Norris Winter Arts hosting Heartland Winter Arts Evaluation clinic/show…

Hi!

The Norris Winter Arts program will be hosting eleven winter arts groups from around the southeast Nebraska region in the HWAA Evaluation/Clinic. Groups will be working with clinicians through the afternoon and also put on a performance later that evening. Here are the times for our Norris groups:

Drumline – clinic at 10:50am, performance at 6:35pm

Varsity Guard – clinic at noon, performance at 7:18pm

JV Guard – clinic at 2:20, performance at 6:57pm

The public is welcome to attend the performances. The show starts at 6:15pm in the Norris High School South Gym. Admission is $5/adults, $4/students. Hope to see you there.

Dr. Lee

Great concerts and many thanks…

Hi!

Currently reflecting on the concerts this holiday season and thinking to myself, wow, what a great thing we have going on here. Let’s recap a bit…

Middle school concert showed off our fine young instrumentalists, with the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade bands all performing. It’s nice to see so many kids up on stage (over 200) through the night enjoying the performance. Keep supporting them at home and encouraging them to continue into high school! Great job to Becky Wilhelm and Maureen Beck, our student teacher, on their work in preparing these kids to perform! Nice job!

The high school concert on Monday was spectacular! So many kids on stage at the same time (approximately 1/3 of the high school) performing the grand finale…simply amazing! I felt like I had the best seat in the house being in the middle of it all conducting. Great job to Wes Hansmeyer and Gayle French for their fine work in preparing the choir and many thanks to Becky Wilhelm and Maureen Beck for helping me get the bands into performance shape.

Finally, many thanks to everyone in the Norris community who consistently continue their support of our music department. The auditorium was packed at the concerts (wondering if we need to build a balcony???) and many fine comments from all who attended. As our program grows we will always be thankful for the support of you, the Norris community, in our activities.

Happy holidays!

Dr. Lee

It’s concert season at Norris!

Hi!

OK, sorry for the lack of posts, it’s been a bit busy here. Let’s catch up.

First, make sure you mark your calendars for the following events…

• December 8 @ 7:00pm  - Middle School Instrumental Holiday Concert
• December 19 @ 7:00pm – High School Holiday Concert

Both concerts are going to be spectacular! The groups are all working hard and are putting together a great evening for you. Hope to see you there!

In other news, the show choirs and winter arts activities have been busy preparing for their seasons. Rehearsals are in full swing for the beginning of the competitive seasons beginning in January. More on these groups in later postings.

Be sure to check the music calendar for the most current times and dates for events. Also, check the music booster website to see how you can become a booster and help support these fine music students at Norris.

Dr. Lee

Oh, What a Night!!

The Norris Marching Titans competed at the Nebraska State Bandmasters Marching Competition yesterday (Oct. 22). After rehearsing for a couple of hours the group traveled to Seacrest Field in Lincoln and had a great performance. The results at the end of the night were:

• Score – 83.35
• Division I Superior Rating
• Best Music caption award
• Best Visual caption award
• 1st place Class A
• Top score at the Seacrest site out of 31 bands

The band would like to thank the Norris Music Boosters for all of their help with all of the details in getting the group to and from the competitions, and the Norris administration and community for their continuing support of the program.

Dr. Lee

- edit – Here’s a link to the article from the Journal Star about us too!

Journal Star article

 

Nice senior picture from Senior night

Got this picture right before our performance the other night. A big thank you to our seniors this year for leadership and dedication to our program.

Strong outing for Norris Bands at Columbus…

The Norris Marching Titans took to the road early Saturday to Columbus, NE for the Columbus Marching Invitational. This competition is in two parts, parade in the morning and field in the afternoon.

The band placed 2nd in Class A competition in both parade and field. The band also placed 3rd overall in parade, 9th overall in field, and 3rd overall in combined score out of 19 bands. Nice job band!

The band travels next to Omaha Burke High School on October 15 for the Omaha Marching Invitational. Performance time is 1:30pm. Hope to see you there!

Dr. Lee

Itinerary for October 15 (Omaha) & 22 (NSBA)

Here are the schedules for the Omaha Marching Invitational and for NSBA. The Omaha contest is at Omaha Burke High School and NSBA is at Seacrest Field. Performance time for the 15th is 1:30pm, the 22nd is 6:45pm. See you there!

OMIItinerary10-15

 

ItineraryforNSBA10-22

Dr. Lee

Itinerary for October 1 @ Columbus

Here is the itinerary for October 1 for the Columbus Marching Invitational. Another early morning but home in plenty of time for those wanting to go to homecoming.

Here is the link:

Columbus Marching Invite Itinerary

 

Parade location

 

Field location

Enjoy, please share!

Dr. Lee

Itinerary for September 17 Marching contests…

Here you go! It’s time to put the band on the road again…

Our contests on Saturday, Sept. 17 are at the University of Nebraska – Omaha in the morning (performance at 9:40am) and at Millard South HS (performance time at 1:00pm).

The full itinerary can be downloaded here:

September 17 itinerary

See you at the game this Friday!

Dr. Lee

Latest group photo of the Norris Marching Titans…

Hi!

This pic is from the pep rally last Saturday. Looking forward to showing these new uniforms to the Norris community at our first game!

Enjoy!

Dr. Lee