On Friday, November 5th six members of our color guard competed in the State Solo Color Guard Contest in Newton.
Congratulations goes out to all of these girls on outstanding performances.
Sierra Crawley, Rylie Dougherty, Marissa Vicker, Alexis Perez, and Jordan Neer all received a Division I (Superior) rating. Tori Pettinger received a Division II (Excellent) rating.
Sierra Crawley also placed 5th overall in the “large” school category. Congratulations to everyone!!
It won’t be long and pep band season will be upon us. The LHS Pep Band is made up of
Jazz I and Jazz II combined. This group plays at all pep rallies and select home basketball games. This is a great way for the students to support the basketball teams and play fun music in a more laid back atmosphere.
The first performance for the year will be at the BLH Winter Kickoff on Friday, November 18.
This event will begin at 6:00 p.m.
The full pep band schedule for the year will be published and sent home with students in the next few weeks.
On Monday, November 14th there will be 10 Lincoln students participating in the Community Jazz Center Honor Band at Roosevelt High School. There will be 3 jazz bands made of all Des Moines high school students. They will rehearse during the day and present a concert at 6:00 p.m. in the Roosevelt band room. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Lincoln participants will be: Raymond Brown, Joslyn Cardenas, Jacob Chaplin, Bridgette Edwards, Connor Grange, Ryan Hyslope, Lindsay Richter, Clark Largent, Tommie Vilavong, Noah Worthington.
We had 4 students audition for All-State Band on Saturday, October 22. All of the students
put in a lot of time preparing for their auditions and they all did an outstanding job.
Robert Walker was selected as a 2nd alternate to the Iowa All-State Band.
The other students that auditioned were:
Sam Berg – Clarinet
Raymond Brown – Trombone
Ryan Hyslope – Trombone
Jazz I auditions were held in the spring and rehearsals are in full swing. The twenty students in Jazz I are looking forward to an exciting year of hard work and great performances. The first concert will be during the All-City Jazz Concert on Monday, November 21st. The concert will be held in the Lincoln Commons beginning at 6:30 p.m. Jazz I will also perform at the Winter Concert on December 5th. A complete calendar of jazz events for the year will be sent home in the near future.
Congratulations to the students in Jazz I:
Alto Sax I Ashley Sackpraseuth
Alto Sax II Johanna Ramirez
Tenor Sax I Abi Tinlin
Tenor Sax II Tommie Vilavong
Bari Sax I Micah Saunders
Trumpet I Connor Grange
Trumpet II Bridgette Edwards
Trumpet III Noah Worthington
Trumpet IV Nick Worthington
Trumpet V Andrew Selby
Trombone I Ryan Hyslope
Trombone II Raymond Brown
Trombone III Jacob Chaplin
Trombone IV Kavieon Hughes
Bass Trombone Clark Largent
Piano Lindsey Richter Leon Urias
Bass Skyler Sanford
Vibes Joselyn Cardenas
Drum Set Gage Dresch
Southwest Iowa Band Jamboree Recap
The Marching Rails had a great trip to Clarinda this past Saturday. The band had great performances both in parade and field competition.
We would especially like to thank all of the parent volunteers that helped out on Saturday. Without the parental support, trips like this would not be possible.
A HUGE THANK YOU to all 20+ parents that helped make sack lunches on Friday night, build props, paint props, load the trailer, pull the trailer, load the buses, chaperone the buses, serve the lunches, haul equipment on and off the field and all of the many other duties it takes to travel with a group this size. We REALLY appreciate all of your help!!!
Here are the results from Saturday’s contest:
Parade Competition
2nd place in class 4A
4th place overall out of 55 bands
Field Competition
2nd place in class 4A
3rd place overall out of 20 bands
