{"id":24265,"date":"2012-05-11T04:57:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T09:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=24265"},"modified":"2012-05-11T04:57:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T09:57:38","slug":"vw-bands-earn-excellent-state-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/05\/11\/vw-bands-earn-excellent-state-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"VW bands earn &#8216;excellent&#8217; state ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>VWHS band information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>FINDLAY &#8212; Following an outstanding district contest showing in early March, both Van Wert High School bands traveled to state contest this past Friday, May 4. Both bands performed at Findlay High School for the event, which is sponsored by the Ohio Music Educators Association.<\/p>\n<p>The Concert Band performed first in the Findlay High School gymnasium for a difficult panel of judges.  They opened with \u201cFanfare, Ode and Festival\u201d, gave a wonderful performance of \u201cApparitions\u201d by Brian Balmages, and brought their performance to a rousing conclusion with \u201cBonds of Unity\u201d by Karl King.  The large audience was very receptive to the performance.  The Concert Band, under the direction of Tina Decker, received an \u201cexcellent\u201d rating.<\/p>\n<p>The Symphony Band followed shortly after in the Findlay High School auditorium.  The band performed for a full house, opening with a classic John Philip Sousa march known as \u201cThe Lambs\u2019 March\u201d, followed by a beautiful student favorite, multi-movement work, \u201cGrant Them Eternal Rest\u201d by Andrew Boysen Jr., and closed with \u201cInvocation and Psalm\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The discerning judges awarded the Symphony Band an \u201cexcellent\u201d rating, the fourth consecutive excellent rating for the Symphony Band under the direction of Bob Sloan. Along with its \u201cexcellent\u201d rating, the Symphony Band earned a \u201csuperior\u201d rating in the sight-reading category &#8212; one of only two bands to do so for the weekend, and the only band in Class A to be award the top sight-reading honor.<\/p>\n<p>The Band Department would like to express its gratitude to the many parents, relatives, alumni, and friends who made the trip to Findlay for the performances. Obvious congratulations are extended to the members of both bands for their outstanding efforts on a job well done.<\/p>\n<p>Several other spring performances are upcoming including graduation, and the Peony Parade in the very busy month of May.  For more information on any of these events, visit the band website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanwertbands.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.vanwertbands.org<\/a>, \u201clike\u201d the band on Facebook at Van Wert Bands Information, or call the Music Department at 419.238.3722.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VWHS band information FINDLAY &#8212; Following an outstanding district contest showing in early March, both Van Wert High School bands traveled to state contest this past Friday, May 4. Both bands performed at Findlay High School for the event, which is sponsored by the Ohio Music Educators Association. The Concert Band performed first in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 13:12:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}