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High School: Band & Choir: waz up?
Three WHS Students Earn Places in 2010 Class B All-State Band
All-State Concert Scheduled for March 27 at Johnny Carson Theater in Norfolk
by WHS Band Director Tim Rischling | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Three Wahoo High School students found out this past week that they have been accepted into the 2010 Nebraska Class B All-State Honor Band, to be held on March 26 and 27 at the Johnny Carson Theater in Norfolk, Nebraska.
Try-outs were recorded and then sent to judges, who picked a 57-member ensemble out of the top students from all . . .
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WPS to Celebrate "Music in Our Schools" Month with March 30 Community-Wide Assembly
WPS Students & UNK Show Choir "Nebraskats" Slated to Perform
Wahoo Public Schools would like to cordially invite everyone in the community to celebrate “Music In Our Schools Month” by attending a special music assembly.
The assembly will be held at the Wahoo High School Gymnasium on . . .
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WHS Senior Chosen for 2010 UNL Winter Winds Festival Honor Band
Kayla Coffey Selected for 3-Day, "Extremely Selective" Event
Congratulations
to Wahoo High School senior Kayla Coffey on being selected for the
2010 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Winter Winds Festival Honor
Band!
She will be
playing clarinet in the honor band along with select . . .
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Baker-Anderson Receives National Award for Teaching Excellence
WMS/WHS Vocal Director to be Honored at February Gala in Washington, D.C.
Congratulations to Wahoo Middle/High School Vocal Director Julie
Baker-Anderson for being nominated by the Nebraska State Education
Association for the 2010 NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching
Excellence!
This award recognizes . . .
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WHS Principal Named Nebraska Music Education Association's 2009 Outstanding Administrator
Arent Receives Award for Commitment & Dedication to WHS Music Programs
Congratulations to our own Mr. Arent, who is this year's
recipient of the 2009 NMEA Outstanding Administrators
Award.
Each year the Nebraska Music Education Association gives an
award to an administrator who has shown commitment . . .
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Joe Nabity Chosen to Represent WHS in 2009 Nebraska All-State Choir
The WHS Senior Makes His 2nd All-State Festival Appearance in November!
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS goes out to WHS Senior Joseph Nabity, who
was chosen for the 2009 Nebraska All-State Choir.
Making All-State choir is one of the highest accomplishments a
vocal music student can attain. This is Joe's . . .
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2009-2010 Show Choir Members Announced!
16 Boys/18 Girls Make the Cut
2009-2010 Show
Choir List
BOYS
Jake Barry-B
Josh Dewberry-T
Christian Hohl-B
Joe Nabity-T
Brandon Gaunt-T
Dustin Jaskulski-B
Ty Kander-T
Justin Lewandowski-B/T
Sean Lindgren-B/T
Kyle Willis-B
Robert . . .
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Music Tech Students Record Original Class of 2009 Song
Student Production Dedicated to Friends Lost
On April 29, the WHS Music Tech students traveled to BASSLINE
RECORDING STUDIO in Omaha to record the original song written by
the class first semester. The song was written as a dedication to
the class of 2009 and also served as a . . .
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High School Show Choir Brings Home Top Honors
Warriors Take 1st at Viking Cup; 2nd at NW Missouri State
The Wahoo High School Show Choir brought home the 1st place
prize at the March 13 Viking Cup Show Choir Invitational at North
High School and Omaha, and 2nd place at the February 7 Northwest
Missouri State Show Choir Festival. WAY TO GO! . . .
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WHS Holiday Concert Creates Postponed Christmas Spirit
It was
Christmas in January as the Wahoo High School performing arts
celebrated “A Musical Holiday Celebration.”
The
postponement of the program, due to a winter storm, caused over 70
performers, and more than 200 friends and . . .
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35-Member WHS Marching Band Beats Out 100+ Member Wayne to Take Class B Title at WSC Competition
Marching Warriors Led to Victory by Senior Drum Major Janelle Jansa
When the WHS
Marching Band sets their mind to something they really go for it,
and that’s exactly what they did on Saturday, October 4.
The high
school band traveled to Wayne, Neb., to compete in the Wayne State
College Band Day . . .
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WHS Junior Trombonist Takes the Stage at Omaha's Holland Performing Arts Center
Joe Nabity Performs with U.S. Air Force Band and Accomplished New York Philharmonic Trombonist
Wahoo High
School Junior Joseph Nabity was selected to be one of the “76”
trombones to perform at the Holland Performing Arts Center in Omaha
on Monday, October 20, 2008.
The “Brass
in Blue” of the United States Air . . .
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A Noble Cause with Starr Power
71-Year-Old Alumnus Rides a Bike to Atlantic City to Raise Funds for New Music Scholarship
On Friday, September 19, 2008,
The Wahoo High School Music Department celebrated the departure of
71-year-old and Wahoo High alum, Patricia Eliason-Starr. Starr is
representing the state of Nebraska in the annual Ms. Senior America
. . .
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Six WHS Students Earn Places in 2008 Class B All-State Band
All-State Concert Scheduled for March 15 at Johnny Carson Theater
Six Wahoo
High School students found out this past week that they have been
accepted into the 2008 Nebraska Class B All-State Honor Band to be
held on March 14 and 15 at the Johnny Carson Theater in Norfolk,
Nebraska. Try-outs were . . .
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The Wahoo High School Band Competes in Two Recent Parades
Marching Band Travels to Norfolk and Grand Island
The
Wahoo High School band competed on September 22 in the Norfolk
Lions Parade and on October 6 in the Grand Island Chamber of
Commerce’s Harvest of Harmony Parade.
“These
parades are a great way for the band and the . . .
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WMS/WHS Band Students Treated to Visit by World-Famous Indian Musician
Sandip Burman Breaks from Major U.S. City Tour for a Wahoo Stop
This year,
WMS/WHS Band Director Eric Snyder is focusing on the phrase, “It is
the Journey that matters in the end,” by Ursla Leguin. The
experience of the journey is what students will always take with
them the rest of their lives. . . .
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Two WHS Band Students Earn First Chair in 2007 Class B All-State Band
Alison Thomsen and Joy Nelson Selected among State-Wide Tryout
Wahoo High
School Band Senior Joy Nelson and Sophomore Alison Thomsen
performed with the 2007 Class B All-State Honor Band on the
University of Nebraska at Omaha Campus on March 17. They were
selected through a try out process of all . . .
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WHS Senior Selected as Member of 2006 All-State Choir
Havelka Earns "Highest Musical Honor" in Nebraska
Each year, over 2,000 of the best high school musicians in the
state audition for the Nebraska All-State Band, Chorus, Jazz Band,
and Orchestra, which are sponsored by the Nebraska Music Educators
Association.
Selection as a member of . . .
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