Huron Expositor, 2006-05-31, Page 13News
The Huron Expositor • May 31, 2006 Page 13
CHSS bands return ham"` e from national
music festival with silver and bronze medals
Ben Forrest
Rookie music teacher Isaac Moore
knows he walked into a good situa-
tion when he accepted the reins of
the music program at Central
Huron Secondary School (CHSS)
this year.
His first year in the profession
hasnot been spent digging for work
as a supply teacher, but manning a
program that can be counted among
the best in the country.
The experience has been a great
one, he says, and the latter claim
can be bolstered by, the bands'
recent performance at MusicFest
Canada, a national music festival.
The CHSS jazz and concert bands
spent May 17-21 in Ottawa, partici-
, pating in a MusicFest alongside
bands from across the nation.
The jazz band received what
Moore describes as a "strong silver"
standing, while the concert band
received a .bronze standing.
MusicFest rates band perfor-
mances on a sliding
scale, Moore explains,
with the strongest per-
formers given gold
standing and most
other bands given silver
Hensall
man
assaulted
in his
home
A 23 -year-old
Hensall man went to
hospital with serious
injuries after he was
assaulted in his home
on Richmond Street in
Hensall on May 27
around midnight,
reports the Huron
OPP.
Police attended the
residence and were
told the man was beat-
en up by two other
men who came to the
residence with other
friends.
The man was taken
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Hospital and received
medical attention.
The investigation is
continuing.
or bronze.
The jazz band finished with a rat-
ing just shy of gold, hence Moore's
use of the term "strong silver."
"I'm really pleased with the way
both bands played," Moore says.
"We've come a long way with , both
ensembles this year, and I think
that just the fact that both bands
made it into the national festival...is
a huge accomplishment, and the
way that they played up there was
certainly very strong."
The jazz band had been invited to
the nationals based on a gold stand-
ing received at a regional festival in
March.
The concert band received a
bronze at that festival, but was
accepted into the national festival
thanks to a secondary application.
Specifically recognized at the
nationals were percussionist
Cameron Laurie and trumpet play-
er Willem Shepherd, who, were.
given Yamaha Honour awards for
their efforts in concert and jazz
band, respectively.
The awards are given for "who
contributes both musically and per-
sonally with dedication and passion
for their ensemble," says Moore via
the CHSS website.
Students are nominated for the
awards by band leaders and receive
them if the adjudicators (persons
judging the performance) deem
them worthy.
"It was an honour," says Laurie of
the award: "It's good to have teach-
ers and adjudicators recognize you
for hard work."
He added later that he considers
himself to be just one out of many in
the band who had been "keen and
working hard all year."
Shepherd was also chosen to play
with the National Concert Band
while in Ottawa, a group composed
of players from across the country
who performed gala concerts at the
festival.
The commitment included eight-
hour -a -day practices in addition to
Shepherd's duties with the CHSS
group.
But he counts it as a valuable
experience nonetheless.
"It was amazing," Shepherd says.
"Everyone (in the band) was really,
really good at playing their instru-
ments.
Moore says he wouldn't change a
thing from the CHSS bands' perfor-
mances, but would be interested to
see how the panel of judges would
respond to some of the material the
band is currently playing.
"In the jazz band, especially, we're
working on some very difficult
music right now," he says. "The
music that we played at nation-
als...was very challenging, but I'd
have to say that the stuff we're
playing now is a lot more challeng-
ing."
Some of that music will bre-on dis-
play at the CHSS Cabaret, which
runs on June 8 and 9.
Moore hopes you'll be there,.
because as he puts it, "It has been a
banner year for our program, and I
really do think that itdeserves
some community exposure.
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