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Wild Nights, by John Adams Clair de Lune, by Claude Debussy by Zayn and Sia Here Comes the Sun, by George Harrison |
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Alumni Sponsors
Staff
Elon Jamison
Jacob Traines
Jennifer Batsios
Finn Birach
Todd Clevenger
Anthony Flores
Nathan Golden
Stacey Jamison
Dean King
Chelsea Koziatek
Joe Kuerzi
Tricia McKenzie
Evan Murray
Shawn Plourde
Jake Voight
Pat Zerse
Band members (Bios/pics for seniors)
Bebe Butters, 12th
Bebe Butters 5 years, drum major, drumline, pit, guard • I’ll miss: the groans and eyerolls in response to my enthusiasm Favorite memory: conducting Before the Sun Rises at our camp performance Favorite show: Sounds of Silence Advice: You are all wonderful. Please continue to give your all on and off the field. You’ll be a better person because of it. Plans: 4-year university.
Jim Brisson, 11th
Max Herzig, 11th
Ned Hindley, 10th
Elliot Kimball, 9th
Sophia Knopf, 10th
Quinn McKee, 10th
Logan Stoll, 10th, section leader
Christina Barack, 12th
Christina Barack 1 year, guard • I’ll miss: All the people I’m around and friends. Favorite memory: Going to Interlochen Band taught me: To have fun and work hard to be a better teammate. Advice: Just to have fun and enjoy the moment! Plans: Go to school to get an MD and become a neurosurgeon
Rohlat Barack, 9th
Ella Billik, 9th
Audrey Binion, 11th
Elliot Handyside, 12th
Elliot Handyside 5 years, guard • I’ll miss: the people, the connections I’ve made Favorite show: Come What May Band taught me: family isn’t just who you’re related to by blood, it’s who you make it Advice: enjoy every moment you have with the band because in a blink of an eye it will be your senior year. Plans: OCC and get a degree to be in interior design
Megan Hanks, 12th, captain
Megan Hanks 5 years, guard • I’ll miss: My team. This color guard has been through a lot together, and I have grown so much because of them. Also Jen and Trish, two of the most incredible people I know. Favorite memory: choreographing Pitch Perfect at Interlochen. Favorite show: Sounds of Silence Band taught me: Discipline, trust, perseverance. Advice: The effort you put into band will never be in vain because those skills will serve you your whole life. Plans: attending university for humanities and a doctorate in archaeology.
J'marie Hughes, 12th
J’marie Hughes 5 years, guard • I’ll miss: All the friends I have, even not official friendships just everyone in the band talks to each other. I’ll miss being passionate about my performance. Favorite memory: when Nick Stoll fell running to the podium to switch with Minnie. Favorite show: FiVe5 Band taught me: I am a role model, a natural leader. Advice: be the change you want to see. Plans: construction manager
Sydney Ignash, 11th
Lily Kahsin, 11th
Charlotte Keller, 10th
Ava May, 11th, captain
Jasmine Money, 12th
Jasmine Money 4 years, guard • I’ll miss: Getting to do all the things that come with band with my friends. Favorite memory: Water balloon fight at Interlochen. Favorite show: FiVe5 Band taught me: To not take things for granted. To cherish the friends I’ve made, opportunities I’ve been given, abilities I’ve learned and progressed in, because it could be taken away from you, like how our season was taken away from us due to covid. Advice: Make friends in this activity. You need people you can have by your side, plus it just makes it more fun. Plans: Four-year university, my goal is to be a family nurse practitioner.
Eden Pool, 9th
Brooklynn Rowe, 11th
Ella Shock, 11th
Ruby Speedwell, 10th
Bella Suhy, 12th
Bella Suhy 4 years, guard • I’ll miss: Being a part of the team because it feels like a family. Also Jen and Trish. Favorite memory: Probably my first dome day Favorite show: Sounds of Silence Band taught me: It’s never about winning. Doing your best and feeling like you put on the best show you could is the best feeling in the world. Advice: Enjoy this while you can because it goes by fast and it is an amazing experience. Plans: either MSU, OCC or participating in W.W.O.O.F. organic farming program. Basically undecided.
Kala Twymon, 12th
Kala Twymon 4 years, guard • I’ll miss: Having fun, and having good laughs, and performing Favorite memory: My first year getting shocked about getting 2nd place Favorite show: FiVe5 Band taught me: to express how I feel when I’m performing Advice: Smile. Have fun. Count. Make good friends so you can have more fun. Plans: Work, then go to community college or university
Valascho, 12th
5 years, guard • I’ll miss: the community. It’s a challenging activity, but we struggle together and come out stronger. I’ve made friends I would never have had the chance to even talk to were it not for band. Favorite memory: the show where it stormed so bad we were called off the field. There was so much wind we could barely toss, but we kept going. It showed how much we wanted to perform and how dedicated we were. Favorite show: Sounds of Silence Band taught me: sometimes one has to put themselves out there to improve. Advice: Never quit just because you don’t want to put the effort in. When you’re experiencing a difficult moment, you have to push through; you’ll appreciate the stronger person you became. However, always know when to set boundaries! Plans: four-year university to study linguistics, get my PhD and become a professor!
Ava Verkeyn, 11th
Kirsten Zvibleman, 12th, captain
Kirsten Zvibleman 5 years, guard • I’ll miss: Seeing friends and being surrounded by hard-working and talented people. Jen and Trish, who taught me much more than Colorguard. Favorite memory: Guard watch parties before state finals. Favorite show: FiVe5 Band taught me: Importance of friendship and working as a group for achievements greater than your own. Advice: You won’t remember when you dropped your toss or got 2nd at the competition but you will remember the friendships. Remember your dot book and tape. If you have questions, ask Wyatt. Plans: Hope to attend University of Michigan for biomedical engineering, go to med school, become a doctor.
