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Travis Middle School Bands

“You can’t play in Texas if you haven’t got Fiddlers in the band”

Doug Hamelwright, Director

November 5, 2011

Members of the Travis Middle School bands competed in the Mid-Coast All-Region Band tryouts on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Howell M.S. in Victoria. Of the 53 TMS students competing, 39 earned seats in the All-Region Band.

Congratulations to the students earning positions in the Symphonic Band:

Joanna Lu -1^st Flute, Jessie Sun - 2^nd Flute, Joy Yeh - 3^rd Flute,

Rebecca Torres - 4^th Flute, Krystal Gonzalez - 5^th Flute, Rebecca Treaster – 8^th Flute, Sierra Delgado – 9^th Flute, Kevin Chen – 1^st Clarinet, Ashley Chavana – 2^nd Clarinet, Grant Lu – 9^th Clarinet, Noah Perales – 1^st Bass (Base) Clarinet,

Colton Blinka – 1^st Alto Sax, Tiffany Lin – 2^nd Alto Sax, Patrick Day – 1^st Baritone Sax, Miranda Smith – 9^th Trumpet, Monica Mungia – 5^th French Horn,

Hailey Dobbratz – 6^th French Horn, Blaine Schmidt – 1^st Trombone,

Bailee Dorsey – 2^nd Trombone, Pete Cervantes – 4^th Trombone,

Dillon Irick – 6^th Trombone, Kody Balfanz – 1^st Tuba, Emily Hahn – 2^nd Tuba,

Chris Zuniga – 4^th Tuba, Foreman McCauley – 3^rd Percussion,

Shaughnessy Howell – 6^th Percussion

Congratulations to TMS students earning positions in the Concert Band:

Zoe Sonsel – 1^st Flute, Alejandro Vega – 2^nd Clarinet, Crystal Heysquierdo – 9^th Clarinet,

Hugo Alvarez – 10 Clarinet, Major Reese – 2^nd Alto Sax, Cody Stacy – 1^st Tenor Sax,

Marco Valdez – 1^st Baritone Sax, Matthew Salinas – 2^nd Trumpet,

Adrian Rodriguez – 7^th Trumpet, Chris Saenz – 1^st Trombone,

Gaven Hodgkinson – 5^th Trombone, John Perez – 1^st Tuba, Erick Monreal – 4^th Tuba

Mr. Hamelwright is glad for all of the students who took the opportunity to experience the tryout process. “It is good character building development, and I am very proud of all who took part.”

All the above students will perform a Concert along with students from 5 other schools who earned seats in the Mid-Coast All-Region Band next Saturday, November 12^th at Victoria West H.S. Auditorium. Concert is at 5:00pm and the public is invited to come support and celebrate these students hard work.