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 RECENT NEWS

West Regional Honor Band and Orchestra
Congratulations to everyone who auditioned for the West Regional Honor Band and Orchestra!  Corona del Sol Band had the most students to make it into the Band and Orchestra wind sections (35 students!)  The Regional Festival will be on February 19-20 at North Canyon High School.  All students will receive their music and score sheets on Monday.  Here are the results:

Piccolo - Kara Wilton (3rd Overall, Orchestra piccolo)
Flute - Cyndia Yu (1st Overall, Orchestra Flute 1), Jennifer Chiang (2nd Overall, Band Flute 1), Caitlin Turner (7th Overall, Band Flute 4), Kara Wilton (11th overall flute), Sarah Bjorklund (15 Overall, Band Flute 11)
Oboe - Kaileen Fei (2nd Overall, Band Oboe 1), Crystal Li (6th Overall, Band Oboe 3)
Bassoon - Kaela Urich (2nd Overall, Band Bassoon 1), Dana Brink (3rd Overall, Orchestra Bassoon 2)
Clarinet - Zach Wilkinson (1st Overall, Orchestra Cl. 1), Alison Bailey (4th Overall, Band Cl. 2), Louis Spanias (5th Overall, Band Cl. 3), Dana Eger (6th Overall, Band Cl. 4), Haimo Ren (11th Overall, Band Cl. 8), Nicole Barrett (13th Overall), Caroline Bailey (19th Overall, Band Cl. 15), Michelle Stephens (21st Overall, Band Cl. 17), Malissa Butwin (24th Overall, Band Cl. 20), Kegan Scowen (26th Overall, Band Cl. 22), JoJo Fritsche (27th Overall, Band Cl. 23), LeAnne Willittes (28th Overall)
Bass Clarinet - Nicole Barrett (3rd Overall, Band B.Cl. 2), LeAnne Willittes (4th Overall, Band B.Cl. 3), Emily Lewandowski (5th Overall, Band B.Cl. 4)
Trumpet - Ian Plumley (6th Overall, Band Tpt 4), Richard Truswell (10th Overall, Band Tpt 8)
Horn - Alex Austin (1st Overall, Orch. Horn 1)
Trombone - Edan Maoz (2nd Overall, Band Bass Tbone 1), Kyle Smith (3rd Overall), Sagar Patwardhan (5th Overall, Band Tbone 1), Tim Bonamo (7th Overall, Band Bass Tbone 2)
Euphonium - Kyle Smith (1st Overall, Band Euph. 1), Sumeet Patwardhan (4th Overall, Band Euph. 2)
Tuba - Keith Whittemore (2nd Overall, Band Tuba 1), Mike Harrison (8th Overall, Band Tuba 7)
Percussion - Trey Berreman (1st Overall, Band Perc. 1), James Fitzgerald (2nd Overall, Orch. Timpani), Matthew Askins (7th Overall, Band Perc. 4)
Alternates: Justin Yang (Oboe), Joey Stamm (Tpt.), Fouad Melki (Perc.)  If someone is not able to participate in Regionals (get sick, have a schedule conflict, etc.), the alternates will be called on to participate.
(Posted  1/31/2010).

Winter Guard
wgazWinter Guard is in full swing! Corona's excellent Guard competes in the Scholastic A National class. Upcoming performances include Mesquite (2/6), Desert Edge (2/20), Casa Grande (3/6), Gilbert (3/20), and the WGAZ Championships (3/27). Detailed information is available here.
(Posted  2/2/2010).

Upcoming Dates
Check the Calendar below for details, but upcoming dates include the TUHSD Concert (Wind Ensemble only) on Feb. 4; the Band Concert (all bands) on Feb. 9th; and the Steel Band/Tempe Youth Band concert on Feb. 10. Also keep an eye out for our upcoming fundraisers, such as candy bar sales, dinner nights, and Laser Tag...
(Updated  2/3/2010).

Steel Band Tour!
The CdS Steel Band goes on tour from Feb. 5-7. They will be appearing at various local schools before hitting the road for California, where they perform at Disneyland's Magic Music Days Festival. A detailed schedule for Steel Band Members is available here.
(Posted  1/28/2010).

Band Booster Meeting
The next Band Booster meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March. 2, 2010, at 7:00pm in the band room. The minutes from previous Band Booster meetings will be posted here(Updated  2/3/2010).

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UPCOMING EVENTS

A printable Corona del Sol Aztecs Bands 2009-2010 Calendar that includes other school-related dates is also available, which we will try to keep up-to-date based on the Google calendar shown above; however, the online version will generally be the better reference, and of course you can print it as well.
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Tempe, Arizona 85284
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