1. V
ictor Delgado attributes his music
business success to “the gift of gab.”
The lobby of his Yorba Linda
shop, The Music Lab, is less like a
sterile reception area and more like
a shrine to classic rock.
Once people come in, his artifacts hook
them, getting them talking, get them interest-
ed. There’s the ultra-rare ’69 Les Paul and a
gold Elvis record set, complete with a ticket to
a show scheduled days after The King’s death.
Lines of hanging guitars are accentuated by
long horn skulls. A picture of Stevie Ray
Vaughan greets you when you walk through
the door.
In more than 20 years of business at the cor-
ner of Main Street and Lemon Drive, some
20,000 aspiring music students have walked
through Delgado’s doors.
The Music Lab has nurtured a handful of
stars. Social Distortion bassist John Maurer
tuned up his technique and Atreyu’s Dan Ja-
cobs came to learn guitar, Delgado said.
Notable locals have passed through Delga-
do’s doors, as well: race car driver Brittany
Force took piano lessons and former Angels
general manager Tony Reagins learned the
bass.
NICK AGRO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Victor Delgado is owner of The Music Lab in Yorba Linda. He has signed pictures of some of the musicians he has
worked with hanging on the wall.
CLASSICROCK
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the girls competing. I think that
anyone could’ve taken the title.”
Kotick, 17, of Yorba Linda, said
she was equally surprised when
the crowns were presented. The
Yorba Linda High student had
The crowns have been secured
in placed: Both Placentia and Yor-
ba Linda have new “Misses” in
their midst.
Kailee Hardy and Cheyenne
Kotick were named Saturday as
Miss Placentia and Miss Yorba
Linda, respectively.
“I was totally not expecting it.
It really came out of nowhere for
me,” Hardy, 20, of Placentia, said.
The Fullerton College student did
a tap dance for her talent. “It was
a four-month preparation period
and we really got to know all of
performed a contemporary
dance for the pageant.
“I was flabbergasted,” Kotick
said. “I had absolutely no idea
Women reach crowning victories
Kailee Hardy is the
new Miss Placentia,
and Cheyenne
Kotick the new Miss
Yorba Linda.
BY ANDERS HOWMANN
STAFF WRITER
FRANK D'AMATO, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Cheyenne Kotick being crowned Miss Yorba Linda 2015 during the
Miss Placentia & Miss Yorba Linda Scholarship Pageant.
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Jinnie Rhee, a Valencia High
School senior, is an economics
wiz.
The 17-year-old was one of on-
ly 51 students worldwide to earn
a perfect score on the Advanced
Placement Macroeconomics ex-
am last year. Rhee took four oth-
er AP and International Bacca-
laureate exams, earning a 5 – the
equivalent of a college-level “A” –
on all of them.
Rhee learned of her accom-
plishment only recently, months
after the exam, which was admi-
nistered in May. College Board,
the nonprofit
that administers
the AP exams,
notified the
school via email
in January, Prin-
cipal Rick Lopez
said.
“Nobody real-
ly told me,” Rhee said. “My first-
period teacher just out of the
blue was like, ‘Oh, so congratula-
tions on econ,’ and I was really
confused.”
Fred Jenkins, an AP and In-
ternational Baccalaureate eco-
Valencia High senior’s AP
test effort earns a high-5
Jinnie Rhee, 17, was one of only 51 students
worldwide to earn a perfect score on the
Macroeconomics exam last year.
BY ANDERS HOWMANN
STAFF WRITER
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Victor Delgado of The Music Lab built his teaching business with playing skills, smooth talk and industry.
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