SMHS Marching Band Wins Several First-Place Awards at Regional Competition
Smoky Mountain High School's marching band brought home 3 first-place awards from its last competition of the year, held Saturday, Oct. 27 at Forbush High School in Yadkinville near Winston-Salem. Thirteen bands competed.
The 33-member SMHS Marching Mustangs performed first, competing against 3 other bands in its class. Smoky Mountain won trophies for #1 Horn Line, #1 Percussion and #1 Overall. Other scores, in colorguard, drum major and woodwind categories, helped bring them up to 6th place overall.
This year's band consists of several seniors and a large group of first-year marchers this year, mostly seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-graders. The band is led by senior drum major and experienced marcher Sabine Moses.
Director Drew Umphlett hopes to keep band members working hard for even more awards in the future. "We're really proud of this group of kids," he said. "They've worked all season, really hard, and this competition was where they really came through."
The marching band also performed in two other competitions this year, at Enka High School and Western Carolina University.
Several members of the marching band are members of the high school's Wind Ensemble, which is inviting the public to its first concert performance of the school year on Thurs. Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. in WCU's acoustically excellent Coulter Hall. The ensemble will perform pieces written as long ago as the 1500's, in a program entitled "The History of Music." Admission is free, but donations to the SMHS Band Boosters club are encouraged.
For more information, contact Umphlett at 586-4796, between 11:30 and 1:00 p.m. or from 3:00 to 3:30 p.m.
The 33-member SMHS Marching Mustangs performed first, competing against 3 other bands in its class. Smoky Mountain won trophies for #1 Horn Line, #1 Percussion and #1 Overall. Other scores, in colorguard, drum major and woodwind categories, helped bring them up to 6th place overall.
This year's band consists of several seniors and a large group of first-year marchers this year, mostly seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-graders. The band is led by senior drum major and experienced marcher Sabine Moses.
Director Drew Umphlett hopes to keep band members working hard for even more awards in the future. "We're really proud of this group of kids," he said. "They've worked all season, really hard, and this competition was where they really came through."
The marching band also performed in two other competitions this year, at Enka High School and Western Carolina University.
Several members of the marching band are members of the high school's Wind Ensemble, which is inviting the public to its first concert performance of the school year on Thurs. Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. in WCU's acoustically excellent Coulter Hall. The ensemble will perform pieces written as long ago as the 1500's, in a program entitled "The History of Music." Admission is free, but donations to the SMHS Band Boosters club are encouraged.
For more information, contact Umphlett at 586-4796, between 11:30 and 1:00 p.m. or from 3:00 to 3:30 p.m.
I am so proud of the band! Way to go!!
I AM SO PROUD OF ALL THE BAND MEMBERS; THEY WORKED HARD AND THEY DESERVE ALL THE PRAISE DEALT THEM. I KNOW JOSHUA WILL MISS DREW AND THE OTHERS. THANK GOD FOR GREAT KIDS!
It has been such a pleasure watching this band grow in talent, spirit, professionalism, and as TEAM of students who work so hard together and care about each other. I am so proud of all of you!!! Keep up the great work in all you do, you are WINNERS in every sense of the word!
Way To Go!!!!!! You are a GREAT group of kids!
All that hard work paid off!!!