Added 11/9/10 - Travis Pardee
On Saturday, November 6th the Foothill Band competed in the
Bands of America Regional in St. George, Utah. Of the 26 bands competing,
Foothill was a Finalist. This is the first time that a Nevada band
has made finals in two different BOA competitions in the same year. We will
be performing our half time show at the play-off game at Las Vegas HS this
Thursday. Our final competition of the year is this Saturday, November 13 at
4:00pm at Sierra Vista HS. Thanks for all of your support.
Added 11/8/10 - Travis Pardee
On October 23, 2010 the Foothill Band traveled to southern
California to compete in the Bands of America Regional Championship.
BOA is the largest and most competitive circuit in the country. For
the first time in Foothill history, the Falcons made it to the final round
of the the Championship and placed 6th overall in finals.
Added 11/8/10 - Travis Pardee
Please congratulate members of the Foothill Band and Drill
Team for their 1st Place win at the Showdown at Silverado Saturday,
October 16. Additionally, of the 14 bands participating, the Falcons
received caption awards for:
- Best Music
- Best Visual Effect
- Best General Effect
Added 10/14/10 - Travis Pardee
The Foothill Band and Drill Team took 1st Place at the
Henderson BandFest this past Saturday. Additionally, of the 17 bands
participating, the Falcons received caption awards for:
- Outstanding Music
- Outstanding Visual Effect
- Outstanding General EffectAdded 9/3/10 - Travis Pardee
Golf Tournament
date changed to Oct 4! Click on Fundraising tab at left for more
information.
Added 9/1/10 - Travis Pardee
Golf Tournament
coming soon! WestSide Building Material -
Las Vegas will be hosting a Golf Tournament on Friday, October 15, 2010 at
Black Mountain Golf Club. Click on Fundraising tab at left for more
information.
Added 8/4/10 - Travis Pardee
Pre-Season
Marching
Orientation
starts
soon!
August 9-13 - 8:00am-5:00pm, Percussion and Drill Team, Lunch provided
August 16-20 - 8:00am-5:00pm, All Band Members and Drill Team, Lunch
provided
August 23-25 - 8:00am-5:00pm, All Band Members and Drill Team,Lunch provided
August 26 - 1:00pm-5:00pm, All Band Members and Drill Team
August 27 -12:00pm-3:00pm, All Band Members and Drill Team, 6:00pm Family
Dinner and Demonstrations
Click on Pre-Season Info Link on left for more details.
Dear Colleagues-
This past weekend was a very busy and successful one for the Foothill Band
Department:
WGASC
Championships
The Drill Team, under direction of Joanna Strachan, traveled to California
to compete in the Winter Guard Association of Southern California
Championships and placed 8th in their division.
Nevada
All-State
13 Foothill Band students (more than any other comprehensive high school in
the state) participated in the Nevada All-State performances.
Additionally, the Foothill Saxophone Quartet and Clarinet Quartet were the
only woodwind ensembles from CCSD selected to perform in the Solo & Ensemble
competition at All State.
WGI World
Championships
The Foothill Drum Line, under direction of Nick Waters, traveled to Dayton,
Ohio to compete in the Winter Guard International World Percussion
Championships. Groups from th USA, Canada, Japan, France, and Belgium were
in attendance.
We are the 1st school from Nevada to compete in this event. On Thursday,
April 15 the Drum Line competed in preliminary completion with approximately
60 groups. Foothill advanced to Semi-Finals with 20 other groups and
performed again later that night. That evening we found out that we
had advanced to the Final round with 11 other groups. On Friday, April
16th Foothill High School took 10th Place in the Scholastic A Division of
WGI World Championships. We will be featured on many percussion
product websites as were constantly filmed in the parking lot during warming
up.
Added 4/05/10 - Lisa Austin
Drumline Review -
from the Temecula show. Foothill HS Drumline is mid-page!
http://www.wgi.org/news/03292010-Temecula-Percussion-Regional-Review.html
Added 1/13/09 -
Travis Pardee
2009 Marching
Band Results
