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Music Department -
News From The Music Room
By Kevin Mania,
HHS Music Faculty
Groups are pumping with SHIRE PRIDE this spring…
Greetings from the music room! Currently all band and chorus kids in the Middle and
High school are gearing up to support our town’s
We have had a fun and fulfilling year. It is good to be Memorial Day ceremony at Monument Park. Every year
back at it in full swing. Our students continue to strive the local American Legion invites us to participate in
for excellence and perform at a prominent level. We their ceremony. Without hesitation we always do this
could not be prouder of their resilience and drive. event. We are happy to do our part to give back to the
community and support in any way we can. This year
Our jazz groups performed at the State Jazz festivals we will have selections of patriotic music during and
this year. The Middle and High School jazz bands after the ceremony.
performed at Hampden Academy on March 18th. It
was a wonderful day to listen to groups from around Our modern band program continues to grow. Last
the state. Both of our groups performed at an elevated year we had three groups performing at our end of the
level with the Middle School receiving a gold rating year concert. This year we will have eight groups. We
and the High School receiving a silver rating. The go all out for these concerts to give the students the
Middle School was also recognized with having two true rockstar performance. We use lights, smoke, lasers,
students receive an Outstanding Musicianship award. and hazers. It is a true rock show. We have three middle
The High School Jazz Choir performed at Stearns High school groups, four high school groups and a teacher
School on April 1st. The students had a chance to hear group made of teachers in all different areas of study.
groups as well. It was an enjoyable day for them, they Our concert will be on May 25th. It is going to be a
received a bronze award. We are keeping our award- great night of rock music.
winning groups pumping with SHIRE PRIDE.
It is time to wrap up another edition of News from
In April, we had our Spring concerts. All our groups the Music Room. I hope to see plenty of Alumni this
played a variety of concert literature that kept our summer at the McGill’s Community Band concerts in
students working hard and feeling proud of their the park. We have our first concert on June 15th at
accomplishments. The band had its annual Band 7:00 p.m. Hope to see you there. Until next time, keep
- O - Rama which had the Southside Band, Middle singing a good song and let everyone know you are a
School Band, and the High School Band. The chorus proud SHIRE!!!
had its Spring Chorus Concert featuring the Middle
School Chorus and the High School Chorus. It was a Cheers,
happy and sad time for us. As we play our final formal
concerts of the year, that means that we say goodbye
to great seniors that have been with us for many years. Kevin Mania
This year the band graduates five and the chorus HMHS Music Department
graduates six. We hope to see them come back and kevin.mania@rsu29.org
visit and be a part of our next big reunion in the years 207-538-3860
to come. We will deeply miss their contributions to our
group and their leadership.
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