GHS Band Events & News

Marching Band Gets Fifth Consecutive 'Superior'...

The Gulf High School Marching Buccaneers presented this year's halftime show entitled A Southwestern Saga. The band saddled up and headed out to the old west as they performed music dedicated to the 'Cowboy Way'. The Bucs performed: "The Magnificent 7" by Elmer Bernstein, "Hoedown" by Aaron Copland (which features our percussion section), "Red River Valley", and closed with an arrangement of John William's "The Cowboys". After months off hard work and determination, the Marching Buccaneers received their fifth consecutive overall superior rating at their annual Florida Bandmasters Association's District 5 Marching Performance Assessment at Citrus High School on November 2nd. After performing one of their best performances of the year, the band marched off the field and earned their superior. Due to an unfortunate rule violation by a neighboring marching band, the Buccaneers were the only Pasco County band to offically receive an overall superior rating. The individual catagories were as follows:

Music #1: Superior, Music #2: Excellent, Marching & Maneuvering: Excellent, General Effect: Superior, Auxiliary: Superior, Percussion: Superior

This was an improvement from the band's performance at the Central Florida Marching Band Showcase in Lakeland in October where the band received and overall 'excellent' rating.

This superior rating is the 8th out of the 9 years since Mr. Rutherford has taken the reins at Gulf High.

Congratulations GHS Band...keep up the great work and let's go for it at concert evaluation in March of 2003!

 

All-State and Festival of Winds Students Selected...

The Florida Bandmasters Association's All-State Band Auditions were held on September 14th at Central High School in Brooksville. Gulf High School has one representative and 'congrats' goes to percussion section leader, band officer, and senior Mike Smith. This will be Mike's fourth appearance at All-State. Mike was also selected for the Festival of Winds at the University of South Florida in December, as well as Kevin Holden (alto sax), Melody Goodenough (clarinet), Jon Tate (horn), and Nick Demasky (flute).

Congratulations to all and have fun at your festivals!!!

 

GHS Band Officers...

Congratulations goes to the following students for being selected as officers and section leaders for the 2002-2003 school year:

Officers:

Amanda Childs, Melody Goodenough

Drum Majors

Krystal Mohrle, Patty Feeley

Color Guard Captains

Jason Pehonsky

Band Captain

Kevin Holden

Senior Representative

Barbara Keller

Junior Representative

Stephanie Trzesniowski

Sophomore Representative

Linda Carozza, Chris Canatsey

Librarians

Krystle Smith, Chas Deignan, Micheal Smith

Quartermasters

Section Leaders:

Nick Demasky

Flute

Stephanie Trzesniowski

Clarinet

Krystal Leggett

Alto Sax

Jonathan Tate

Horn

Frank Morton

Trumpet

Jason Pehonsky

Low Brass/Low Reeds

Michael Smith

Percussion

 

GHS Music Department Charters Honor Society...

The Band and Chorus Departments have joined forces to charter a chapter of the Tri-M Music Honor Society. Meetings are held during Yellow Club Days each month.

Upcoming Events...

See our Downloads page for current calendars of upcoming events...




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