{"id":74250,"date":"2016-03-10T08:23:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T13:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=74250"},"modified":"2016-03-10T08:23:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T13:23:53","slug":"high-school-bands-choirs-to-perform-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/03\/10\/high-school-bands-choirs-to-perform-here\/","title":{"rendered":"High School bands, choirs to perform"},"content":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n

The Van Wert High School Music Department will host the Ohio Music Educators Association\u2019s District III Band and Choir contest this Friday and Saturday, March 11-12.<\/p>\n

Bands and choirs from across the region will perform for judges and receive ratings. Overall, 17 bands and 14 choirs featuring nearly 1,500 students will perform at the school.<\/p>\n

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The VWHS Symphonic Band will be one of several high school musical groups performing this weekend for the OMEA District III Contest.<\/strong> (VW file photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The contest will be held at Van Wert High School and the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio (NPAC). Bands will perform in the NPAC auditorium, while choirs perform in the NPAC\u2019s First Federal Lecture Hall.<\/p>\n

All performances are free, but concessions will be available to purchase from the Van Wert Band Parents Association.<\/p>\n

Students from the VWHS Concert Choir, Sophomore Women\u2019s Choir, Freshman Choir, and Symphonic Band, have been working very hard throughout the nine weeks for this performance. Their time has been spend preparing three pieces for performance over the weekend. One of the three pieces is from a required list, which determines the class designation (Class A being the most difficult), while the other two are at-large selections.<\/p>\n

A schedule has also been released for performances by local bands and choirs, as follows:<\/p>\n

Local competing bands on Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • 6 p.m. \u2013 Wayne Trace (Class C)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Local competing bands on Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • 8:30 a.m. \u2013 Crestview (Class C)<\/li>\n
    • 9 a.m. \u2013 Parkway Concert Band (Class C)<\/li>\n
    • 10:30 a.m. \u2013 Spencerville (Class C)<\/li>\n
    • 11 a.m. \u2013 Parkway Symphonic Band (Class B)<\/li>\n
    • 11:30 a.m. \u2013 Van Wert Symphonic Band (Class B)<\/li>\n
    • 1 p.m. \u2013 Lincolnview (Class C)<\/li>\n
    • 1:30 p.m. \u2013 Paulding (Class C)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Local competing choirs on Friday night<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • 5 p.m. \u2013 Van Wert Freshman Choir (Class C)<\/li>\n
      • 5:40 p.m. \u2013 Delphos Jefferson (Class C)<\/li>\n
      • 6 p.m. \u2013 Spencerville Concert Choir (Class C)<\/li>\n
      • 7:20 p.m. \u2013 Van Wert Sophomore Women (Class C)<\/li>\n
      • 7:40 p.m. \u2013 Spencerville Women (Class C)<\/li>\n
      • 8 p.m. \u2013 Parkway Women (Class C)<\/li>\n
      • 8:20 p.m. \u2013 Wayne Trace (Class C)<\/li>\n
      • 8:40 p.m. \u2013 Van Wert Concert Choir (Class B)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Local competing choirs on Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • 9 a.m. \u2013 Lincolnview (Class C)<\/li>\n
        • 10:20 a.m. \u2013 Paulding (Class C)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Groups receiving a Superior rating (I) will qualify for state contest. While this is a competition, bands and choirs do not compete against each other, but against a \u201cstandard of excellence.\u201d There are no winners or losers, per se.<\/p>\n

          It should be noted that the public is welcome to attend, but be aware that OMEA regulations prohibit the use of any audio or video recording devices, including (but not limited to) cell phones, cameras (still or video), tape records, or any other recording device.<\/p>\n

          Failure to comply could result in disqualification of the school performing. For more information on the contest, contact the VWHS Music Office at 419.238.3722.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          VW independent\/submitted information The Van Wert High School Music Department will host the Ohio Music Educators Association\u2019s District III Band and Choir contest this Friday and Saturday, March 11-12. Bands and choirs from across the region will perform for judges and receive ratings. Overall, 17 bands and 14 choirs featuring nearly 1,500 students will perform […]<\/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-74250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 23:58:37","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\/74250","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=74250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}