By: Amelia Marlow
This Saturday, November 18, the MHS Jazz Band will be performing at Band-a-Palooza. This is a big fundraiser for the band program, featuring the Middle School bands performing in the High School gym, and the Jazz Band playing in the lobby while a chicken dinner is served. There will also be a Chinese Auction, offering many cool items and baskets that people can try to win.
Band-a-Palooza is an important event to the Jazz Band as it is their first formal event of the school year. In addition to being fun, it gives them an opportunity to play for people during dinner, much like a “dinner band.”
The Jazz Band will be playing six songs: “In the Mood,” “Make Me Smile,” “Tuxedo Junction,” “Route 66,” “I Found a New Baby,” and “Down and Dirty.” Twenty one musicians make up the Jazz Band: Quinn Aiken, Alex Bihary, Richie Camp, Shane Cress, Emma Ely, Zane Erich, Cammy Gmitra, Karson Hahn, Thomas Haught, Owen Hennessey, Ashton Keller, Chrissy Kurilec, Raven Morgan, Emma Norman, Ethan Petro, Hannah Potter, Anthony Qualey, Devin Rabenold, Caroline Sabo, Wyatt Vernyi, and Isaac Warren.
Mr. Tomko, the band director, likes how every band is represented and everyone gets to perform. The sixth grade can hear the seventh and eighth grade bands and will have a chance to hear the kind of music they will play in the future. Mr. Tomko said, “It’s a great event. It gets all the middle school bands together to hear each other and the Jazz Band gets to play for dinner. It’s a lot of fun for everyone involved. So come out and hear good music and eat chicken!”
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