Band Camp Awards

The Winton Woods High School Marching Band held its annual band camp from July 25-29 at Wright State University. Awards presented for 2011 include:

Best Overall Freshmen - Anthony Garrison and Chantelle Thompson
Best Overall Sophomores - Ciarra Rucker, Becca Day and Ayana Phelps
Best Overall Juniors - Taylor Baird and Blake Howard
Best Overall Seniors - Austin Phelps, Katelyn Budke and Kristen Budke
Best All-Around Band Members - Adrianna Ivory and Tony Boateng
Best Marching Section - Percussion
Crankin’est Section - Mellophones
Most Spirited Section - Color Guard

“We also had more outstanding musicianship awards than ever before with 67 this year,” said Winton Woods Band Director Dani Ashbrook.

Contributed By: Teresa Cleary | Winton Woods Schools Communications Department

Band Camp T-Shirt

Winton Woods High School seniors Kristen (left) and Katelyn Budke designed this year’s band camp t-shirt which pays homage to the iPod Shuffle. The half-time show is called "Shuffle” and opens with Herbie Hancock’s “Rock it” from 1983, then shuffles to 2007and the “Cupid Shuffle,” then shuffles again to current music with Cee Lo Green’s 2010 hit “Forget You,” and then shuffles just a little to the closing hit, Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite.”

 

 

Band Night T-Shirt Design Contest

2011 Band Night T-shirt Design Contest

This year’s theme: The Beatles

Song’s we’re performing:

Get Back, Let It Be, When I’m Sixty Four, Hey Jude

You must include the following on the shirt:

Winton Woods, Band Night, 2011, Graphics or words that represent the theme

Keep in mind…. Shirts will be bright blue (7^th graders) and neon green (8^th graders). Preference will be given to designs with no more than 2 ink colors (black counts as one ink color).

The winning design will receive a free t-shirt ($10 value) and will see students wearing their design for years to come.

Please submit all entries to Ms. Barbee by September 1, 2011

barbee.kara@wintonwoods.org

Choirs Participating in the World Choir Games are now Posted Online

The Interkultur web site has begun to post the choirs participating in next year’s World Choir Games. Interkultur is the international organization that organizes the competition, itself.

You can find the international registrations online here http://www.interkultur.com/competitions-festivals/world-choir-games/cincinnati-2012/participating-groups/?L=4/

And the page featuring Winton Woods Varsity Ensemble on the US page here http://www.interkultur.com/competitions-festivals/world-choir-games/cincinnati-2012/participating-groups/we-ll-be-there/usa/usa/

World Choir Games - Check out this interview!

Link on to this informative discussion on NPR radio with Lori Lobsiger, Director of North American Markets World Choir Games, Cincinnati 2012!

http://198.234.121.108/aroundcincinnati/070311_WorldChoirGames.mp3

One Call Now able to handle music groups and text messages

The One Call Now system is based completely upon the information you have submitted by registering for the One Call Now messaging system.

One of the tough things about staying in touch with everyone is that each person prefers a different form of communication--some text message, some email, some Facebook and some prefer phone calls.

By keeping your contact info up to date at One Call Now  http://goo.gl/DLvg3 We can communicate with you via your preferred method.

However, in order for this to work for you, you must make sure to update the One Call Now information! We also request that you add your student's cell phone and email addresses to the Family Update at http://goo.gl/DLvg3 that way they can be included in One Call Now updates and if you so choose, the text messages as well.

This year when we spoke with the kids, MOST of them indicated that text messaging and Facebook were their most frequently used form of communication of choice. This is now possible!

In order to allow the text messaging to your account (if you have not already set it up) you will need to:
1. Add your cell to the Family Update at http://goo.gl/DLvg3
2. Elect to add text messaging to your contact information
3. Text the word "Alert" to 22300

PLEASE NOTE: Text messaging rates for your carrier will apply!

WWHS Varsity Ensemble to participate in World Choir Games 2012

The Winton Woods High School Varsity Ensemble choir will be competing in next year’s World Choir Games in Cincinnati. “After our international experience with performing in China prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, we knew this could be another very memorable opportunity for our students to build relationships with singers from other countries and to perform for a worldwide audience,” said Winton Woods High School Choir Director David Bell. “We have done many things with the Varsity Ensemble during the past 30 years but competing in an international venue is a challenge we have never before undertaken.”