Congratulations to the Corona del Sol Winter Guard! They placed first in the Scholastic AA Local Division at Millenium HS last weekend. Great way to start the season!

Many thanks to all the students and boosters who contributed to and staffed the Band's Mega Yard Sale over the weekend! This fundraiser brought in over $1200 and will benefit both the band and percussion programs. Let's start collecting items for next year's sale!

Congratulations to everyone who auditioned and made it into the West Region Honor Band and Orchestra winds! We had the most kids make it in the entire region, with 51 students from Corona del Sol Band! Music and information regarding the Regional Music Festival will be given on Monday.

Cyndia Yu - Band Piccolo (1st in region!)
Jennifer Chiang - Orch. Flute 1 (1st in region!)
Sarah Bjorklund - Orch. Flute 2
Kristen Okada - Band Flute 3
Ali Angelo - Band Flute 10
Angela Fu - Band Flute 11
Caroline Bailey - Band Clarinet 1 (1st in region!)
Michelle Stephens - Orch. Clarinet 1
Sonya Tao - Band Clarinet 2
Toni Terrell - Band Clarinet 10
Luc Tieu - Band Clarinet 12
Karl Willette - Band Clarinet 13
Malissa Butwin - Band Clarinet 17
Ashleigh Trimble - Band Clarinet 18
Melaney Gonzalez - Band Clarinet 20
Kaitlin Scowen - Band Clarinet 21
Laura Truswell - Band Clarinet 25
Rachel Geiogamah - Band Clarinet 28
Tetsuo Yoneuchi - Band Bass Clarinet 1 (1st in region!)
Dana Brink - Orch. Bassoon 1 (1st in region!)
Jess Lancaster - Band Bassoon 2
Rajeev Chhetri - Band Bassoon 3
Crystal Li - Orch. Oboe 1
Kaileen Fei - 2nd Oboe
Erin Pelley - Band Oboe 2 (also made clarinet!)
Andrew Truswell - Band Alto Sax 1 (1st in region!)
Tim Dong - Band Alto Sax 4
Robby Richards - Band Alto Sax 5
Joey Stamm - Band Trumpet 6
Kevin Rice - Band Trumpet 7
Hannah Pfotenhauer - Band Trumpet 8
Kory Smith - Band Trumpet 10
Arturo Salinas - Orch. Trombone 1 (1st in region!)
Natasha Burrell - Band Trombone 2
Brian Waldman - Orch. Trombone 3
Carter Pote - Band Trombone 3
Collin Logsdon - Band Trombone 9
Bryce Manning - Band Horn 1
Chris Lee - Orch. Horn 2
Andy Root - Orch. Horn 3
Daniel Lee - Band Horn 3
Musashi Lowe - Orch. Horn 4
Jinoh Lee - Band Horn 4
Morgan Dockham - Band Horn 8
Christine Herrera - Band Euphonium 2
Sumeet Patwardhan - Band Euphonium 3
Mike Harrison - Orch. Tuba 1 (1st in region!)
Nico Kittredge - Band Tuba 4
Chris Layton - Band Tuba 8
Alex Xu - Band Percussion 2
Patrick Askins - Orch. Percussion 4
Matt Askins - Band Percussion 5

Students: Are you interested in trying out to be drum major or section leader and/or be part of the Corona del Sol Band Council next year? If so, fill out the online application form, available here. The deadline to fill out the form is Feb. 3, 2012. Students applying for Band Council should come to the mandatory leadership meeting on Monday, January 9 from 2:30-3:15 pm.

Check out these great photos of the CdS Steel Band at this year's Fiesta Bowl Parade! (courtesy of Dave Smith and Jim Stephens)


Also check out this clip from ABC15 (CdS appears starting at the 00:14 mark).