Crookston Band Director Manny Green took three Jr. High band students to Minnesota State University- Moorhead on Thursday, February 27, to participate in the Honors Band. The students who participated in the Honors Band were nominated by Mr. Green, and then selected by the Honor Band Director, Dr. Benjamin Druffle. Dr. Druffle is the Director of Bands at Minnesota State University–Moorhead.
The Honors Band consisted of students from all over the area, mostly 7th—and 8th-grade students. The Band played three pieces of music: Dragon Run by Chris M. Bernotas, After the Rain by Matt Neufeld, and Wrath of the Mechanical Monsters by Randall D. Standridge.
The students rehearsed all morning, and into the early afternoon, Mr. Green said and then performed the pieces at 1:45 p.m. in Harper Hall on the MSUM campus. Besides getting to work with Dr. Druffel and playing some cool music, the students had lunch in the campus cafeteria and met lots of new people.
The students who traveled to Moorhead with Mr. Green were Brady Samuelson (8th Grade-Trombone), Ella Capistran (7th Grade-French Horn), and Anna Heldstab (8th Grade-Alto Saxophone).
In the photo from left to right are Brady Samuelson, Ella Capistran, Anna Heldstab, and Dr. Benjamin Druffel (Honor Band Director)
