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All improve throughout the year

f all th e ‘T hey don’t have as m uch Division 1 rating at every
groups in the expericence as the groups com petition th a t we a t­
sc h o o l, th e of year’s past have had.” tended in N ebraska,” J u n ­
band has al­ Through hard work and ior Lorri Queen said. “We
ways worked determ ination, su rp rises have proved ourselves as
hard to do the ju st might happen. "I am being one of the top W inter
best th at they can. The extremely proud of how far G uard Group in this state.”
aw ards that are received the [Concert] Band has Jazz Band was a group
are only the frosting off th at did not m eet d u r­
the cake. The satisfac­ ing the regular school
tion of knowing how "All in allt I think we day. “We reh e arse
m uch progess has been had a good year." Tuesdays and T hu rs­
m ade is the true re­ d ay s a fte r sc h o o l,”
Sophomore Heath Bragg
ward. S o p h o m o re H eath
In all the places they Bragg said. “We put in
have gone, the C oncert com e,” a sse rte d W elch. a lot of time, b u t it’s fun.”
Band has come a long way “With the way the school Having fun it not the
as a group. W hen the year started, I would never only thing th at the Jazz
school year started, even have guessed that we wou Id Band is concerned with;
the people who were in it actually come as far as re­ they also take their m usic
were concerned with how ceiving an Excellent rating veiy seriously. “We work
well they were going to do. at District Music C ontest.” hard, and it paid off,” Bragg
With m any people new in The Concert Band is not added. “At the Norfolk Jazz
th e g ro u p , th e fu tu re the only one who has done Invitational we received an
seemed unclear. well. The W inter Guard Excellent rating. All in all I
“There are a lot of Un­ was proving itself all year think we’ve had a good
derclassm en in the group,” with their award winning year.”
Senior Jam ie Welch said. success. “We received a CHRIS ROSS

Sophomore Heath Bragg practices on the
bongo drums previous to playing with the jazz
band in the Norfolk Invitational.
[jreshman Steve Watkins plays the baritone
saxophone during the Spring Jazz Band Con-
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