Fifty-three KHS Band students auditioned for the Northeast District Bands on Saturday, November 12.
Here are the Results!
Above are the 23 students who were chosen for the two District Bands, as well as jazz band. Congratulations!
Congrats to the 2012-2013 Drum Majors!
Austin Motley, Bryan Morton and Shannon Shaffer!
The Kirksville High School Band's Color Guard competed in the Missouri Days Marching Festival in Trenton, MO on Saturday, October 14. The band competed in parade, field shows, drumline, and color guard and had a very successful day.
Color Guard received a 2nd place trophy with their performance of Gavity, which was choreographed by Shantay Guyton. They tied in points with Smithville and missed 1st place Oak Grove by 2 points.
Shantay Guyton is the Color Guard Instructor and a senior Master of Arts in Education student at Truman State University. She will graduate in May in search of a music teaching position.
Saturday, Dec. 3, nine students auditioned for All-State Band/Jazz
Band in Columbia, MO. Those who auditioned were: Austin Motley,
Forrest Beck, Kaitlin Fitzgerald, Catie Shuey, Sam Schwegler, Nathaniel Kennard,
Ethan Murphy, Nell Davis and Geordan Beck. Junior Austin Motley was
selected as 2nd chair trombone in the All State Band; Senior Forrest
Beck was selected as 2nd chair french horn in the All State Orchestra
and Senior Katie Fitzgerald received the honor of being named to the
Honorable Mention Band on clarinet.
