RECENT NEWS BULLETINS:

Six Students selected for IBA Honor Bands

October 29th, 2008 - submitted by John Fischer

 

    The band program is very excited to announce the selection of SIX band students to the Indiana Bandmasters Association All-Region and All-District Honor Bands.  These excellent students are:

        All-District (10-12) - Debra Daily - Clarinet

                                          - Joseph Duke - Trumpet                                       

                                          - Kacie Edwards - Flute

                                          - Willy Grumbo - Tuba

        All-Region (7-9)     - Zachary McFarland - Trombone

                                          - Carrie Wolfe - Clarinet

    The All-District Honor Band will be performing at Floyd Central High School on Sunday, November 16th at 4pm.  The All-Region Honor Band will be performing at Jasper High School on Sunday, November 23rd at 4pm.

Matthew McClimon to Lead Crawford Drumline

October 24th, 2008 - submitted by John Fischer

 

    Crawford County is extremely pleased to announce the hiring of Matthew McClimon as its Percussion Caption Head.  McClimon comes to Crawford County with a wealth of experience performing and teaching across the country.  He holds a bachelor's degree in percussion performance from Humboldt State University and a master's degree in Jazz Studies from the University of New Orleans.

 

    McClimon has taught at New Washington HS, Atherton HS in Louisville, taught percussion privately in New Orleans, and taught at the Humboldt Music Academy in California.  He has also performed with the Commonwealth Brass Band of Louisville, the Tomorrow Music Orchestra in Chicago, the New Orleans New Music Ensemble, the Humboldt Symphony and routine engagements at Cafe Brasil in New Orleans.

 

Matthew resides in New Albany with his wife, Samantha, and daughter, Aiko.

 

 

Band Places 2nd in Class A, take Best Music and Best Visual

October 24th, 2008 - submitted by John Fischer

 

In its final competition of the season, the Marching Wolfpack placed second in Class A at the Salem Invitational.  Rising Sun won the class and took home the best General Effect trophy.  Crawford took the best Music and Visual trophies.

 

 

Marching Band Receives 'Silver' at Jasper

October 24th, 2008 - submitted by John Fischer

 

 

 

The marching band performed a strong show at Jasper, but came up just shy of advancing to regional competition.  Band Director John Fischer felt it was a very strong show, their best of the season, and that making it out of district to the next round could have gone either way.  "We knew it was going to be close.  We feel we put our best show out there, but in the end, it came up just short of receiving the necessary score to move on.  The kids know they did well, and that is most important."