Bands come home with disappointing results at Sightreading

Written by: the Site Administrator on April 14, 2009 at 12:22 pm

Aaron Lewis

The Lufkin High School Concert and Symphonic bands participated in the UIL Sightreading Contest April 8 and 9 at Whitehouse High School and neither band played as well as they would have liked. The Concert band made a 2 on sightreading and a 3 on stage, and the Symphonic band made a 2 on stage and in sightreading.

“We (Concert band) were very disappointed with our results,” said freshman Amber Holland, a member of the Concert band. “We worked very hard and yes, we did our best, but it was not all we expected. Maybe next year we will do a little better and hopefully we will be able to make Sweepstakes. We will not let this get us down. We will be stronger next year and show everyone what the LHS band can really do!”

Senior Pernell Moore, a member of the Symphonic band and one of the three drum majors this year, said, “We were upset about our scores on Sightreading. Although the scores were bad we look at it as a chance to try harder because no 5A band received Sweepstakes. So, technically, no one did well.”

The band’s spring concert will be on May 14 at 7 pm at the Lufkin Middle School auditorium.