SCHOOL TOOTS OWN HORNS FOR TROPHIES.Byline: Daily News LITTLEROCK - The Almondale Middle School Concert Band is making music and bringing home trophies. The 43-member band recently brought home four trophies from the Music Showcase Festival: first place for the Class A Division, the award for outstanding low-brass section, the award for outstanding low-brass section trophies, the one for outstanding percussion section Noun 1. percussion section - the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments rhythm section, percussion section - a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class and one for an outstanding musician. ``They consistently perform at an above-average level,'' said band instructor Rebecca Van Kley. ``They are highly dedicated to creating the best product they can. It's easy to win medals when you have a group of kids that's so enthusiastic and passionate about creating an outstanding musical product.'' The May event was the third event in three months in which the band won awards. In April, the band was ranked in the top 10 percent in its category for the second year in a row at the Forum Music Festival in Yorba Linda Yorba Linda (yôr`bə lĭn`də), city (1990 pop. 52,422), Orange co., S Calif., in a region of citrus fruit; inc. 1967. The city has grown tremendously along with the southern California area; its population increased fivefold between . This will give it the chance to perform in April 2005 for the Judges Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. competition. And in March, the band was rated superior in the sight-reading competition and excellent in prepared-concert performance at the 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, Band and Orchestra Association program at Littlerock High School Littlerock High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Littlerock, California. It is the a part of the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). External links
For the prepared concert, each band performed music chosen by its conductor conductor Any of various substances that allow the flow of electric current or thermal energy. A conductor is a poor insulator because it has a low resistance to such flow. . In sight reading, the students and conductor had to perform from sheet music they had never previously seen. |
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