We are excited to announce the 2017 drum majors of the Marching Firebirds:
Taylor Fulk
Sydney Hullinger
Scott McElfresh
Cas Stanaford
There were MANY great auditions and we are proud of every student who auditioned today.
Congratulations Color Guard for 2017!
KFHS Color Guard Cast
Fall 2017
Isabel Arcusa
Amanda Back
Rachael Bauer
Kiera Bolin
Izzee Bower
Ashley Boyer
Audrey Burns
Kelly Dakin
Alexis DeSilva
Rorey Elam
Taylor Finney
Brooke Fischer
Brianna Fitzpatrick
Sabrina Foust
Rachel Girardot
Hailey Glascoe
Emilia Godale
Brigid Griffin
Alyssa Hack
Gabby Hoffman
Alexis Jackson
AJ Jones
Taylor Killian
Chase Knapp
Jessica Landsiedel
Sydney Lawrence
Danielle Ledbetter
Ali Machado
Annie Mills
Rebecca Moore
Lilly Neiman
Sara Noel
Elizabeth Oster
Emily Pheanis
Kylie Powers
Camila Rached
Taylor Rhoades
Bailey Riley
Danielle Romer
Zoe Schwieterman
Haley Secrest
Morgan Shafner
Sophia Smith
Brianna Stanaford
Cas Stanaford
Brynna Stein
Karissa Taulbee
Ella Tinch
Mya Trammell
Genesis Vazquez
Aly Whitman
Katie Youngblood
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Kettering Again One of the Nation's Best Communities for Music Education!
For the 6th consecutive year the Kettering City Schools have been named one of the "Best Communities for Music Education" by the NAMM Foundation. The NAMM survey compares school districts across the country on dozens of criteria including music programming, funding, staffing, and overall support from the school district and community. Congratulations to all student musicians, teachers, staff, parents, boosters, and the entire Kettering Community!
You can find more information about the award on the NAMM Foundation website including the complete list of "Best Communities!"
https://www.nammfoundation.org/articles/best-communities-music-education
Fairmont Winter Guard - WGI Regional Champions!
The Fairmont Winter Guard is on a roll this season with their production called "Wallflower." After much local success in the Ohio MEPA circuit, the guard recently took their program on the road to Bowling Green Kentucky for the WGI Power Regional held at Diddle Arena at Western Kentucky University.
The Guard finished first in the preliminary competition on Saturday among 32 winter guards from 9 states. The guard returned to the arena on Sunday for the finals competition which featured the top 17 guards from the preliminary round. The guard placed first again in the finals competition and were named "Regional Champions!" Congratulions to the entire team of students and first year directors Kelsey Klawonn, and Melissa Lowry, and staff members: Sheldon Apo, Derek Vereen, Abbie West, Ashley Campbell, Tyler Edrington and Byron Valentine.
Scores from the KY Regional:
https://www.wgi.org/events/static_scores/2017/scores_Mid_South_Power_Regional_CG_Finals.php
With their score of 89.035 the Fairmont Winter Guard is ranked 4th nationally in the WGI Scholastic A Division. Check out the National WGI Color Guard Rankings here:
http://wgi.org/events/ranking//2017/ranking_Scholastic_A.php
The Fairmont Winter Guard Posing Outside Diddle Arena Where They Were Named Regional Champions!
Members of the 2017 Winter Guard include:
Julia Battigaglia, Isabelle Bower, Ashley Boyer, Katherine Braun, Hailey Brown, Julia Burns, Brigid Griffin, Megan Guyett, Addison Johns, Allison Jones, Haley Secrest, Abbey Siler, Karissa-Ann Taulbee, Olivia Thomas, Jillian Wyckoff, and special guest performer Ryan Boyer
Kettering Elementary Students Sing In District Honor Choir
The 2017 OMEA District 12 Elementary Honor Choir!
On March 12, 2017, twenty-one Kettering elementary students performed with the Ohio Music Education Association District Xll Honors Choir. The choir was made up of students across the Miami Valley who have demonstrated exceptional vocal ability. Students worked hard to learn the challenging choral music heard at their performance.
Sarah Smith, music teacher at JFK, said, “Honors Choir was a great opportunity to challenge some of my talented young singers. The students all enjoyed the experience and were sad when the concert was over! My fourth graders have already asked me how they can be involved again next year. This event really inspired my singers!”
Congratulations to some of our youngest Firebird musicians!
Pictured above JFK music teacher Sarah Smith and her JFK singers!
More Alumni Updates - Meet Marcia Neel - Nationally Known Music Ed. Consultant!
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