NHS Activities Round-up: June 2021
Band
The band wrapped up their year's music with the Band Pops Concert and Commencement. The 2021 Band Pops Concert featured The Mandalorian, West Side Story, “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid, “Yoda’s Theme” from The Empire Strikes Back and Highlights from Harry Potter. The Jazz Band performed “That Old Black Magic” and “House of the Rising Sun” and the Sports Band played “Smoke on the Water”.
Recognized at the concert and at the earlier Senior Awards night were the following 2021 Senior Band Awards Recipients:
John Philip Sousa Award: CLAIRE JARMAN
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award: JOEL WALSH
Semper Fidelis Award: AMY BATES
In Addition, Jackson Meller was recognized with a special NHS Band Soloist Award!
We were excited to feature TWO NEW INSTRUMENTS IN THE PERCUSSION SECTION!! The district recently purchased a vibraphone and marimba. We were excited to feature them in the upcoming performance and will be using them for decades to come.
Several band members supported the class of 2021 by performing Pomp and Circumstance at the outdoor commencement ceremony. We were excited to support the class of 2021 one last time this year.
The next performance for the band will be on July 25th at the Iron River Lion’s Club Blueberry Festival Parade!
You can follow the band on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/northwesternhighschoolband/
Choir
Our final performance for the year was a very successful one as we presented Matinee Movie Music on May 21. The audience appreciated our music from “The Princess and the Frog”, “Sister Act”, “The Greatest Showman”, “Mulan” and “Shrek” to name a few. At the program, we honored the 24 graduating seniors who are in the choir, 20 of whom have been in the choir for their entire 4 years of high school. Congratulations Seniors! We will miss you!!!!!!
You can see the performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6x-WRS8iho
We also had some vocal performances at the State Solo/Ensemble competition, and we have brought home some strong results and serious hardware!
Earning Silver Medals: Gilbert Torvinen-Theatre Solo; Lucie Landwehr-Theatre Solo; Nathaniel Fechtelkotter and Ella Cain-Classical Duet
Earning Gold Medals: Nathaniel Fechtelkotter-Classical Solo; Lily Cain-Theatre Solo; Sheila Gregerson-Theatre Solo; Gilbert Torvinen and Jesse Larson-Classical Duet; Kyle Granquist-Piano Solo; Jesse Larson, Gus Degitz, Gilbert Torvinen and Thomas Shamla-Barbershop Quartet; Wolfpack-Shenandoah, Tiger Beat Show Choir
Additionally, some of our seniors were recently recognized at the Senior Honor Banquet.
National School Choral Award: Lucie Landwehr, Rebecca Hedin, Nathaniel Fechtelkotter
American Choral Directors Association Leadership Award: McKenzie Tuura
Accompanist Award: Alex Goodlet
Congratulations to all!
Follow the HS Choir on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/NorthesternHSChoir
Link Crew
Link Crew Leaders plan on meeting with their freshmen monthly to do a variety of activities to help them with their second semester of high school.
Yearbook
There are yearbooks still available for purchase. The price is $70. If you would like one, let the high school office or Mrs. Thompson know; we can make sure there is one in the office for you to pick up and pay for. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Thompson @ kthompson@nw-tigers.org
Trap Club
The State Tournament is on Sunday, June 13th. We have 13 students attending. They will each shoot 100 rounds of competition birds. They will be competing against other student athletes from Wisconsin who are at the same level. The levels are Novice, Junior Varsity, and Varsity.