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EAST CHAMBERS HIGH SCHOOL -
Band |
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HS Band Earns Sweepstakes Award |
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The high
school band traveled to Silsbee
on Thursday, April 10, and
competed in the UIL Concert and
Sight Reading Contest. The band
received 1st division “Superior”
ratings from all three concert
judges and all three sight
reading judges. On top of these
accomplishments, the UIL
compiles the ratings from the
fall marching season, and if a
school earned a 1st division in
marching as well as this
spring’s Concert and Sight
reading contest, then the UIL
awards a “Sweepstakes.” Since
the band program was started at
EC in the 1959-60 school year,
only two bands have been
"Sweepstakes Bands." The first
sweepstakes band was in 1998-99,
and the second sweepstakes band,
in the school's history, is this
year's 2007-08 Buccaneer Band.
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Color
Guard Receives Superior Ratings |
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On Friday, February 22, 2008,
the high school band’s color
guard unit traveled to Klein Oak
High School in Houston to
compete in the Marching
Auxiliaries Regional
Championship and received
“Superior” ratings from all
three judges. This is the first
time a group from the band has
ever participated in this
event. Members of the
color guard are:
Dianna
Chavez,
Jessenia
Chavez, Leticia Chavez,
Joyce Lopez, Roxanna
Lopez, and Fabiola
Martinez. Their instructor
is Miranda Folsom. David Andrus
is their sponsor. |
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Band
Members Compete at Region
Solo-Ensemble Contest |
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Thirteen members of the High
School Band traveled to
Lumberton to compete in the UIL
Region Solo – Ensemble Contest,
and received 1st division
ratings from the judges. Their
names are, Brenda Cárdenas,
Gloria Ramirez, Cintha
Lara, Marisol Hernandez,
Heather Harrison, Kyle
White, Nick Savioe,
Alex Doung, Bryce
Gillfilian, Patricia
Paniagua, and Heather
Streeter. Shantery Glenn
and Kristen Rollo both
earned two 1st division medals,
for a total medal count of
fifteen. |
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EC Band
Members Earn Places in All-Region
Band |
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Twelve members of the East Chambers
Bands performed Saturday night,
January 26, 2008, at the Region 10
All-Region Band Concert in Silsbee.
All students went through a rigorous
audition process to earn a spot in
this organization. Their names are:
(front row)
Brandi Stevens,
Hugo
Martinez,
David Hasson, (2nd row)
Marisol Hernandez,
Heather Harrison,
Alex Doung, (3rd Row)
Jarred LaCombe,
Sean Stevens,
Kristen Rollo, and
Jake Cosio. This is the best
representation from East Chambers in
many years. |
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ATSSB Region
Band Auditions Held in Orangefield |
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On Saturday, November 17, 2007, 39
members of the East Chambers High
School and Junior High/Intermediate
bands competed in the ATSSB Region
band auditions held in Orangefield.
Twelve students earned spots in the
band and they are: Marisol
Hernandez - Flute, Zoe
Zebranek - Flute, Kristen
Rollo - Clarinet, Heather
Harrison - Clarinet, Hugo
Martinez - Clarinet, Jake
Cosio - Alto Saxophone,
Jessica Hoffpauir - Tenor
Trombone, Sean Stevens -
Tenor Trombone, David Hasson
- Tenor Trombone- Alternate,
Brandi Stevens - Bass Trombone,
Alex Doung - Tuba, and
Michael Plotke - Tuba.
Zoe Zebranek earned 1st chair
in the middle school tryouts, which
means she is the best flute player
in southeast Texas.
Four students placed high enough in
the high school tryouts that they
will advance to Area auditions
in January. They are:
Kristen Rollo - Clarinet,
Jake Cosio - Alto Saxophone,
Brandi Stevens - Bass Trombone,
and Alex Doung - Tuba. |
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Buccaneer Band
Advances to Area Competition |
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The East Chambers Buccaneer Band
traveled to Little
Cypress-Mauriceville on Saturday,
October 20, 2007, to compete in
the UIL Region Band Contest.
The band received straight 1st division
“Superior” ratings from all three
judges. Out of nine bands
in conference 2A, only four earned a
first division.
The band will advance to the UIL
Area Band contest in Lufkin this
Saturday, October 27, 2007.
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Photos: courtesy of
Something Extra Photos |
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Band Director: David Andrus |
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