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SP Music Boosters Final Membership Meeting for the 2007-2008 school year!
Please join us on Tuesday, May 13th at 7:00pm in the SPHS Chorus Room. This is a very important meeting with a lot of very important topics.
• We will hold "elections" for next year's executive board!
• We will approve the 2008 senior and summer scholarships!! (Summer camp scholarship award letters will be available at the meeting!!)
• We will honor our SP music teachers/directors!!!
The Music Boosters will be holding a 2 hour Training Session Sunday, May 18th from 12:00 noon 2:00 p.m. See the Bingo page for complete information!
On Wednesday, March 26, the SPHS Jazz Ensemble played a concert at the HS auditorium with the Portland Jazz Band and Los Angeles based musician Wayne Bergeron.
In 1986 Wayne landed the lead trumpet position with the Maynard Ferguson Band. He can be heard on such MF recordings as "Body & Soul", "Big Bop Nouveau" & "Brass Attitude." Remarking on the talented trumpet player, Maynard Ferguson had this to say during a radio interview: "Wayne is the most musical lead trumpet player I've ever had on my band."
Bergeron's first solo Big Band CD entitled "You Call This A Living?" earned him a Grammy nomination in 2004 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble as well as rave reviews from fans and press worldwide.
A partial list of film credits include Superman Returns, Mission Impossible 3, The Guardian, Ice Age 2, (the Meltdown), X-Men 3, The Incredibles, Spiderman 2, Fantastic Four, Pink Panther, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Team America, National Treasure, The Life Aquatic, Friday Night Lights, Anchorman, White Chicks, The Notebook, The Day After Tomorrow, 3 Musketeers, Starsky and Hutch, Pirates of the Caribbean, Paycheck, Hollywood Homicide, Legally Blonde 2, Drumline, Catch Me If You Can, South Park, Flubber and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The evening featured Mr. Bergeron playing along with both the SPHS Jazz Ensemble as well as the Portland Jazz Band. It was an amazing evening of music and he was very impressed by the quality and talents of our HS musicians.
Both Mahoney MS and Memorial MS Jazz bands performed at the MMEA Middle School State Jazz Festival held Saturday, March 22 at Westbrook HS. Both schools compete in Division 2 (10 schools) Our Mahoney students, with Sandy Barry as Director, earned a Gold Plaque (awarded for a performance earning 88+ points). Our Memorial students, with Jean Quinn as Director, earned a Gold Plaque and placed 2nd overall. Old Town finished 1st. Memorial has won 2nd place 2 years in a row.
Congratulations to our wonderful musicians from Mahoney and Memorial! We are very proud of you.