More than half of the 11 Tyrone Area High School students who attended the 2003 District 6 Band Festival competition in Altoona Saturday have qualified for regional competition in March.
\nKris Laird, band director at TAHS, said he was proud to see six students advance to the next round of competition.
\n\u201cI thought we looked really good over there,\u201d said Laird. \u201cAll of our kids played their hearts out and did the best they could. That\u2019s all they were asked to do, and they did it.\u201d
\nThose advancing were Morgan Davis, Alicia Rodriguez, Katie Osterhout, Liz Kreckel, Morris Reese and Rob Rich.
\n\u201cNow it\u2019s time to start gearing up for the March competitions,\u201d said Laird. \u201cThis district round was challenging for the students in itself, but we\u2019re expecting much greater competition in the regional round in March.\u201d
\nAccording to Laird, the students already have received the sheet music to begin practicing for the March 12 competition.
\n\u201cThis is the largest contingent of students that have advanced to the regional level since my arrival here,\u201d said Laird. \u201cI think we took five in 2001.\u201d
\nMeanwhile, Tyrone is sending six students to the upcoming 2003 District 6 Jazz Band Festival Wednesday at Richland High School. This is the second year TAHS will attend the event.
\nThese students, who include Rob Rich, Doug Conrad, Wendi Taylor, Ryan George, Adam Roth and Kurt Diehl, auditioned for the jazz festival in early December and were selected to participate in one of three, 20-piece jazz bands at the festival. Last year, only Diehl attended the festival.
\nAccording to Laird, 21 schools will be represented at the event with about 60 kids participating.
\nSophomore Doug Conrad and junior Rob Rich will play in the Red Jazz Band under the direction of Duquesne University Jazz professor and professional composer\/arranger Mike Tomaro.
\nSeniors Kurt Diehl, Ryan George and juniors Wendi Taylor and Adam Roth will be playing in the Blue Jazz Band under the direction of District 6 band directors.
\nThe two-day event begins Thursday and concludes Feb. 1 with a concert featuring all three bands. The concert is slated for 2 p.m. in the Richland Area High School auditorium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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