ACHIEVEMENTS.Byline: The Register-Guard Shasta Middle wins best band award Shasta Middle School teacher Joe Ingram and his Jazz Band scored what may be their biggest triumph yet at the prestigious Bellevue Jazz Festival Noun 1. jazz festival - a festival that features performances by jazz artists festival, fete - an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" in Washington this month, earning not just the top award for middle school bands but the Sweepstakes Award, given to the best band. The Shasta band, the recipient of numerous other awards over the years, competed against 50 bands, half of them from high schools, wowing the judges with "Fillin' in for the Count," Maria Schneider's "City Sunrise" and "Avenue R." It was the first time a middle school band had earned the competition's Sweepstakes Award, Ingram said. "I knew our final performance had been really special, in my eyes In My Eyes was a Boston straight edge band that spearheaded the 1997 youth crew revival along with Ten Yard Fight, Bane, The Trust, Fastbreak and Floorpunch. The band and its members were a part of the hot bed that was the Boston music scene in the late 90's and early 2000's. ," said Ingram, who gave his 19 students a "pep talk" beforehand. Ingram, the son of a professional jazz trumpeter, was named one of seven Teachers of the Year by the Oregon Middle Level Association earlier this year. The band will give a free performance at Willamette High School's Powers Auditorium Powers Auditorium, in Youngstown, Ohio is the largest auditorium in the Youngstown-Warren area, the main venue of downtown Youngstown's DeYor Performing Arts Center (also part of the complex are the Adler Art Academy and Beecher Flad Pavilion and Ford Family Recital Hall). at 7 p.m. on May 26 and also will perform at the We Are Bethel Celebration, set for June 4 at Petersen Barn Park. Willamette culinary teams cook up wins Teams from Willamette High School Willamette High School is a school in Eugene, Oregon. Willamette, or "Wil-Hi," is located in the Bethel-Danebo area of west Eugene, and is the only high school in the Bethel School District. took both first and second place in the third annual Lane County High School Culinary Competition, held earlier this month at Lane Community College. Members on the first-place team were Jonathan Gunson, Ashley Church, Corey Randall and Krystle Kinports. Taking second place were Dan Defoe, Chaz Lounsbury, Sara Dieckhoff and Tim Duncan. Martha Humphrey advised both groups. Taking third place was Crow High School's Sammy Smets, Scott Johnson, Linda Molder and Danielle On, advised by Kathy Davis. The competition drew 11 teams, which worked with professional chefs. All the teams were asked to prepare entrees featuring rack of lamb Noun 1. rack of lamb - a roast of the rib section of lamb crown roast rack - rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton lamb roast, roast lamb - a cut of lamb suitable for roasting and a dessert using hazelnuts. Judges were local celebrities and culinary arts professionals. Thurston senior gets $24,000 scholarship A.J. Leavitt, a senior at Thurston High School Thurston High School is located in Springfield, Oregon in Lane County. Their mascot is a black colt. Shooting On May 20, 1998, student Kipland "Kip" Kinkel killed his parents, William and Faith, both Spanish teachers at local high schools. , has been awarded a $24,000 Presidential Scholarship to attend the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. this fall. He plans on double majoring in German and Political Science. |
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