Grant County Bands

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Jazz Ensemble and Sixth Grade Concert Tonight

April 24, 2012

at Grant County High School Auditorium

7:00pm

Seventh and Eighth Grade and High School Band Concert

May 14, 2012

at Grant County High School Gym

7:00pm

NINE GCHS STUDENTS SELECTED FOR PRESTIGIOUS ALL-STATE BANDS!

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The Grant County Band program has once again been recognized and rewarded for its commitment to excellence! A total of nine GCHS students have been chosen for participation in the prestigious 2012 Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) All-State Bands!

Selection for All-State is very competitive, is by audition, and represents the “best of the best” from throughout the state! To have nine students selected not only sets a record for Grant County High School, but is also quite noteworthy among other schools. According to GC Director of Bands, Mr. David Owens, only one school in the Northern Kentucky region (Beechwood w/ 10) had more students chosen for the distinguished KMEA ensembles. Also, among the 4 - 4A bands who reached “state finals” during marching band season, Grant County’s nine stands quite impressive against the other three bands, which collectively had only seven selected.

Representing Grant County High School at the 2012 All-State event will be:

2012 All-State Orchestra:

Elayna Bradley (Junior), 4^thChair French Horn

2012 All-State Jazz Ensemble

Clayton Tipton (Senior), 2^ndChair Trombone

2012 All-State Concert Band:

Luke Hampton (Junior), 1^stChair Bass Clarinet
Nathan Taylor (Senior), 1^stChair Bari Sax
Trevor Nantz (Senior), 1^stChair Snare
Whitney Johnson (Senior), 2^ndChair Oboe
Corey Hermens (Sophomore), 4^thChair Trumpet
Billy Engelman (Sophomore), 4^thChair Euphonium
Nikki Wolfe (Junior), 20^thChair Clarinet

Sincerest congratulations to these students who will now have the opportunity to further develop their skills when they join with other top musicians to practice and perform under the direction of a renowned conductor at the annual KMEA Conference in February, 2012.

Article published at the Grant County Schools website

Grant County High School will be well represented at the NKBDA Select Band with another year of record setting numbers.

Woodwood Band Participants:

Back row: Clayton Tipton, Trevor Nantz, Billy Engelman, Nathan Taylor and Lucas Hampton
Front row: Casey Hinton, Nichelle Wolfe, Katie Anneken, Whitney Johnson and Elayna Bradley

Symphonic Band Participants

Back row: Corey Hermans, Josh Rose, Mark Warner, Zach Schwartz
Middle row: Samantha Howland, Tristan Suel, Steven Fightmaster, Jaclyn Ball, Ashleigh Rhoton
Front row: Harley Delaney, Ciara Nichols, Sadie Suel, Caitlin Smith, Kayla Combs

Thank you!

Thank you to all parents, students, alumni and friends of the band who helped during the Bengals football season by working concessions at the stadium.

Photos from the game on November 27, 2011 click on the picture below.

Nathan and Whitney - two of Grant County Bands Seniors working at the game.

Congrats to Grant County Marching Band on earning the KMEA Class 4A State Runner-Up at WKU on October 29, 2011

Recap of the 2011 Marching Band Season

September 10th - Beechwood Festival of Bands; Beechwood H.S.

-Reserve Grand Champions

September 17th - Madison Central H.S.

-Reserve Grand Champions

September 24th - Mason County

- Grand Champions

October 1st - Home Festival at Grant County High School

- Madison County - Grand Champions

October 8th - Boone County Bryan Station

- Distinguished- fourth overall

October 15th - OFF WEEKEND

October 22nd - KMEA EAST REGIONALS At Madison Southern HS

Distinguished-1ST place - regional champions

October 29th - STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT WKU

Distinguished-State runner up in class 4A

Remember: be sure to check your email often, as this is the biggest means of communication between the band director and boosters. If you would like to receive current information regarding marching band related events, please email booster President, Jim Tutorow @ jtutorow@gmail.com and he will make sure that your email is added to the distribution list.

If you have any specialty areas in which you are able to lend a hand, please contact Jim as well. A variety of areas that we are ALWAYS looking for help are: fundraising, building props, sewing flags, helping with food, prop parents (helping get equipment on and off the field) and many more areas. If you are interested in helping in any of these areas or if you know of a way to contribute to the progress of the band program, please do not hestitate to shoot an email. All help is welcome and greatly encouraged!!!!

Grant County Marching Band finishes State Runner-up for the second year running.

On Saturday, October 30, 2010, Grant County Band earned the honors of competing at Papa Johns Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. Going up against three very tough bands, Madisonville North Hopkins, John Hardin and South Oldham, Grant knew the competition was going to be intense.

At the end of the night, the band finished just under Madisonville North Hopkins and earned the KMEA AAAA runner-up position. Congrats to the band an yet another excellent season.

!!!NEW FEATURE!!! - Order Band Photos Online

Beginning in September 2010, you can now order band photos online.

2010 Grant County Band Festival Photos now available.

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Grant County Band Booster, Inc is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation supporting the Grant County Band Program.

All Donations are Tax-Deductible

BAND BOOSTER MEETING

Dates for the upcoming meetings:

7:00pm

May 15, 2012

Grant County High School Band Room
(or Auditorium if Band room is occupied)
(Meetings are on the 3rd Tuesdays of the Month at 7pm)