5 Questions with Selina Partida

Gabriela Guzman

Outside the drum room on Jan. 13, freshman Selina Partida gets ready for the winter drumline season that starts this February. “I’m really excited about this new season,” Partida said, “especially since this is my freshmen year and not many people experience a winter season since its not annually.”

Celine Spence, Public Relations
January 21, 2015

Freshman Selina Partida shares what it is like being the only freshman in bassline.

Q1: What is the most difficult part of being the only freshman in the bassline?

A1. I think the most difficult part of being the only freshman in bassline is getting comfortable. Everyone else knew what they were doing and they all knew each other.

Q2: Were you intimidated by the returning members and upperclassmen?

A2. Sometimes I would be intimidated by the upperclassmen because I would make a lot of mistakes and I know how frustrating it can be for other people.

Q3: Did you feel like you needed to live up to certain expectations?

A3. I did feel like I needed to get up to their level so I could keep up with the rest of the bassline.

Q4: What is it you love most about being a part of the bassline?

A4. What I love the most about being apart of the bassline is putting all of our parts together. When you finish a whole page of music it sounds special because it’s 5 different drums playing different things; it’s really cool.

Q5: Was it hard to learn all of these new things because you are a freshman?

A5. It was hard because I had to learn technique and how to “do things right,” but it was a great learning experience.

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About the Contributors

Celine Spence, Public Relations

Being her first year on Downey High School’s online newspaper staff, The Downey Legend, 17 year-old Celine Spence wants to experience writing and working for public relations/business. “I hope to get a lot out of working for public relations,” Spence said.” I want to be proud of my work and outcome.” She wants to major in public relations, which is one reason why she joined Newspaper. Spence wants to challenge herself. Planning and other work will have her moving non-stop, besides her extracurricular activities.

During her spare time, Spence loves to listen to One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer. Spence’s elective of choice was to join the school’s Jazz/Marching Band, where plays the trumpet and is the section leader. She is also Vice President of the Sprench club. Besides school, she is part of a family of five and is half English and half Caribbean. Last but not least, she hopes to study in England in the future.

Gabriela Guzman, Photographer

As a sophomore, photographer Gabriela Guzman wanted to become more involved in school rather than just being in drum line. It was not until a few days before the application deadline when Guzman decided to apply. “My friend Jessie convinced me to apply to Yearbook, ” Guzman said, “but I ended up making it to Newspaper.” Though she is not a part of Yearbook, Guzman is more than excited to be a part of The Downey Legend. Since she is shy, she wants to be involved in school to get out of her shell and meet new people.“ I want to be more open. Do things I have never done before and stop holding back,” Guzman stated.

When she is not busy with drum line and school, she spends time with her two older sisters or her half-brother. Sometimes, when she is alone in her room, she listens to her favorite band, My Chemical Romance, while drawing different sketches of anything she sees or imagines. When she is hungry, she always prefers pasta. “Any kind of pasta is my favorite,” Guzman said,“ I love Italian food.” Though reading is never on her top priority list, she read The Fault in our Stars this summer and fell in love with it. Because she is only a sophomore, Guzman does not yet know what she wants to do after high school, but she does know that she wants to go somewhere far. In a few years she sees herself living an independent life while chasing her dreams. All in all, she just hopes for a fun, easy year.

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5 Questions with Selina Partida

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