Show J Big In Arizona Perhaps never before In Utah's history has there been an Interest In music and quality performance by secondary music organizations as at the present THE STANDARD of excellence observed In Utah schools in Each for and from Utah travel to surrounding states and even countries to participate in festivals and competitions the like of which our state has never These Utah are always right at the top when the events A GOOD example is the marching band competition in at the Calgary For seven straight years it has been one Utah band or the other which has won first Utah school musical organizations are proving each year that they are among the best in the One of the examples of the quality of Utah high school groups in the band area has to be the Bountiful High School This organization has acquired more trophies and awards in the past six years than perhaps the other high school bands in ITS HONORS range from winning the University of Utah Marching Band Festival lo being the Top at the Utah State Ensemble Festival since it started two years Two years ago Bountiful's wind a small elite was selected as the only such band to represent Utah the Music Educator's National Conference Convention in Sah Not only was this an outstanding honor in but it was an unprecedented move by the in that it was the first time the had the same organization to two conventions THIS YEAR Bountiful once again showed its superiority in band The Arizona State with its famed Grady Gam mage was the place and the Arizona High School Music Festival May 5 was the Participating In competition with 52 other bands from Bountiful won top honors in the top division for AAA f DA School another Davis County showed it had the right com- it won first place in the lower division for AAA Bountiful was asked not only to play in the Concert of Honor that same but asked to perform as the final musical group on the Their's was the Grand the time given especially to the best organization of the day as chosen from all the orchestras and bands at the COMMENTS from the day's judging sheets is an outstanding wind ensemble Robert A. have done an excellent job You have given excellent representation to this Your interpretive efforts are greatly It was a most musical Paul Prima IS an outstanding high school band and I have heard some of the finest group is the Ronald Grand Canyon These comments of the judges lead Bountiful to the concert of honor and eventually to be selected to perform as the final group of the BOUNTIFUL'S 70 students and their William H. performed as seldom a group ever That night in what has been called one of the concert halls in the the Grady Gammage which was the late Frank Lloyd Wright's final contribution to As William S. Festival have never had a high school band display such excellence and perform at such a high level of ability on our You are to be congratulated for this tremendous ENGLISH requested that the band perform two select The March from Symphonic Metamorphosis by Hindemith as arranged for band by Bountiful's and the Pines of the Way by By the final of the the audience oi was so suspended that it seemed as if they had joined the Roman soldiers as they marched down the MEMBERS OF audience did not even wait for the cut off before they were on their feet cheering and clapping for almost ten minutes of appreciative This standing ovation was climax of a year filled with excitement and triumph by this Bountiful Bountiful's band students spend more lime and energy in their music studies than in all their other classes They begin each day at 6 a.m. at the band room and are there until the school is locked for the EVEN THE summer is busy for them and it begins at G a.m. But the rewards are Every senior who graduates from Bountiful's r-m count on awards and rs well as plenty of cash Because of their nn-dous dedication to the Bountiful Band student's motto is Happiness is doing well what you do And they have demonstrated this so many times that the awards cover their band room wall like wall paper and they have a forest of BIG BAND HONORS The Bountiful High School band won top honors last weekend in competition in |