IN THE SPIRIT OF SOUSA; AREA MARCHING BANDS VIE FOR TOP BRASS TITLE.Byline: Ivan Sciupac Daily News Staff Writer Thousands of students from more than 30 Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. marching bands played their hearts out Saturday at the 16th annual Band Field Competition. The event, hosted by the Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. Highlander Marching Band, was the largest band tournament in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . ``It brings so many people together,'' said Granada High drum major Robyn Brauer. ``For people to come out on a Saturday and listen to music and celebrate music is great - it's just awesome.'' Polytechnic High from Sun Valley put together a notable performance, taking first place in two of three divisional categories, beating out rivals Monroe High School For other uses, see James Monroe High School. Monroe High School may refer to:
``We were a little worried about Monroe,'' said Poly band member Miguel Contreras Miguel Contreras (September 17, 1952–May 6, 2005) was an American labor leader. He "was known as a king-maker for both local and state politicians."[1] . ``But we had confidence we'd win.'' Contreras, who plays the alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a family of woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. The alto is the third smallest of the saxophone family, which consists of ten sizes of saxophone (see saxophone). , said his band didn't even place in the last competition. He credited the team's turnaround to his teacher's lectures and the band's fortitude. ``We all came together,'' he said. The big winners of the day came out of Division 4A, as Saugus and El Camino Real high schools won the sweepstakes awards for general excellence. THE WINNERS The day's winners included: DIVISION 4A: Band: Saugus, sweepstakes winner; Van Nuys, first place; El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Auxiliary: Saugus, sweepstakes winner; El Camino Real, first place; Roosevelt, second place; Van Nuys, third place. Percussion: El Camino Real, sweepstakes winner; Saugus, first place; Roosevelt, second place; Van Nuys, third place. DIVISION 3A: Band: Monroe, first place; Polytechnic, second place; Reseda, third place. Auxiliary: Polytechnic, first place; Monroe, second place; Reseda, third place. Percussion: Polytechnic, first place; Monroe, second place; Reseda, third place. DIVISION 2A: Band: St. Paul, first place; Lincoln, second place; Bell, third place. Auxiliary: Bell, first place; St. Paul, second place; Lincoln, third place. Percussion: St. Paul, first place; Lincoln, second place; Bell, third place. DIVISION 1A: Band: Canoga Park, first place; Alemany, second place; Wilson, third place; Kennedy, fourth place; Westchester, fifth place. Auxiliary: Wilson, first place; Canoga Park, second place; Alemany, third place; Westchester, fourth place; Kennedy, fifth place. Percussion: Alemany, first place; Canoga Park, second place; Wilson, third place; Westchester, fourth place; Kennedy, fifth place. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, Box PHOTO (1) The Van Nuys High School Van Nuys High School (VNHS) established in 1914, is a high school in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, California, belonging to the Los Angeles Unified School District: District 2. marching band prepares for tuneful competition Saturday at Granada Hills High. (2) The drill team from Polytechnic High performs its precision routine at the 16th annual Band Field Competition, which brought together bands and drill teams from 35 schools from Santa Clarita to East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. . Myung J. Chun/Daily News BOX: THE WINNERS (see text) |
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