Music Camps Occupy Students

Marching Band Camp

The High School Marching Band season kicks off on the 23rd of August with Marching Band Camp. This promises to be very exciting. There are almost 80 students signed up for Marching Band including 19 for Color Guard which just about triples the Guard. This year the music is from the movie "Far and Away" starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The score was composed by John Williams and will be arranged by local music teacher Terry White. To read the letter from Mr. Skeffington with information on the Marching Band Season and Camp click here.

Memorial Summer Music Camp

Incoming 6th, 7th and 8th grade band students at Memorial spent last week in Mrs. Quinn's Summer Band Camp. This was a great opportunity to learn cool music and spend time with classmates. Movie themes were the genre picked out by Mrs. Quinn this year. The kids had fun performing:

        The James Bond Theme 

        All Star by Smashmouth from the movie "Shrek"

        Gollum's Song  from "The Lord of the Rings" 

        Summertime from "Porgy and Bess" 

 During "Summertime" improvisational solos were performed by some of the students.

Small group ensembles also played.  The Flute ensemble played "My Favorite Things" from "The Sound of Music" and the Clarinet ensemble played "Rainbow Connection" from "The Muppet Movie". The concert finished with a "Stomp" routine performed with soda bottles directed by Lisa Dorr and Mrs. Quinn. Many thanks to Carol Furman, Carl Menard and all the staff who help put on this wonderful camp.  We really appreciated the pizza party that student and their families shared.  Photos of the final concert can be found by clicking here.