• 2005-2006 Band Leadership

With great excitement we announce that the 49 member Wind Orchestra has been invited to perform at the 2006 Florida Music Educators Association Conference to be held in Tampa, Florida. This ensemble will perform at the "President's Concert" on Wednesday evening, Janurary 4th, 2006, beginning at 7:30pm. More details to follow.

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Congratulations to all the members of the JPT Band for their outstanding performances at the District 15 High School Concert Music Performance Assessment.

Band	Concert Performance	Sight Reading	Overall
Wind Orchestra #1	Superior, Superior, Superior	Superior	Superior
Wind Symphony #2	Superior, Superior, Superior	Superior	Superior
Symphonic Band #3	Superior, Excellent, Excellent	Superior	Excellent
Concert Band #4	Superior, Superior, Excellent	Superior	Superior

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National Anthem Project:

On Wednesday, September 14, the country will celebrate the anniversary of the “Star Spangled Banner”. Our National Anthem was written in 1814, words by Francis Scott Key and the music composed by John Stafford Smith. On the 14th, school music programs across the country will celebrate this occasion by singing or playing the “Star Spangled Banner”. We plan to participate with members of the chorus and band at around 12:45 pm

Some facts you may find interesting: 1. The National Anthem Project is being led by the Music Educators National Conference, the National Association of Music Education. First Lady Laura Bush is chairing this effort and corporations like Jeep are helping to fund the project.

2. Two out of three Americans don’t know the words to the anthem, which has been linked to nationwide cutbacks in school music programs. Parents teach their kids nursery songs like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – not the Star Spangled Banner. Students generally learn songs about our country’s heritage at school.

3. Of those that claim to know all the words, only 39 percent know what follows “whose broad stripes and bright stars”. Of those who answered correctly, 58 percent had received at least five years of music in school while growing up.

4. One in three (38%) don’t know the official name of the National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner).

5. Less than 35 percent of American teens can name the author of the National Anthem (Francis Scott Key).

6. As few as 15 percent of American youth can sing the words to the anthem from memory.

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