California Music Educators Association Band Festival

Submitted by Duncan MacMillan

Todd Summers and Sandra Lewis, Gunn Instrumental Music Directors, along with their students hosted 30 high school and middle school bands on April 1-2 in Spangenberg Theater.

The bands performed a 25-minute set of music for an audience and three adjudicators who gave written and recorded comments. After their performance each band retired to the band room where they received a “new” piece of music, which they had to play after only a 2-minute introduction from their instructor. The fourth adjudicator judged that “sight-reading” performance. Each band received a rating in this non-competitive festival.

Gunn’s three bands performed and received great feedback and praise from the adjudicators for their outstanding performances:

• Freshman Concert Band received an over-all Superior Rating
• Symphonic Band received an over-all Excellent Rating
• Wind Ensemble received the highest honor, earning a Unanimous
 Superior Rating

Thank you to all of the Gunn Band & Orchestra Boosters who helped run a very successful food booth at the festival.

Debut of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra Season Second Concert

Submitted by Kim Nguyen

Debut of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra Season Second Concert,

Sunday February 27 at 3:00pm
at Cubberley Theater, Palo Alto

Under the direction of guest conductor Eugene Sor, PACO's Debut Orchestra continues its 2010-2011 season with a concert at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 27 at the Cubberley Theater in Palo Alto. Gunn 9th grade violinist, Iris Chen, will be one of the nineteen musicians on stage. The talented young group will perform Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, a familiar favorite to music lovers throughout the world. Also on the program is Gustav Holst's charming St. Paul's Suite, written in 1913 in dedication to the school where Holst taught for much of his life. Rounding out the program will be movements form two popular string quartets by composers who mastered the quartet genre: Mozart's Hunt Quartet, K. 458 and Beethoven's "Serioso" quartet, opus 95.

Admission is free.

For more information, call 650-856-3848 or visit http://www.pacomusic.org/.

Principal's Blurb

Submitted by Katya Villalobos

Principal's Blurb

Dear Parents/Guardians,

As you are aware we have incredibly talented students at Gunn from music to the arts, engineering tech to bio-tech, writers to poets, cooks to equestrians, ballerinas, future scientists and diplomats. The Gunn staff are thankful you share them with us. Here are a few highlights I wanted to share about our incredible students;

1. Four Gunn students were recognized in the Intel Science Talent Search; Seniors Audrey Ho, Brain Zhang, Andrew Liu, and Youyang Gu--they each received $1,000 scholarships.

2. Music;
Five Gunn students had the honor of being invited to participate in the Santa Clara County Honor Band concert Jan. 16 at Evergreen Valley High: Kelly Catlin (senior flute), Marisa Kanemoto (sophomore clarinet), Jeffrey Mi (freshman clarinet), Daniel Wallace (junior clarinet), and Joyce Wen (freshman flute).

Senior Kelly Catlin, flutist, and sophomore Ethan Kim, bassist, were selected for the California All-State Honor Band and Orchestra. They will represent Gunn in February at the California All-State Conference in Fresno.

Our own Band Director, Todd Summers, was recognized by his colleagues in the California Music Educators Association this past week as a Teacher of the Year--way to go Todd!!

3. This school year Gunn launched the Small Learning Community (SLC), where the motto is a "Sense of Place". Twenty-eight 9th graders are enjoying this inter-disciplinary program, which includes the following:

Gunn’s Small Learning Community hiked to Yosemite Falls in the snow on their fun and successful field trip to Yosemite Dec. 12-16. Thank you to organizers Dawna Linsdell and Tarn Wilson, as well as teacher-chaperones Kristen Owens, Julie Munger, Steve Ames and Katie Settle. If you would like further information, the SLC website is; https://sites.google.com/a/alumni.ucdavis.edu/slc/


Finally, we are preparing for the next academic year--believe it or not. Registration for 2011-12 will begin with the Gunn Team Visiting JLS (1-25-11@7PM), Terman (1-26-11@7PM) and Gunn's Open House for Incoming Students Feb. 1 @7PM in the Gym. Current students will do online registration--they will receive instructions when counselors visit their English classrooms. There will be a registration section on the website soon.