Grant Berryman, 11th
Dylan Hoey, 12th, section leader
Dylan Hoey 5 years, battery, pit • I’ll miss: Cabin 7, Interlochen, Show Days, and the relationships band created. Favorite memory: Breakfast at Pat’s with Cabin 7 before shows, warming up at competitions, playing dodgeball against my brother at Interlochen. Favorite show: Sounds of Silence Band taught me: responsibility. Whether being on time and prepared for rehearsal or learning my music and dots, it’s a skill that can be used even after band. Advice: When members graduate and you feel like band will be lame without them, don’t quit. Eventually you’ll become leaders and have kids looking up to you. Plans: University of Michigan or Northern Michigan, major in natural resources.
Miles Kempf, 10th
Madeleine Knopf, 12th
Madeleine Knopf 5 years, battery, clarinet • I’ll miss: EVERYTHING- the people, Interlochen, making jokes with the drumline and laughing my ass off, the techs, achieving my goals, the feeling of a really good rep Favorite memory: Interlochen, every year :) Favorite show: FiVe5 Band taught me: To go after what you want, and if you want good results from something you have to put everything you have into it. Advice: Enjoy every second, because the good memories and success that you’ve created will stick out more than the difficult times you overcame. Plans: college to earn a bachelor’s degree in photography
Mitchell Owens
Mitchell Owens 5 years, drumline, trumpet • I’ll miss: my amazing friends Favorite show: FiVe5 Band taught me: To show passion, discipline, and to be myself Advice: Be yourself. You don’t have to change who you are to be a better musician, or to impress, it’s about development and progress, and how you treat yourself. Plans: Music, and possibly a professional gamer.
Merlin Pickens, 11th
Ben Stichler, 10th
Malinda Young, 8th
Alicia Erlandson, 12th
Alicia Erlandson 5 years, Flute/Piccolo • I’ll miss: show days. There’s something nostalgic about them. Favorite memory: In 2018, I got a Thank You Note. “I know you don’t speak too much but I know deep down you’re a very sweet person”. I don’t think I’ve had a conversation with the person who gave it to me, but I wish I did, he seemed nice. I had fun carrying his drum. Band helped me develop my interest in music. Advice: Get insoles and/or ankle braces. Do your best to be confident in yourself! We all have a place here. Plans: college to study composition. Mannes School of Music or Peabody.
Isadora Purrier, 10th, section leader
Tara Whalen, 12th
Tara Whalen 4 years, flute/piccolo • I’ll miss: the people Favorite memory: making funny faces with Elliot Handyside Favorite show: FiVe5 Band taught me: to be nicer to people Advice: put yourself out there, you won’t make friends hiding in a corner. Plans: community college, then university to become a large-animal vet
Evan McLaughlin, 11th
Wyatt Thompson, 11th, section leader
Quinn Zvibleman, 10th
Kaitlyn Concepcion, 8th
Abbey Dolunt, 11th, section leader
Luc Hemond, 12th
Luc Hemond 1 year, front ensemble • I’ll miss: Being with my friends Favorite show: Before the Sun Rises Band taught me: New music Advice: Help others Plans: continuing my education
Reidun Johnson, 11th
Mabel Johnston, 8th
Violet Langley, 8th
Quinn LaTosch, 10th
Esther Pool, 10th
Sophia Rewald, 11th
Milayna Shea, 8th
Shane Whalen, 10th
A.J. Allen, 8th
Ruth Brisson, 9th
Bennett Curran, 11th
Sean Hoey, 9th
Elliot Iverson, 12th, section leader
Elliot Iverson 5 years, saxophone and clarinet • I’ll miss: Interlochen and messing around with my friends Favorite memory: Messing around with the low reeds Favorite show: FiVe5 Band taught me: To be myself and not worry about what other people think Advice: Do what you want to do! Don’t let other people’s opinions hold you back. Plans: To be a mechanic/electrician
Evan Iverson, 10th
Milo Meade, 10th
Tristan Rajnauth, 11th
Najah Williams, 9th
Jamee Odom, 11th
Shane Peltier, 10th
Kieran Venugopal, 9th
Makayla Williams, 10th
Bryanna Brown, 10th
Joseph Campbell, 10th
Violet Lavender-Schott, 12th, section leader
Violet Lavender-Schott 4 years, clarinet • I’ll miss: all of the people within the band, and I will miss putting all of my effort into an activity that I adore. Favorite memory: Every second has added to the one big favorite memory that is the years I was with these amazing people in this incredible music program. I am so thankful to have been a part of this band. Band taught me: success is the most rewarding when you work your butt off for it. Advice: Never give up. You got this. It may seem hard, but there will always be people to help you and it will be worth it in the end. Plans: Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan or Wayne State University to study fashion.
Torrie Lucas, 9th
Micah Robertson, 10th
Abby Schuster, 10th
Elon Jamison
Jacob Traines
Jennifer Batsios
Finn Birach
Todd Clevenger
Anthony Flores
Nathan Golden
Stacey Jamison
Dean King
Chelsea Koziatek
Joe Kuerzi
Tricia McKenzie
Evan Murray
Shawn Plourde
Jake Voight
Pat Zerse
Corporate Donors
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GOLD: Metal Ox Warehousing
BRONZE:
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SILVER: Attendance on Demand
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