Submitted by Chans Moellendorf, Director of Bands
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Pictured from left to right front row: Lynlee Smith 6th Grade Clarinet, *Carla Jimenez 6th grade Clarinet, Zoey Turner 7th grade Flute, *Daniela Baez 8th Grade Flute, and Peyton Baskin 6th grade Clarinet. Back row from left to right are: Hayley Gullet 6th grade Flute, Tucker Johnson 8th grade Percussion, Tiago De Luna 7th grade Tuba, Khloe Martinez 6th grade Trumpet, and *Macye McDowell 6th grade Clarinet. *made the MS All-Region Band -
Front row pictured from left to right are: +Evelyn Davila Junior French Horn, +Jessica Nguyen Junior Flute, Karol Guerrero Senior Trumpet, Ximena Cuevas Freshman French Horn, and Marlane Rodriguez Freshman Clarinet. Back Row pictured from left to right are: +One Nguyen Senior Tuba, +Jesus Garcia Sophomore Trombone, Alex Aguirre Sophomore Trombone, and *+John Ham Senior Tuba. Not pictured is *Natalie Cuevas Senior Alto Clarinet. *made the HS All-Region Band; +Advanced to Area.
The band has busy the last couple of weeks with Region Band Auditions for both Middle School and High School.
The Middle School students traveled to Burnet on Saturday, December 2nd with ten students. Auditioning on Flute were Daniela Baez (8th grade), Hayley Gullet (6th grade), & Zoey Turner (7th grade). On Clarinet were Carla Jimenez (6th), Mayce McDowell (6th), Linley Smith (6th), & Peyton Baskin (6th). Auditioning on Trumpet was Khloe Martinez (6th); Tuba was Tiago De Luna (7th); and on Percussion was Tucker Johnson (8th). Making the Region were Daniela, Carla, and Mayce.
The High School students traveled to Fredericksburg on Saturday, December 9th to audition for the Region band. We had ten students audition with several advancing to the Area round. Making the Region Band were Natalie Cuevas on Alto Clarinet. Making the band and also advancing to the Area level are Jessica Nguyen on Flute, Evelyn Davila on French Horn, Jesus Garcia on Trombone, and John Ham and One Nguyen on Tuba. Also auditioning but falling short of making the band were Marlane Rodriguez on Clarinet, Karol Guerrero on Trumpet, Ximena Cuevas on French Horn, and Alex Aguirre on Trombone.
We are super proud of the efforts each student gave in preparing their music for the auditions. They have all grown as young musicians and helped to improve the San Saba Golden Armadillo Band program.
The students who advanced to Area will audition for a chance to make the All-State Band in January. The students who made a Region Band will perform a concert in January with all of the surrounding schools who had students make the band.