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All- All-State Band: front- Nils
State Landsberg, Emily Balcetis, Marie
Orchestra: Maly; back-Elliott Bostrom, Beck
front-Jessica Burdick, Filip Landsberg, Ryan
Fitzgarrald ,Terry Gehl, Rachel Hospodka; not
Huang, Alyson pictured-Amanda Buche it photo
Keiser, by Rick Billings Photography
Brandon May;
back-Jessica - Senior Nils Landsber(
Gagne, Cyndi conducts the drums during the
Tech , Jeff Omaha Marching Invite held this
Antonson, year at Burke. photo by Jen Nerv
Sophie Engle,
Elizabeth Ruch
photo by Rick
Billings
Photography

Band students
Lori Shanahan,
Chris Penney,
Sarah Went,
Dave Kleckner,
JenniWent,
and Dan Vlock
rehearse before
the Omaha
Marching
Invite. This was
just one of the
competitions
that the band
performed in .
photobyJen
Nervig

Both band and ey Practice

orchestra set

Preparing before and they work well as a bands outside of school,
an important competion or group," director Stan Ivy
goals they just tuning up before a class said. director Jim Johnson saic
Some student
were just a couple of things The band also took band because it wa
band and arches tra ap- reached many of their goals. something their parent
wanted to ac- proached with determina- One of these was to get su- forced them to do, but mm
tion and a strong desire to perior ratings at the State enjoyed playing.
do well. Marching Contest. They " I took ban
complish, Orchestra had two also competed at Bellevue beause it was a great oppor
main goals they success- and Elkhorn. tunity for me to become
fully achieved this year. Band students also well-rounded student,
worked hard to They wanted to once again met many of the individual sophomore Courtne
goals they set. "We are
have more players in All-
Northrop said.
State than any other school. happy with the amount of "Orchestra stu
reach them, and This was the fourth con- students who were in honor dents, like any other stu
dents, like to be good a
secutive year they had been
able to accomplish this. Or- "/ took band what they do and that is wh:
chestra also worked hard because it was a they spend time on an in
marched their throughout the year so that great opportunity strument" Ivy said.
they would be prepared for Both band and or
the districts, which were for me to be- chestra had a very success
way to success! held in April. come a well- ful year, and they reache'
"This year's or- the majority of goals the:
chestra really sounds good, rounded stu- set for themselves .•
dent."

lnstrumemal Music by Kristi Coan