(The following story was published today by The News-Herald Newspapers. It was written by Dave Herndon.)
The top band students
from across Downriver -- including Taylor -- will gather this weekend.
The best members of bands from
middle and high schools across the region will play a concert at the Allen Park
Center for Performing Arts, which is attached to the high school.
This is the
third year the Downriver Music Guild has sponsored such an event.
The
concert begins at 7 p.m. Saturday and admission is free.
Several local schools
will provide their directors to conduct the band and its nearly 300 members.
Jody Defevre (Lincoln Park), Carol Scott (Taylor West) and
Brad Faryniarz (Brownstown and Patrick Henry) will direct the middle school
portion while Nate Bearinger (Grosse Ile), Andrea Bonner (Taylor Kennedy) and
David Brockington (Carlson) will each work with a portion of the high school
ensemble.
Each conductor will work with a portion of the band in a morning
practice session, and then return to conduct that section of the evening’s
performance.
Guest conductor Kenneth Thompson, an associate professor at
Bowling Green (Ohio) State University will also be on hand to work with both
the middle- and high school band and return to conduct each in a selection
during the concert.
Both bands will perform four selections for the crowd.
Too see this on the News-Herald's online editions, click on http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2013/04/11/news/doc5165bf725cf25366519819.txt.
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