WooHoo!
The Byrd Symphonic 1 Band (of which I am a member) recently competed in the Beach Within Reach band contest, and I am elated to say that we won the Grand Champion prize, meaning that out of every single band that the judges heard, we were the BEST!!! (And man, that trophy was huge!)
Our pieces were: March from Matinees Musicales, by Benjamin Britten, Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song, by Samuel Hazo, and Shepherd’s Hey by Percy Grainger.