Just another week.

 This week has been a littttttle bit less crazy than the past few. At school on Monday we had the academic awards program. Students with the top averages in classes, and students that are in NHS and/or UIL are invited to attend. Awards are given for each class, as well as medals and certificates for UIL participants. The NHS induction ceremony also takes place. I received the award for Anatomy & Physiology, the English III award, and the Adv. U.S. History award. Our spelling team finally got our medals from district and regionals, and Ms. Clark let evvvveryone know that we are going to State in a few weeks. So if you're unsure of whether or not we're headed to Austin...go talk to her! Tuesday night was the spring band concert. It didn't last three hours like the Christmas concert, which was good. The fifth and sixth grade band played first, followed by the seventh grade, high school choir, and then the high school band. Members from each band, except the high school, received awards for outstanding woodwind, brass, and percussion. High school awards will be handed out at the Band/Choir banquet on the 13th. The high school played some cool songs! The first two were two out of the three songs we played at concert contest, "Pinnacle" and "They Led My Lord Away." The next two were John Williams pieces from movies. One was "Highlights from Harry Potter," which my friend the Team Neville blogger thorougly enjoyed. The other was "John Williams: Movie Adventures"... I think that's what it was called. It contained songs from three popular movies. The first two movements were the main theme from Star Wars, and "Dual of the Fates." The last two were the theme from Jurassic Park, and the theme from E.T.

I think the audience liked it. After that we played a "sneak peak" of our marching show for next year titled, "Trail of Tears." I'm not sure how fun it will be, but hopefully it will take us to state! A perk of the Gruver Spring Concert was that the seventh graders, or should I say upcoming eighth graders, got to play with the high school. It was very exciting for them, and I hope that a lot of them choose to stay in band! Supposedly we'll have around fifty members next year! The most we've had in a very, very long time! The Lady Hound Golfers are teeing off in an hour and fourty-five minutes from now at state, so gooood luck to them! Have a great weekend.
                                    
                                    Love Always,
                                         Hannah