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La Grange High School Band Piling Up The Awards
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The La Grange High School Band in action Saturday at the 50th annual Blinn Buccaneer marching Festival. -
Region Jazz Band area qualifiers (from left): Grady Kocian, Lauren Rusek, Mason Opperman, Kharma Sneed, Grayson Owens and Gerardo Gomez.
The La Grange High School Band shined at the 50th Annual Blinn Buccaneer Marching Festival Saturday, Sept. 27. The Mighty Leopard Band gave two outstanding performances at the Blinn Buccaneer Marching Festival. They placed 1st in Prelims (out of 15 Bands) and won caption awards for Outstanding Class 4A Band (among six schools) and Outstanding Overall Percussion. Their top scores earned them the last performance time in the Finals. They gave an even better show under the “Saturday Night Lights,” and brought home the 2nd Place Trophy in the Finals.
Additionally, on Saturday, Sept. 20, six LHS Mighty Leopard Band members auditioned for the All-Region Jazz Band at Taylor High School. Congratulations to Lauren Rusek, 2nd Chair Trumpet, Area Qualifier, Gerardo Gomez, 5th Chair Trumpet, Grady Kocian, 4th Chair Tenor Trombone, and Grayson Owens, Area Qualifier for Tenor Trombone. Mason Oppermann, Trumpet, and Kharma Sneed, Alto Sax, also auditioned and represented the program well. “Congratulations to these outstanding student musicians,” said LGISD Band Director Christopher Cooper.