Eighteen band members from the Warsaw Community Schools bands were recently selected for membership in the Indiana Bandmasters Association Honor Bands.
Warsaw Community High School band students Samantha Bennett, Matthew Kirsch, Elizabeth Koontz and Mason Sumner were selected to participate in the IBA All-District Band.
Students chosen for the IBA All-Region Band include Edgewood Middle School band students Rosalia Fleming, Caroline Mayer, Shaun McGettrick, Evan Parduhn, Kole Smith, Lindsey Wolfe and Bobby Zogbi; Lakeview Middle School band members Analiese Helms and Noah Scott; and WCHS freshman Samantha Bontrager, Joseph Marshall, Crispin Raisler, Chris Stichter and Drew Tomasik.
Band students in grades 10 through 12 are selected for the All-District Band based on their musical achievements and director recommendations.
The All-District Band will rehearse and perform at Dekalb High School in Waterloo Nov. 12-13.
Students in seventh through ninth grade earn their spots in the All-Region Band based on their musical achievements and director recommendations. They will rehearse and perform at Dekalb High School Nov. 19 and 20.
For more information about the WCS Instrumental Music programs, contact the WCHS Music Department at 574-371-5037 or contact music secretary Lori Owens at lowens@warsaw.k12.in.us
