CLASS D ALL STATE BAND
by Deb Jones
January 25, 2008
Twenty-one years ago, Rich Richards hosted the first annual Class D All State Band Clinic/Concert which involved 142 students from 37 schools across the state. The tradition continues as last year, 165 students participated in Kearney. Each year, for many of those years, students from Elgin Public have auditioned and been accepted into this band. This year is no exception!
Three students from Elgin Public auditioned by tape to become a member of this year's band. All of them were accepted into the Wind Ensemble - which is the TOP band that performs. The students are: Amanda Hemenway on bass clarinet, Nathan Niewohner on alto saxophone and Eric Shoemaker on snare drum. Each of them placed third out of all the students auditioning - something to be very proud of! There were many alto saxes and drummers that tried out and many of them will not be participating at all.
The students will rehearse all day with the members of the Wind Ensemble in March at the Fine Arts Building on campus of UNK. The conductor of the ensemble will be Jim Schulz. The concert will be Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 6:30 pm in the auditorium of the Fine Arts Building. There will be an admission for the concert. We would love to see friendly faces from Elgin there! Congratulations to all these students - your hard work has once again paid off!!!
