Weekend Recap

WOW - What a weekend!!! Music is alive and well in the Fort Mill School District!!!

Congratulations to all the students for a great weekend. The Fort Mill School District Band Programs were represented well over three events across two states this past weekend.

All-State Orchestra

Seven students - from FMHS Brandon Armstrong, Andrew Krieger, Joshua Harris, Logan Herbert and from NFHS Dottie Grantham, Claire Sibley, Alex McLelland - were selected to participate in the South Carolina All-State Orchestra at Clemson University. Practices began Friday evening and finished early Sunday morning and concluded with a concert on Sunday afternoon.

Region Band

At the same time, 118 students from both high schools - Fort Mill HS and Nation Ford HS - and the three middle schools - Fort Mill MS, Gold Hill MS and Springfield MS - participated at the 2008 Region Band Clinic hosted at the Fort Mill High School. After all day practices on Friday and Saturday, the students concluded their event with a series of concerts Saturday evening. Also, thanks to all that volunteered their time at the event setting up, selling concessions and t-shirts, supporting the hospitality room and finally, the clean up. Your time commitment is appreciated!!!

Region Results - 118 students
Senior - 24 Students    
Jeremy Bolduc^ - Trombone - NFHS Jessica Bunch - Flute - FMHS Shawn Buchanan^ - Euphonium - FMHS
Danielle Butts - Clarinet - FMHS Julianne Cardenas - Clarinet - NFHS Christine Cassidy - Clarinet - FMHS
Victoria Defoe-White - French Horn - FMHS Elizabeth Dennis - Clarinet - NFHS Sammi Fife - Trumpet - FMHS
Sarah Foster* - Bass Clarinet - FMHS Lauren Gabauer - Clarinet - FMHS Ellie Gunkel - Flute - FMHS
Carolyn Klinefelter - Flute - FMHS Ryan Lenhoff - Tuba - FMHS Thomas Longfield - Tuba - NFHS
Rachel Martenson - Clarinet - NFHS Alex Oliver^ - Flute - FMHS Riley Pagett - French Horn - FMHS
John Patterson - Clarinet - FMHS Gabe Segarra^ - Snare - FMHS Celeste Seymore - Clarinet - FMHS
Ashley Walters^ - French Horn - FMHS Lindsay Walters^ - Flute - NFHS Tommy Zheng* - Oboe - FMHS
 
Clinic - 32 Students    
Beth Adams^ - Tuba - FMHS Emma Barnes - Alto Sax - NFHS Chris Berry* - Bari Sax - NFHS
Chelsea Bunch^ - Flute - NFHS Courtney Carter - French Horn - NFHS Jennifer Church - Flute - FMHS
Jessica Coons - Contra Bass Clarinet - NFHS Chris D'Avanzo* - French Horn - NFHS Kate Davis* - Bassoon - FMHS
Dev Desai* - Oboe - FMHS Mackenzie Ferrell - Bassoon - FMHS Lauren Grier - Trumpet - NFHS
Allyson Harris - Clarinet - NFHS Suzy Harkins^ - Trombone - FMHS Scott Haskell^ - Trumpet - FMHS
Rebecca Helms - Clarinet - NFHS Greg Jones - Bassoon - FMHS Ruthie Marshall - Trumpet - FMHS
Paul McGannon - Tuba - FMHS Eric McGuirk^ - Trumpet - FMHS Alexis McLaine^ - French Horn - FMHS
Justine Mummert - Clarinet - FMHS James Parks* - Bass Clarinet - FMHS Aimee Pruitt - Alto Sax - FMHS
Taylor Rouse^ - Oboe - NFHS Zoe Scheffrin^ - Trombone - FMHS Kenneth Sims - Euphonium - NFHS
Ansley Smith - Clarinet - NFHS Alli Thomas^ - Flute - NFHS Alex VanBuskirk - Clarinet - FMHS
Trey Williams - Euphonium - NFHS Casey Wood - French Horn - NFHS  
 
Junior Symphonic - 33 students    
Nadia Afshar - Alto Sax - SFMS Zack Berry - Trombone - SFMS Amanda Blom - Clarinet - SFMS
Josh Bradley - Tuba - GHMS Emily Church* - Contra Bass Clarinet - SFMS Tessa Ferreri* - Flute - GHMS
Ian Giocondo - Trombone - FMMS Alex Gunkel - Trumpet - SFMS Courtney Harrington - Clarinet - FMMS
Jake Howren - Trombone - FMMS Taylor Luckie - Clarinet - GHMS Gabrielle Mace - Flute - FMMS
Jake Mann - Clarinet - SFMS Kaitlin Mei - Bass Clarinet - SFMS Andrew Merk - Trombone - SFMS
Peter Mize - Euphonium - SFMS Jwls Morel - Tuba - SFMS Ian Pilley^ - Bassoon - SFMS
Lia Plankenhorn - Clarinet - SFMS Julie Pugh - Clarinet - SFMS Max Reber - Trombone - FMMS
Lauren Reising - French Horn - SFMS Christina Reuille - Clarinet - SFMS Martha Richardson - Mallets - FMMS
Robert Shedd - Trombone - FMMS TJ Shedd - Tuba - FMMS Eliot Teal - Trumpet - SFMS
Art Thomas - Snare - SFMS Perrin Thompson - Flute - SFMS Leanne Totherow* - Oboe - SFMS
Marissa Ware - Clarinet - FMMS Dori Wilson - Bassoon - GHMS Nigel Wolfram - French Horn - FMMS
 
Junior Concert - 29 students    
Seth Abrigo* - Euphonium - GHMS Brehannah Anderson^ - Bass Clarinet - FMMS Lille Bishop^ - Flute - FMMS
Joe Cassidy - French Horn - GHMS Matt Dana* - Bari Sax - SFMS Briana DiMaria^ - Clarinet - SFMS
Leah Dimatteo - Clarinet - FMMS Erin Hamner - Oboe - GHMS Andrew Harris* - Tenor Sax - SFMS
Jacob Hartley - Trombone - SFMS EB Hinnant - French Horn - SFMS Conner Inness - Euphonium - SFMS
Ivon Leon - French Horn - SFMS Preston Little - Trumpet - FMMS Chandler Maskell - Clarinet - FMMS
Samantha McGaha - Clarinet - SFMS Amanda McLaine - Clarinet - SFMS Javon McQueen - Clarinet - FMMS
Donte Miller - Mallets - FMMS Allie Morrison - Alto Sax - FMMS Holly Owens^ - French Horn - FMMS
Ashley Parker - Trumpet - SFMS Holly Reynolds - Clarinet - GHMS John Richardson - Tuba - FMMS
Holly Stettler - Flute - SFMS Madison Valerio - Flute - GHMS Michael Wagner^ - Trumpet - SFMS
Patrick Wasil^ - Bari Sax - FMMS James Wood* - Bass Clarinet - SFMS  
 

* - First Chair

^ - Alternate

 

Percussion Ensemble

Last but not least, the percussion ensemble - a total of 14 students from both the FMHS and NFHS - completed another stop on their winter tour attending a CWEA event at Sun Valley HS in Union, NC. They were the only group performing in their class and continue to improve their show in preparation for the CWEA Championships in March. Their next performance is on March 8th at Dutch Fork HS in Columbia, SC.

 

Congratulations to all the students on their achievements!!!

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