Desert Ridge High School Marching Band Places Third In 2019 Arizona State Marching Band Championships
November 16, 2019 The Desert Ridge High School Marching Band…
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On Saturday, many of the band students participated in the Solo and Ensemble Festival at Mt. Pointe. Students were asked to perform solo or small group musical works for an adjudicator. The following students received the following ratings:
Paige Rearick - Superior Flute Solo
Jesse Deems - Superior Trumpet Solo
Alyssa Salas - Excellent Flute Solo
Abby Enders - Excellent Flute Solo
Zach Sanders - Excellent Tenor Saxophone Solo
Jacob Bryce - Excellent Clarinet Solo
Rocco Donley - Excellent Clarinet Solo
Lexi Mercier and Brennen Schurger - Excellent Duet
Bailey Ekstrom and Colin Sherrington - Excellent Duet
Michael Glover and Kelby Lammey - Excellent Duet
Christiana Valinski and Brock Schmeltz - Excellent Duet
Since Paige Rearick and Jesse Deems earned Superiors on their performances, they will be competing in the next round with hopes to one of 5 people/small groups to perform at the state level.
Great job everyone! We are so proud of you!
This weekend the indoor colorguard (Winterguard) group performed their first show. The judges were so impressed with their skill level that they "bumped" the colorguard up a division (more difficult competing group) to Scholastic Regional A.
Congratulations guard. We are proud of you!
Photo credit Doreen Shelafoe
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Announcement for winter guard parents! If you would like to buy winter guard show shirts for yourself or your family, they will be $15 per shirt. Please send the number of shirts you would like to order as well as your shirt sizes to Mrs. Campbell ([email protected]) by FRIDAY JANUARY 31. Payment can be made by check to the DRHS BPO.
Congratulations to the members of our winter guard on being promoted from the Scholastic Novice class to the Scholastic Regional A class!
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The WGAZ competitive divisions are determined by skill and experience level. As a brand new winter guard, we entered in the Scholastic Novice division. After our performance at the WGAZ Evaluation Show, the judging committee reviewed videos of our show to determine whether the Desert Ridge Winter Guard had the training and maturity necessary to successfully compete in the next division up. Within 12 hours of our Evaluation performance, our instructors were notified that the judges felt we were ready to move up to Scholastic Regional A! We are all so excited and honored to receive this distinction!
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At Casa Grande competition, the entire guard will be recognized by WGAZ at the awards ceremony for this great accomplishment!
WGAZ Evaluation Show ✔
Great first show of the season! Got some great feedback from the judges that we'll be able to apply before our first competition at Casa Grande HS on February 22!
Thank you as always to Doreen Shelafoe for capturing these pictures!
