CONCERT BAND
We have some updated important dates for the Concert Band. Please mark your calendars.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 - Concert Band Festival, Copiah Lincoln Community College
The band will be dismissed at 11:30, have lunch in the band hall, and travel to Co-Lin using the school bus, driven by Mr. Bunch. They will be back at JA by about 3:30 that day.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27 - MAIS Concert Band Festival in the JA PAC - approximately 2:00 performance time
MONDAY, MAY 4 - JA Band Program Spring Concert, PAC
This concert will showcase all members of the JA Band Program, including the Sixth Grade Band, the Seventh Grade Band Class, the High School Concert Band, the Jazz Band, and a Senior Ensemble.
SECTIONAL REHEARSALS
MONDAY - Holiday
TUESDAY - Flutes, Clarinets, Percussion
WEDNESDAY - Trombones
THURSDAY- Trumpets
FRIDAY - Saxes
SCIENCE & MATH COMPETITION
JA Band members
Will Tribble, Hannah McCowan, and
Tyler McClellan were on the 12-student team from JA that competed at the Science & Math competition at Mississippi College last week.
The team finished 3rd in the oral portion and 4th in the written, out of 45 teams.
Individually, Hannah placed in the top 1% in Biology and the top 10% in Chemistry. Will placed in the top 10% in Math.
Congratulations to Will, Hannah, and Tyler!
WINTER GUARD
Congratulations to the guard for another successful weekend competition. They traveled to Brandon HS, where they earned the highest score of all groups at the event both overall and in every caption!
Upcoming Guard schedule:
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 - Rehearsal 2:00 - 6:00
SUNDAY, MARCH 1 - Rehearsal 2:00 - 6:00
SATURDAY, MARCH 7 - MIA Pearl HS Competition
Here are a few photos; more are posted online:
WINTER GUARD 2015
Thanks as always to the hardworking "roadies" on the mat crew. These band members come to every guard event to help out.
JA Guard members volunteered to help the Choctaw Central guard with their mat:
