SJHS 9th Grade Band Goes To Nebo District’s Band Festival

On Thursday, March 21st, the ninth-grade band from Springville Junior High went to perform in front of Diamond Fork Junior High, Spanish Fork Junior High, Payson Junior High, Mt. Nebo Junior High, Mapleton Junior High, and Salem Hill Junior High!  They went to Maple Mountain High School and played the following songs: Infinite Horizons, Appalachian Air, and Southern Folk Rhapsody.  Each band was judged after they finished their songs, and received a score between one and five; one being the highest, and five being the lowest.  The judges also ran a short clinic after the performances where they would comment on what they thought the band did well in, and what they could work on as a group.  The SJHS band received a 1- (sort of like a A-).  

“The students did an excellent job and I was very proud of their hard work and performance. I enjoyed the festival.  We were able to listen all the other junior high bands in the school district” said Mr. Booth, the band teacher at SJHS.  According to Noah Andelin, a ninth grade band student, the concert was “amazing.” Afterwards the ninth graders came back to SJHS and ate pizza.