BUT WAIT -​WE HAVEN'T FINISHED YET!

While the final formal concerts are indeed in our rearview mirrors, our band, jazz, and orchestra students are still busy busy BUSY with other end of the year activities

Just over a week ago, our 7th and 8th grade band and orchestra students participated in our fourth annual “home adjudication” and King’s Island day. The former experience is similar to when the high school band heads off to OMEA large group adjudication, except we bring local educators in to work with our students at Grandview instead of traveling off site. Our students spent a Saturday morning performing for and working with their guest evaluators, who provide great feedback and a new perspective and learning experience for the students. We are always impressed at how seriously the students take this activity and how much they get from the experience - especially knowing what awaits them on the other end!

GHBOB thanks Sells Middle School band director Wendy Reeves, and Vince Huzicka, an orchestra conductor at Upper Arlington who also serves as assistant conductor and operations coordinator for the Columbus Youth Symphony Orchestra, for working with our students! Enjoy a few photos of the students in action, below.

After working hard all morning, our students and a few brave parent chaperones boarded buses and headed down to King’s Island for a day of fun - if slightly chilly - team bonding on the rides and roller coasters. Here are a few more photos from that part of the day, including a viral Facebook moment involving our favorite bus driver!

Finally, our 7 O'Clock Jazz students and the GHHS Jazz Ensemble took to the stage one last time, on the outdoor stage at Grandview Heights Public Library for "Jazz on the Lawn" last week. It was such a treat to hear them filing the air with music, and for our seniors especially it was one last opportunity to jam together, before graduation. Here are some pics from that event.
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Stay tuned next week, as our GHHS Marching Band students perform at the City's annual Memorial Day Blue Star Mother's ceremony on Thursday evening, before leading the parade on Saturday morning. And just like that, it's summer in Grandview Heights!