R-H band earns Virginia Honor Band Award
Published 3:48 pm Wednesday, March 23, 2016
- Members of the Randolph-Henry High School band program are, from left, first row, Diamond Boyd, Marshall Scott, Kathryn Santello, Ryan Elam; second row, Jasmine Parker, LeeAnn Nichols, Madison Pettus, Gabby Rodriquez, Breaunna Wagurak, Madison Newcomb; third row, Christian Smith, Aaliyah Drake, Hallie Watson, Dameon Fields, Trent Pettus, Caroline Ramsey; fourth row, Joe Hengeli, Samantha Eulert-Eller, Qyaira Colbert, Chris Johnson, Lauren Hardy, Josh Smith; fifth row, Nick Newcomb, Colby Bailey, Kevin Miller, Winfield Layne, Cy Brooks, David Hamlett; sixth row, Mackenzie Courville, Selena Wilmouth, Grace Freeman, Brandon Lacks, Austin Murray, Amber Sullivan; seventh row, Josh Hamlett, Tori Washington, James Dunaway, Noah Royle, Shelby Meyer and Daniel Hamlett. Not pictured are Gemma Lumpkin, Victoria Ingersoll, Dominique Tatum and Matthew Poling.
On Friday, March 11, the Randolph-Henry High School Concert and Symphonic Bands travelled to L.C. Bird High School, in Chesterfield, to participate in the VBODA (Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association) District III Concert Band Assessment. The Concert and Symphonic Bands earned unanimous superior ratings from all of the judges.
With the Symphonic Band’s superior rating, in conjunction with the Marching Statesmen’s superior rating earned this past fall at the State Marching Band Assessment, the Randolph-Henry band program has earned the prestigious title as a Commonwealth of Virginia Honor Band. The Virginia Honor Band Award is recognized as the highest honor that can be bestowed upon band programs by the VBODA. This is the fourth consecutive year that the Randolph-Henry band program has earned this honor