Sincerely,
Katya Villalobos
Principal
Henry M. Gunn High School
780 Arastradero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650-354-8200
650-493-7801 (FAX)

PALO ALTO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA’s 45th SEASON SECOND CONCERT

submitted by Kim Nguyen
PACO Publicity Chair

PACO’s most senior of its five youth orchestras will perform a collection of inspiring music on Saturday, December 18th under the direction of PACO music director, Benjamin Simon. Nine Gunn students will be a part of the performance.

They are:
Haleli Moalem, Nicky Hwang, Isabella Costanza, Sierra Leder, Yilin Liang, Zachary Munro, Leonard Woo, Max Woo, and Ayala Berger.

The concert program is to celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven's 240th Birthday with a performance of his youthful Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major and his marvelous Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral). Our soloist is MIT professor David Deveau, a world-class performer and teacher who will be making his PACO debut. Also featured will be Pavel Haas' brilliant Study for String Orchestra (1943), one of many masterpieces that emerged from the Terezin concentration camp in the midst of the horrors of World War II, and the fiery third movement of Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 3 performed by an advanced string quartet formed by PACO members.

The concert will take place at 8:00 p.m. at the Eagle Theater of Los Altos High School, 201 Almond Ave, Los Altos. Ticket prices are $15 general, $10 senior and $5 student. For more information, please call 650-856-3848 or visit http:/www.pacomusic.org.

Class of 2015 Sees Candy Fundraiser!

Diane Downend, diane@edenbridgehomes.com

Support the Class of 2015…yes, 2015! Terman’s 8th grade class invites you to purchase $16 gift certificates for one-pound boxes of Sees Candy to help fund their promotion activities and seed their Gunn Class of 2015 activities. The timeless gift certificates are a great value and handy gifts to have on hand at all times to send as birthday, special occasion and thank you gifts. With the Holidays around the corner, they’re perfect gifts for co-workers and clients. The sale will be on-going throughout the 2010-2011 school year. The form for placing Holiday season orders can be found at http://gunn.paloaltopta.org/SeesFlyer.pdf.

Thank you for your support!

PACO'S SINFONIA TO PERFORM SEASON’S FIRST CONCERT

Submitted by Kim Nguyen, Kim Nguyen


SINFONIA OF THE PALO ALTO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
TO PERFORM SEASON’S FIRST CONCERT

Featuring Gunn 9th Grade Violinist
Isabelle Costanza

Under the direction of PACO music director Benjamin Simon, PACO's Sinfonia Orchestra will present the season’s first concert on Sunday November 14, at 3:00PM at Cubberley Theater, Palo Alto. The program will feature Isabella Costanza, a 9th grade violinist in Senior PACO and winner of our 2010 Concerto Competition, performing Mozart's delightful Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major. The program also includes Franz Schubert's little-known Overture in C minor (D. 8), Erwin Schulhoff’s String Quartet No.1, first movement arranged for string orchestra and Resphigi's popular Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3. In addition to the four primary pieces, chamber music will be performed by small ensembles of Sinfonia members. Admission is free. For more information, call 650-856-3848 or visit http://www.pacomusic.org/.

Gunn Welcomes Itinerant Artist Jim Mott May 17-21

Diane Downend, diane@edenbridgehomes.com

Jim Mott puts a unique spin on public art outreach. He travels the country, hosted by people known and unknown to him, with art creating the pretext for his visit. He exchanges art for hospitality. Mr. Mott's mission is to employ his art to break down the artificial social barriers that plague connectedness today, forcing facetime. His next stop? Gunn High School, the week of May 17-21. Thanks to a modest grant from the Site Council, Mr. Mott will lead interdisciplinary discussions with students and staff. His Gunn residency will provide for demonstrations of painting techniques and discussions of the creative process as applied in effective communication and expression. On the visual side, he will invest time in the Drawing and Painting classrooms. Communications, Mythology, and Reading Between the Lines students and teachers will explore his itinerant journey to identify and examine connections of historical significance and how these curricula are enhanced through the integration of visual arts. Visit http://www.jimmott.com to read about his travels and garner a taste of his self-examination and rich human experience. Warm thanks to the Site Council for bringing Jim Mott to Gunn!