13 HIGH SCHOOL BANDS PARTICIPATE IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY BAND FESTIVAL

Tamaqua Area, Marian Catholic and Mahanoy Area were among 13 Schuylkill County senior high schools that were represented during the 40th Annual Schuylkill County Senior High Honors Band Festival held last week at Williams Valley High School in Tower City. The Festival ended yesterday (Saturday, March 7, 2015) with a county band concert.
Participating schools were Tamaqua Senior High School (TA), Marian Catholic High School (MC), Mahanoy Area High School (MA), Blue Mountain High School (BM), Schuylkill Haven High School (SH), Shenandoah Valley High School (SV), Pottsville Area High School (PA), Nativity BVM High School (NB), Minersville Area High School (MA), North Schuylkill High School (NS), Pine Grove High School (PG), Tri Valley High School (TV) and Williams Valley High School (WV).
Guest conductor was Dr. Russell McCutcheon.

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Band members were:
PICCOLO: Rachael Reiner (WV).
FLUTE I: Josh Donley (MA), Allie Gerber (TA), Michaela Noftz (TA), Sydney Sims (WV), Alexa Romberger (TV), Jamie Mateyak (TA), Emily McAndrew (SV), and Arrianna Daniels (PA).
FLUTE II: Elizabeth Andrewcavage (NS), Cera Blunk (SH), Hannah Betz (TA), Arienna Serniak (TA), Rikki Smith (BM), Elisa Seip (PG), Monika Shimko (TA), Jill Heffner (BM), and Rebecca Andruchek (MA).
CLARINET I: Emily Kimmel (TV), McKenzie Bartush (BM), Rachel Sitler (WV), Rachel Salata (PA), MariAlice Bingaman (NS), Jared Kehler (TV), and Alec Roseland (TA).
CLARINET II: Genevieve Beck (TA), Katie Glore (MA), Katlin Brobst (BM), Morgan Riegel (WV), Alexa Wolfgang (TV), Christopher McCormick (NS), and Amy Gardiner (TA).
CLARINET III: Abbey Kostyal (PA), Katrina Whalen (PA), Samantha Disabella (PA), Jacquelyn Curtis (BM), Rachael Paisley (TA), Paige Picola (WV), Noelle Davis (SV), Taylor Young (PA), Mykaela Neifert (BM), and Lily Leahy (MA).
BASS CLARINET: Andrew Dickinson (WV), Maddie Travor (BM).
OBOE: Krista Sausser (BM), Mikayla Ulicny (TV), Alexandra Disabella (PA), and Julia Shellhamer (TA).
ALTO SAXOPHONE I: Gabrielle Quandel (TV), ColinWilliams (PA), Daniel Young (NB), and Michelle Lengel (PG).
ALTO SAXOPHONE II: Michael Arrington (SH), Michael McGinn (SV), Jasmine Locke (NS), and Kyle Reppy (BM).
TENOR SAXOPHONE: Michaela Zanis (PA), Christopher Swantek (SV), Adam Shumgart (TA), and Collin Larkin (NB).
BARITONE SAXOPHONE: Joe Medica (BM), Elisa Seip (PG), Cassandra Thomas (NS), and Jessica Gunoskey (MA).
CORNET I: Jacob Shoener (PA), Kieffer Quandel (TV), Austin Raup (NS), and Leah Evert (BM).
CORNET II: Ashley Heisler (TV), Eric Thompson (BM), Faith Roberts (TA), Kaylee Clauser (BM), and Wesley Collins (WV).
CORNET III: Jeffrey Letterhouse (TA), Matthew McCormick (NS), Vanessa Solt (TA), Ashley Pogash (PA), and Jocelyn Merritt (NS).
TRUMPET I: Tyler Shadle (WV), Sara Leibel (PA).
TRUMPET II: Alana Spotts (PA), Patrick Moran (PA), and Brandon Joseph (NS).
FRENCH HORN I: Rocco Roguskie (SV), Thomas Honicker (PA).
FRENCH HORN II: Alyssa Kovich (PA), Erica Coles-Dietrick (NS).
FRENCH HORN III: Emma Stinnett (PA).
FRENCH HORN IV: Megan Sendatch (NS), Dan Kelley (BM), and Alison Holler (BM).
TROMBONE I: Michael DeColli (PA), Kieler Hoffman (WV), and Christopher Pekarik (PA).
TROMBONE II: Jack Hurst (MC), Jason Troutman (WV), and Autumn Minnich (PA).
TROMBONE III: James Swartz (NS), Patrick Stone (NB), Zaryana Duda (MC), and Duncan Girard (WV).
EUPHONIUM: Matthew Stever (NS), Sara Major (NS), Matthew Griffin (NS), Micah Ulicny (TV), Hui Liu (SV), and Tanner Wolfgang (TV).
TUBA: Paige Fellows (PA), Zach Walter (PG), William Ward (TV), Nathan Bates (SH), Erika Shuman (PA), Alexandra Detweiler (NS), Adam Bahrey (MA), Jalen Tran (BM), and Nick Pompella (BM).
BATTERY PERCUSSION: Rachel Gibson (WV), Justin Denchy (PA), Riley Sophy (BM), Taylor Brigade (PA), Kendra Boyle (TA), Taylor Horvat (MC), Edward Kolonsky (MC), and Ian Rex (WV).
MALLET PERCUSSION: Sarah Williams (PA), Kaitlyn Pekarik (PA).
TIMPANI: Cody Gemmell (PA).