THREE CHEERS FOR HOWELL BANDS!!!
It's all finished folks! District festival is done (sigh of relief) and ALL OF THE BANDS EARNED A MEDAL for the second year in a row! On top of that, all of the bands' grades were the same or better than last year, even with the reduced rehearsal time and other crazy challenges we have had this year. The last two weeks have been really hairy with the preparation for our new york trip, the musical, and festival. I know that many kids out there have had to set other things aside in order to get all of this music in good shape. Don't think all of your hard work and sacrifice went unnoticed. I am also pleased and relieved that our efforts were reflected in our scores at festival (Because many times life doesn't work that way. Fortunately it did this time!). Words cannot express how proud I am of all our dear Highlander Bandos! Massive thanks and respect goes to those students and parents who helped as equipment crew or chaperones! Special thanks to the "Minions" for all of the pre-festival prep! Special big BIG thanks to Brian Roskamp, who is the only person besides myself to go to all three of our festival events... twice to help out and once to perform!
Continuing with the heaping of praise, I was told by several Groves HS band boosters that our kids were polite and well behaved. Even the sight reading judge said they were friendly and attentive. As I have said before, The conduct of my students off the stage and in the community is just as important (okay, not quite but REALLY close) as their conduct and performance onstage. Kids, keep it up, being nice really does pay off! Parents, the children's good behavior is a wonderful reflection on you. Congratulations!
OK... so below are the scores
(oh, by the way, there are four scores given to each band. Three of them are based on their concert performance, and one of them is for their score in sight reading. Scores are given on a scale of 1-5, with five being a "poor" performance and one being a "superior" performance)
Friday February 29, 2008
HHS Concert Band (MSBOA CLASS D): Concert Scores 2, 2, 2 Sight reading 2 OVERALL RATING *2* (Red Medal) Hooray!
HHS Wind Ensemble (MSBOA CLASS AA) Concert Scores 1, 1, 2 Sight Reading 2 OVERALL RATING *1* (Blue Medal) Hooray!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
HHS Symphonic Band (MSBOA CLASS B) Concert Scores 2,2,2 Sight Reading 2 OVERALL RATING *2* (Red Medal) Hooray!
More blog entries to come with info on New York, The Musical, Lock in, Marching band for next year, and many many other interesting and fast approaching things!
-Oh and did I mention I was proud of everybody?
-Peace,
Smigell
