On the District website:

(The photos on the district web site come up "randomly" and that photo is of a beginning band program in the school district. Nice coincidence!)

The reader board outside the District HQ also has congratulations to the band.

Jim Loucks notes (and I heard about the custodian comments from other students):

"The kids made WVHS very proud and the culmination of our successful weekend was summed up by the custodian at the school where we stayed for two nights ... "you are the best behaved group of students we have ever had stay at Heatherwood Middle School!"

The Everett Photo Set in our photo gallery now has 34 photos.

If you do not already have a username and password for viewing the videos, click here.

Then go to the video viewing page to watch.

Update:
The finals performance will likely be "live" on the video page (see "click here" for info, above) later Monday evening. Time permitting, I will post some other video scenes from the band competition, including the closing ceremony. Those will dribble in to the video page as time permits. So check back often.

A set of 15 34 Everett Band trip photos is posted here.

Parents - students - if you have pictures of band events that you would like to add to the photo gallery, please email them to edward.mitchell "at" gmail.com (replace the "at" with @). Thank you... Ed


First Place AA Division!!!!






Closing Ceremony




Preliminary Competition

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Watch this space for videos from the performance in the next day or so

Correcting previous typo: WVHS won 1st place 2A division. Great job!

WV took best effect and best auxiliary awards. Overall score 68.5. Advances to finals tonight.

First place 2A goes to WVHS!! (typo fixed!)

Bravo! Encore! Encore! Best performance say two ex band menbers visiting from UW. More from Everett WA later

West Valley High School’s Band and Auxiliary’s Annual Craft Fair: Nov.4th. from 10:00AM to 5:00PM.

Due to the remodeling at the high school we will be at Centennial Middle School (915N.Ella) this year.

There will be a food court, bake sale, snacks and fun for everyone. See you there. Admission is free.

To watch the online video of the performance: Go here and follow the instructions.

WVHS Marching Band performed twice - once in prelims, and then again when all bands also performed in finals.

The morning performance was described by all participants as weak and lacking in energy and enthusiasm.

But the band that performed in the evening was an entirely new band - great job students! The audience loved the show!

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More information on the Albi Scoring
1) Of the 15 bands that performed, only 7 of those raised their prelim score during finals
2) 4 of the 7 were from our AA division ;;; the toughest division
3) WVHS was one of those to raise their score
4) Our division (the nominal "2A") actually consisted of 2-AAAA, 2-AAA, and 2-AA schools based on WIAA classifications
5) The top 3 scores in our division were higher than the winning score in AAA
6) WVHS was the smallest high school to compete ... pretty tough odds

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Photos
Not our band but ... this is most of the McGrath High School Band from McGrath, Alberta. Their high school - just 135 students - hopes to start a marching band next year. Many of the band students came down to see the marching bands in performance. They cheered on WVHS for us! (This photo is spliced from two photos so one person appears sort of twice.)



Acres and acres of buses, trucks, and equipment fill up the staging area:


Band parents staff the BBQ grill to feed hungry band students after their evening performance:


Band members and band parents wait for the BBQ line:


Food!

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Other Chuck Mangione related performances

While you are waiting for the video - you could watch some other school's videos of Chuck Mangione marching band performances:
Cabot High School - 5 A Division (Great flugelhorn and guitar duet! Decent video too, but a bit noisy on the audio - definitely worth watching)

Bella Vista Marching Band rehearsal, August, 2006. Um, okay, sorry for the link.

And here's Chuck himself playing Feels So Good! And here he is playing Give All You've Got.

Advance Tickets may be purchased for this weekend's Marching Band competition @ Albi Stadium:

• $12.50 for adults, includes Prelims and Finals
  
• Children 12 and under are admitted FREE

A ticket order form will be sent home with your student ... please return the form with your payment (Cash or a check made payable to WVHS Band Boosters) NO LATER THAN THURSDAY. You may pick-up your tickets or have your student bring them home after Friday morning's rehearsal (8:45 AM - 12:00 PM). We do not have school on Friday.

I did not take any still photos of the WV performance as I was shooting the video then ... but, I did take a bunch of photos of some other big bands:

Click here to see the Pasco 2006 Photo Gallery

Parents - if you have not been to a marching band competition before, take a look at the photos. Band competitions are a feast for the ears and the eyes. This next Saturday, the Spokane Thunder will be hosting the Pacific Northwest Marching Band competition at Joe Albi Stadium - come on out and have fun! WVHS performance time is 9:30 AM, and again that evening. Since only 15 bands are competing this year, the sponsor is enabling all bands to perform in the Finals to give everyone, including the small bands, a chance to perform before a large audience. Finals will begin at 5:15 pm but we do not know when WV will play.

WV Drum Major accept awards at Pasco. By now they were starting to look for a cart or wheelbarrow to start hauling away all the awards!



Some examples from the Pasco photo gallery:

Because of licensing restrictions on the music, you need a username/password combination to watch.

To obtain access to the video, send a blank email to wvband "at" coldstreams.com (Replace the "at" with @). You will receive an automatic reply with access information - all requests are logged.

The video is viewable as a streaming Windows Media file designed for Internet Explorer/Windows Media Player. The video may also be downloaded in QuickTime format for those not using Internet Explorer/Windows Media Player.

Best percussion, brass and Woodwinds, marching awards for 2A

Update: These short updates were via cell phone text messaging.

Here is a longer explanation. The WVHS Marching Band scored 62.9 points, narrowly ahead of Clarkston High School at 62.8 points.

WVHS also took awards for Best Percussion, Best Brass, Best Woodwinds and Best Marching.

WVHS Marching Band won the overall Division 2A award.

Overall, Spokane area high schools did extremely well with the always excellent performances by the much larger Mead High School, Mt Spokane High School and Central Valley High School. East Valley High School and University High School also went to the evening "Finals competition". Even though WV won its division title, this year, only the top 12 bands (by points) were selected for Finals. In previous years, division winners also went to finals but under the new system, only the top 12 bands by points go to finals.

Next weekend, WV will perform at the Pacific NW Band Competition right here in Spokane at Joe Albi Stadium. Come watch your band in performance! Competition will again be tough as WV goes up against 2A schools which in Spokane, will also include EVHS and University HS. Both competed as 3A-small schools in Pasco but are competing as 2A schools in Spokane next week.

The WVHS Percussion line and percussion pit celebrate their Best Percussion Award at the Cavalcade of Bands, Pasco, WA, October 7, 2006

First place 2A div!

WV Band perfomed great-we get scores at 5 pm and see if they go to finals.