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Show VJ-Z-' ( One of the highlights of the school year for many high school band directors and their students is the Utah State University band invita tional festival. THIS IS an event designed to bring together some of the best bands in the area and to let them play for and listen to each other. For the past two years, that institution has awarded first and second place trophies to the top bands in three school size categories. THE FIRST year, 1975 in the 4A or large school category Davis and Bountiful high schools shared the top spot, each receiving a first place trophy. This year Davis High repeated as the champion of this festival which attracts bands from Utah and the surrounding states. IT WAS one more honor in a long list which the Davis Band has garnered during the seven years under the directorship direc-torship of Gregg Hanson. Mr. Hanson now moves on to become director of the new U of U marching band and professor of music at the U. THE DAVIS Band is generally recognized not only as the finest high school concert con-cert band in the state but has also excelled as a show band winning second in 1973 and first place in the 74 and 75 Davis Cup Marching festivals. fes-tivals. This group has also received acclaim nationally and is regarded by many experts ex-perts as one of the finest high school groups in the nation. AS THE school band movement began in the 20's and gained momentum in the 30's these groups were very important to their communities communi-ties and areas. In those times, they afforded many people with their only opportunity to hear concert music. Unfortunately, today, even with the quality which the Davis group possesses, there are many more people in the area who have not heard them than those who have. WITH THE proliferation of music in all of its forms and multi-media, more people hear more music but probably proba-bly listen less than ever before. |
