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!!!