News Briefs
Updated 5/19/12
Warrior Band and CG Breaking News
CONGRATS to ALL Band and CG AWARD WINNERS! Sousa Award winner was Paola D. Directors Award for Band went to Kelsey B, Faith G, and Emily G. Hylton Award for beginners went to Emily G. Directors Award for CG was presented to Ashley W and Kristiana H.
THANK YOU! To all students who helped with SNOW CONES, and to anyone who ate snow cones at Open House May 1!! We made over $300!! Also thanks to Warrior Marching Band and Color Guard for a good performance. (NOW memorize the music!!
Just Scheduled! SWIM PARTY for 2012! August 4, 6-9pm at NHS pool. 2012-2013 WMB&CG and families are invited! Hamburgers! Hot Dogs! Goodies! Fun!
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Other Upcoming Performances/Events
May 24 .. Concert for 6th grade band only 8th period
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Drum Majors
Almost time to say goodbye to DM = Faith G …. 8th grade Assistant DM = Paola D …. 7th grade Assistant DM = Autumn VE
They will be leading and conducting the band at Open House and KNOTTS.
Faith and Paola did an awesome job training and helping to select next year’s DMs
SMS Drum Major Results
…. Something new and different for 2012-2013… ONE 8th grade DM, TWO 7th grader assistant DMs. Thanks to all who tried. Congrats to DM Casey R and assistant DMs Deanna C and Kylie Q
Drum Major Info 2012
The Drum Major (and assistant DM) are also regular members of the Warrior Band. As such, they have to attend the same events as do ALL band members. (see below). Any costs (shoes, gloves, band shirts, etc) are the same as all band members pay. No extra costs. Any band member may request help with fees anytime.
In addition to events below, DMs also have to:
- be available to attend DM Camp in Delano (car pool) June 25-26-27 (approx 8:30-5pm)
- be available for occasional after-school DM practice with our DM coach next fall. Days by arrangement. (no more than once a week, probably once every 2 weeks)
Band events that ALL Warrior Band Members (including DM) must attend
- Band Summer Practices (aka band camp) M-F 8/13-17, 6-9pm – actually optional for reg band members but DM need to be there to help train the band
- Morning marching practices, all fall MWF 7:25am
- 3 Saturday Competitions October 27, November 10 & 17 (one date might change but there will not be more than 3)
- 2 parades …veterans day (Holiday is on Sunday 11/11 in 2012, not sure if parade will be on Sat 11/10 or Monday 11/12), and NOR Christmas 12/8
- Pancakes and Pops Sat 12/1
- Morning practices resume MWF after Spring break
- All Spring band events are during school hours, or on school days in the evening
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(SMS) Kern County Honor Band Concert 2012
8 SMS Warrior Band Members participated in the Honor Music Festival Concert (Band, Choir and Orchestra) Thursday 2/23 at the Raboband Auditorium. SMS principal Mr. Hodgson was in attendance and complemented the students on their outstanding performance. Standard district office also received several phone calls the next day praising the students and the event.
SMS selectees were…..(Those marked with * are in the KCHB for the second time, a very rare accomplishment!!)
FLUTE: P Duarte #3
CLARINETS: D Jones #10*, F Green #14*, S Guererro #18
TRUMPETS: D Coburn #8*, M Dixon #11*
TUBA: N Burns #4
PERCUSSION: K Breadmont #4*
E Holland, a tenor sax player in our beginning band last year was also accepted into the KCHB from Freedom MS, and H Speegle, an Alto Sax player for us the last 2 years made it from Lincoln JH in Taft.
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Marching Season in Review
Ridgeview?? Here is a link to our performance on YouTube
Stockdale and Centennial?? Have you seen the pictures available at www.powerphotoonline.com ?
CENTENNIAL CONGRATULATIONS to the WMB&CG!!! They pulled off an end-of-the-year major victory with a NEAR-SWEEP of the awards at Centennial, winning all but one of the 5 top awards! ALSO…just realised, it was a double 5-peat and a six-peat!!! (See Competition Results if you want to know what this means)
NOR Christmas Parade…… WMB&CG battled absences, illnesses, and suspensions the week before while trying to prepare for the event. BUT it all came out OK in the end. Lots of comments from parents and friends about how well we did!! It was FUN leading with nobody in front to slow us down!!!! Just one thing to improve on…. parents and students MUST do better on communicating with each other on where to meet after the parade. Once we dismiss the band, the director has no ability to know where students go or where they are supposed to go to meet friends and family!
MORNING PRACTICES NO MORE until April when we start getting ready for KNOTTS
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SHOUT OUTS!
WB Drummers finished the season on a very high note (no pun intended). In winning the percussion comp at Centennial, they broke a SMS streak that we did NOT want to keep alive. It had been a little over 3 years since SMS had on the top percussion award at a marching competition. But this year’s drummers finally did it!!! Congrats!!!!!
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