{"id":7571,"date":"2011-05-07T02:35:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T07:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=7571"},"modified":"2011-05-07T02:35:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T07:35:26","slug":"vwhs-musicians-do-well-at-state-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/05\/07\/vwhs-musicians-do-well-at-state-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"VWHS musicians do well at state contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GAHANNA — Following an outstanding district contest showing in early March, the Van Wert High School Music Department traveled to state contest on Friday, with two groups earning \u201csuperior\u201d ratings and the third an \u201cexcellent\u201d rating.<\/p>\n

The VWHS Concert Choir started off the evening by singing for a difficult panel of judges in the Gahanna Middle School West Auditorium. The choir opened with a beautiful piece entitled, \u201cIf Music be the Food of Love,\u201d continued with a spiritual called \u201cGood News!\u201d and ended with a touching rendition of \u201cThe Awakening.\u201d<\/p>\n

The outstanding performance was applauded by a large crowd made up of band members, parents, students from other schools and choir lovers.<\/p>\n

The judges agreed with the audience in giving the Concert Choir a I (superior) rating — the highest possible. This is the second time in three years the Concert Choir has received a superior rating at state contest. The choir is under the direction of Tonia Gamble, with accompaniment by Marilyn Alessandrini.<\/p>\n

Next, the Concert Band, under the direction of Karen Kelly, performed in the Gahanna Lincoln High School gymnasium for another difficult panel of judges. The band opened with a march by John Edmonson called \u201cKentucky Pride,\u201d gave a wonderful performance of \u201cJoy Revisited\u201d by Frank Ticheli and brought their performance to a moving conclusion with \u201cImages of Ireland\u201d by Brian Balmages. The large audience responded and so did the judges, who awarded the band a superior rating — the fourth consecutive superior at state contest.<\/p>\n

The Symphony Band gave the final performance of the day for Van Wert, also in Gahanna Lincoln High School\u2019s gymnasium, opening with a classic multi-movement work called \u201cPrelude, Siciliano and Rondo\u201d by Malcolm Arnold, followed that with \u201cSouthern Hymn\u201d by Samuel Hazo ad closed with a student and crowd favorite, \u201cUndertow\u201d by John Mackey.<\/p>\n

The judges awarded the Symphony Band a II (excellent) rating for its performance, the third consecutive such rating for the group, which is directed by Bob Sloan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Music Department would like to express their gratitude to the many parents, relatives, alumni, and friends who made the trip to Gahanna for the performances,\u201d said Sloan, who extended congratulations to the members of all three ensembles for their outstanding efforts on a job well done.<\/p>\n

Several other spring performances are upcoming for the Music Department, including spring concerts, graduate and the Peony Parade in May and early June.<\/p>\n

For more information on any of these events, visit the Van Wert Band website at 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":"

Van Wert independent\/contributor content GAHANNA — Following an outstanding district contest showing in early March, the Van Wert High School Music Department traveled to state contest on Friday, with two groups earning \u201csuperior\u201d ratings and the third an \u201cexcellent\u201d rating. The VWHS Concert Choir started off the evening by singing for a difficult panel of […]<\/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-7571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 22:46:51","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\/7571","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=7571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}