Highlights of the 2004-2005 School Year
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Orchestra Benefit Dinner Pictures are online |
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The 11th annual Arcadia High School Orchestra
Benefit Dinner was held on Saturday, February 26 at the Arcadia Community
Center. This fund-raising event themed
– “Lights, Camera and Music” was attended by more than 300 people where they
enjoyed a multi-course dinner catered by La Grotta di Capri. To add to the ambience, the
Community Center was magically transformed into a glamorous
“Hollywood” stage with decorations created by Susan Lai.
The evening began with student ensembles playing various
pieces on a stage set in the center, much like the Disney Hall in
LA. Special guest artists were three
members of the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra.
They played on period instruments as well as on “modern” instruments –
violin, viola and cello. The evening’s
highlight featured all Orchestra students who surrounded the audience
performing their finale.
Many thanks for the evening go to the Orchestra students,
Music Directors Tom Forbes & Rick England and the parent volunteers. This 11th Benefit Dinner was
graciously chaired by Charlen Chien and Evelyn Yen who made this fund-raising
event memorable as well as successful.
Kudos to all! Click the title to see more pictures.
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AHS Marching Band to Represent California in President Bush's Inaugural Parade |
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The Arcadia High School Apache Marching Band and Color Guard
is proud to announce they have been chosen to march in President Bush’s 2nd
Inaugural Parade on January 20, 2005. The band will send 312 of their 435 members
to march down Pennsylvania Avenue from the swearing in at the Capitol Building to
the White House. Participants in the parade are chosen from hundreds of
applicants by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, chaired
by Senator Trent Lott. For the latest news of AHS Marching Band Inaugural Parade, please
click the title of the paragraph or here.
Read a story on the AHS Marching band at the Inaugural Parade at the KABC-TV website.
Watch a 1.5 minute video recorded from C-SPAN live broadcast at
http://www.arcadiamusic.org/AHSBandWashington.mpeg.
Warning, the video file is huge
(16 Mbtyes). It takes more than 2 minutes to download if you have a DSL connection.
Do not try
to download it if you are using a modem. Use "right mouse click" and select "Save Target
As" to save a local copy in your hard disk. This way, you can play it over and over again from your
own disk.
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Spaghetti Dinner Pictures are on line!
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A special website was set up by Mr.
James Tanner filled with his wonderful pictures from the
Spaghetti Dinner Performance. There are also pictures from the Festival of Bands, Halloween
Football Game Performance, and music camp. Mr. Tanner is going to put the pictures of the
upcoming Washington D.C. trip on this website in real time. This site is a password
protected website. If you don't know the password, please contact
Mr. Tanner directly.
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2004 Festival of Bands' Pictures are online |
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 A big thank you to all the volunteers, band directors,
Arcadia High and Middle school band students, and Arcadians for your hard work
and support. The 2004 Festival of Bands set the record for the most participation in both the
parade and field show. Check out the morning parade pictures and
the evening Field Show
pictures.
Also, congratulations to all the winning bands:
| Drill Team Sweepstakes: |
Sonora High School |
| Auxiliary Sweepstakes: |
Bonita Vista High School |
| Music Award: |
Rancho Bernardo High School |
| Band Sweepstakes: |
Rancho Bernardo High School |
| Field Show Sweepstakes: |
Rancho Bernardo High School |
| Percussion Sweepstakes: |
Kaiser and Valencia High School |
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AHS
Marching Band swept top prizes at the La Palma Band Review |
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Congratulations to AHS Marching Band and Color Guard for a great performance at the
La Palma Band Review and Los Altos Field Show
on Saturday, November 13th. Here are the awards:
| La Palma Band Review |
Los Altos Field Show |
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Sweepstakes Percussion
Sweepstakes Color Guard
Sweepstakes Band
2nd Place Drum Major
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2st Place Percussion
1st Place Color Guard
1st Place Band
High Visual Effect Band
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AHS Marching Band won Sweepstakes at the Chino Parade |
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Congratulations to AHS Marching Band and Color Guard for a wonderful performance at the Chino Tournament
on Saturday, November 6th. Here are the awards:
| Parade |
Field Tournament |
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1st
Place Drum Major
2nd Place Color Guard
Sweepstakes Band |
2st Place Percussion
1st Place Band
Sweepstakes Color Guard
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In addition, Band won 1st place at the combined parade and the
field show catagory.
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AHS Marching Band Did Well At Mt. Carmel Tournament |
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Congratulations to the AHS Marching Band & Color Guard for a job well done at the
Mt. Carmel Tournament on Saturday, October 30th.
Here are the awards:
Band -- 2nd Place (combined parade and field scores)
Color Guard -- 1st Place (combined parade and field scores)
Drum Major -- 1st Place |
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AHS
Marching Band Had a Great Start at the Placentia
Parade |
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A Big Congratulations to the Directors and all the AHS Band & Color Guard students!
The Apache Marching Band won sweekstakes at both the Placentia Parade and Southbay Field Tournament on Saturday, October 9th.
Here are the awards:
| Placentia Parade |
Southbay Field Tournament |
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3rd Place Auxiliary
2nd Place Drum Major
Band Enthusiasm Award
Sweepstakes Band
Sweepstakes Music |
Sweepstakes Auxiliary -- 81.8
1st Place Percussion -- 85.1
1st Place Band -- 85.1
Sweepstakes Music -- 385
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New Marchers Camp Pictures are Online |
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| The Band historians created a digital
picture website for the Apache Maching Band activities. The first day of New Marchers Camp
pictures are now available at
http://community.webshots.com/user/apachemarchingband. Please check it frequently for
the latest band pictures taken by the band historians. You can also access the page via
the "2004 Photo Album" link in
the band page.
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