Current Schedule

It was great to get back and get going again after a few days (or a few weeks) off and we did a lot last week, including:

• Getting started on new music for Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensembles, and Pep Band
• Having 21 different Solo-Ensemble events scheduled and officially entered in the Valley Region Solo-Ensemble Contest, being held at Puyallup HS on Saturday February 1st
• We had 7 of our finest upperclass players participate and perform at the PLU Northwest HS Honor Band Friday and Saturday at PLU. Thank you and congratulations to the following students:
• Eva Beach-Knutsen: Baritone
• Aiden Hatcher: Clarinet
• Emerson Blumenstein: Bari Sax
• Lilian Reed: Flute
• Mitchell Goff: Alto Sax
• Abbie Walsh: Flute
• Nyiah Hartley: Alto Sax
• We also had 3 BIG BB Pep Band performances, with blowout wins over BLHS by our Boys BB Team on Tuesday and our Girls BB Team over SLHS on Thursday, and then there was Saturday night with the Division-leading and undefeated (in the SPSL) Olympia HS Boys BB Team and their rather loud fans coming to SHS. I had told students earlier in the week that we’d do a first-ever storming of the court at the buzzer if we beat them AND WE DID (watch the video) Storming the Court - we played the fight song right on the court and right at the fine fans from OHS and I don’t know if they exactly appreciated it or not, but it was fun! Based on how both Boys and Girls teams did this past week, we’ll likely be looking at a fun February and March with lots of playoff game performances and a hopeful return to the Tacoma Dome for the State Finals!

So onward we go with continued preparations of our Concert and Contest music and a couple of BB Pep Band performances this week before we get the 3-day MLK weekend next weekend. It’s a challenging time of year for us, as there’s a great difference between our controlled Symphonic Band sound and playing and our different (and less-controlled) Pep Band sound and virtually every day is different, but students are doing a great job with making the adjustments and remembering which style is being played. Here we go with the final 2 weeks of the first semester and the halfway point of the 2024-25 school-year: