Marching Band and Flag Corps
Band Director
Mr. Mike Thomas
Drum Major
Kendall Hickey
Assistant Drum Major
Marcus Smith
Band Officers
President - Kristina Clark
Vice-President - Becca Hosman
Treasurer - Tim Woodard
Secretary - Matt McAnear
Drum Captain - Kyle Gorbski
Flag Representative - Gina Roach
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Band Booster Officers
Co-Presidents - Sara Hosman and Paula Waldron
Treasurer - Donald Gregg
Secretary - Nancy Gregg
Concession Stand Managers/Football Away Side
Lisa Harris and Nancy LaPrise
Football Home Side
Marilyn Spoon & Donald Spoon, Paul and Sharon McAnear
Concession Worker Coordinator - Tabitha Cozart
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2006-2007 Student Achievements and Awards
Graduating Seniors
Emily Buckman
First Honors
Joshua Bunch
First Honors
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Majoring in Mathematics
Kristina Clark
Who's Who and First Honors
Walters State Community College
Majoring in Pre-Pharmacy
Kyle Gorbski
Who's Who and First Honors
University of Tennessee
Member of the tenor line in "The Pride of the Southland" Marching Band
and the "Orange" pep band - he will travel to all away games
Jillian Gregg
First Honors
University of Tennessee Knoxville
College of Engineering
Accepted into the Chancellor's Honors Program
Kendall Hickey
Rebecca Hosman
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Majoring in Nursing
Vivek Kamath
Who's Who and First Honors
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Majoring in Animal Science
Accepted into the University Honors Program
Neil McClanahan
Anna McLain
First Honors
Will attend the University of Tennessee
Undecided major
Sara Registar
Jordan Sams
Tina Smith
Second Honors
East Tennessee State University
Majoring in Clinical Psychology and Sociology
with a minor in Japanese
Hannah Waldron
First Honors
University of Tennessee
Majoring in Music Education
Member of the "The Pride of the Southland" Marching Band-
playing saxophone !
Sarah Young
Who's Who and First Honors
Walters State Community College
Majoring in Elementary Education
with a minor in Speech Pathology
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University of Tennessee Honors
Festival
for Band, Choir, Jazz & Orchestra
Andrew LaPrise - invited to attend on Jazz Piano and Clarinet
Marcus Smith - invited to attend on Saxophone
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ETSB &
OA Clinics
(East Tennessee School Band & Orchestra
Association)
All-State
Andrew LaPrise
- piano in the Jazz Band
Marcus Smith - alto saxophone in the Band
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Upper Area Junior Band Clinic
Ashlin Harris
- first chair alto and second chair tenor
Devan Pope - second chair oboe and eleventh chair clarinet
Josh Ball - third chair alto
Kathryn Cloud - third chair clarinet
Brandie Burchfield - fourth chair clarinet
Josh Williamson - ninth chair clarinet
Chris Lowry - fifth chair percussion
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All-State East Senior Clinic
Marcus Smith*
- first chair blue band on alto AND tenor sax
Andrew LaPrise* - first chair blue band on clarinet
Josh Dean - sixth chair red band
Vivek Kamath - first chair green band
Kyle Gorbski - sixth chair green band|
Andrew Malousis - eighth chair green band
Will Waldron - third chair white band
* qualified for All-State
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All-East Jazz Clinic
Andrew LaPrise*
third year as first chair piano
third year blue band
Marcus Smith*
second year first chair tenor sax
third year blue band
All-State last year
Kyle Gorbski - second year
qualified in auxiliary percussion and drum set this year
Kyle Long - first year
Jordan Sams - second year
Ashlin Harris - first alternate on tenor saxophone
* qualified for All-State
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East
Tennessee Youth Wind Ensemble (ETYWE)
An invitation only concert band composed of
~60 high school woodwind, brass & percussion players.
Kyle Gorbski
- fourth year
Andrew LaPrise - first year
Marcus Smith - first year
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Knoxville Jazz Youth Orchestra
The KJYO is made up of high school students from
Knoxville and the surrounding area and directed by members of the
Knoxville Jazz Orchestra. Auditions are held in the fall each year.
Andrew LaPrise - second year
Kyle Gorbski
- first year
Marcus Smith
- first year
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Orchestra Members
Emily Buckman
Kristina Clark
Jill Gregg
Becca Hosman
Andrew LaPrise
Hannah LaPrise
Chris Lowry
Matt McAnear
Anna McLain
Meghan O'Donoghue
Hannah Waldron
Will Waldron
Sarah Young
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Walters State Community Band
Vivek Kamath
Marcus Smith
Hannah Waldron
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Walters State Jazz Band
Andrew LaPrise
- fourth year
Marcus Smith- fourth year
Eva Harris - second year
Ashlin Harris
- first year
Jarred Cozart-
first year
Matt McAnear-
first year
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Knoxville Youth Symphony Orchestra
By audition only.
Meghan O'Donoghue
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2006-2007 Band Achievements and Awards
Concert Band
Florida’s Premier Music Festival
MusicFest Orlando
April 13, 2007
Sixty-nine members of the Morristown
Hamblen West High School Band traveled to Orlando, Florida for the
“Florida’s Premier Music Festival” MusicFest Orlando, and received
high scores with the Disney classic, “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah". Three highly
skilled, nationally acclaimed adjudicators evaluated the performance
of each group and awarded up to 100 points each. The scores were added
together to determine the final score. Ratings were based on the
following: Superior 300-270, Distinguished 269-225, Excellent 224-180,
and Good 179-0. They were awarded with the only Superior rating in the
competition by earning a score of 271 out of 300. Also, they earned
the overall recognition of the highest scoring Parade Band. The Drum
Major, Kendall Hickey, was honored with the Best Drum Major award with
a score of 279 out of 300. Coming home with a total of one plaque and
three trophies has brought great pride to the band, Mr. Thomas, the
school of Morristown West, and the community as a band of outstanding
performance.
East Tennessee School Band &
Orchestra Association's
Concert Band Festival
March 16, 2007
The MWHS Concert Band entered in the
Grade 6, which is the hardest difficult of music in our state. The
Band was judged by three stage judges, Dan Havely, Les Hicken, and Bob
Lee, who each gave the band a Superior rating for its performance. The
captions in which the band was adjudicated were tone, intonation,
technique, balance, musical interpretation, and musical effect.
The band also sight-read a grade 4
piece and received a superior rating for its performance. The band
also qualified to participate in the state concert band festival in
April of 2008 in Murfreesboro.
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Marching Band
The Marching Band took part in three competitions.
The Patriot Preview
Jefferson County High School
Jefferson City, TN
September 30th
Majorette - 1
Color Guard - 2
Drum Major - 1
Percussion - 1
Band - 1, 1, 1 for an overall score of 1
2006 Foothills Classic Marching
Band Festival
Seymour High School
Seymour, TN
October 7th
Class AAA Division
Majorette - 1
Color Guard - 2
Drum Major - 2
and second place drum major for AAA class
Percussion - 2
Band - 1, 1, 1 for an overall score of 1
The Appalachian Coke Classic
Marching Band Festival
Sullivan Central High School
Blountville, TN
October 21st
Class AA division
Drum Major - Second Place
Music - First Place
General Effects - First Place
Band - Second Place
Placement awards for each
classification (1st and 2nd place band in each class). Note: Division
ratings were not awarded. Caption Awards: first and second place
awards will be given in each class for music, marching, general
effect, color guard, field conductors/drum majors, and percussion.
There were Grand Champion & Reserve Grand Champion trophies presented.
The grand champion award was given to the band with the highest
overall score regardless of classification.
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The Band's Schedule
2006 Marching Band Field Show
The Marching Band will be performing selections
from Westside Story. The opener song is "Maria". They will also perform
"Cool" and "America". The finale is a medley of "Tonight", "Gee,
Officer Krupke" and "Somewhere".
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● Football Games
(Regular Season AND Playoff Games)
August 18th - Swain County - away
MWHS 44, SC 15
August 25th - Jeff County - away
MWHS 36, JCHS 7
September 1st - Volunteer – home
MWHS 43,
Volunteer 0
September 8th - open
September 15th -
Davy Crockett - home
MWHS 49,
DC 6
September 22nd - Knox West
- home
MWHS 24,
KW 19
September 29th - East -
away
MWHS
45, East 24
October 6th -
Daniel Boone - away
MWHS 28, DB 6
October 13th -
Greeneville - home
MWHS 48, G 7
October 20th -
Cherokee
- home - Senior Night
MWHS 36, C 14
October 27th - Cocke
County – away
MWHS 47,
CC 8
Playoff Season
November 3rd - Unicoi County - home at Carson~Newman
MWHS 41, UC 0
November 10th - Second Round vs. Tennessee High -
home at C~N
MWHS 30, TH 0
November 17th - Quarter-finals vs. East
High
MWHS 40, East 13
November 17th - Semi-finals @ Maryville
MWHS 19, Maryville 44
November -February
● Basketball and Wrestling
The Band Boosters run the concession stand at West High.
Band students are encouraged to volunteer with their parents.
November 9th
● Morristown Veterans Parade
November 11th
● Jazz Clinic Auditions - South Doyle High School
November 18th
● Holiday band party at Manley Baptist C.A.C. from 2-5 pm
● Walters State Community Band Concert at 8:00pm.
(more information about the band on the
"Music in Our Area" page).
● Christmas Parade
January 13th
● All-State East Senior Clinic
Auditions - South Doyle High School
January 16th
● Parent Meeting, 7:00pm in the band room to discuss the trip and
fund raisers.
January 20th
● ETSBOA Junior Band Clinic Auditions
at Cherokee High
School.
(There is more information about Junior Band
Clinic at the ETSBOA
website).
January 26th-27th
● Jazz Clinic - South Doyle High School
Three concerts on Saturday evening, beginning at
7:00pm.
February 1st-3rd
● All-State East Senior Clinic -
Park-Vista Hotel, Gatlinburg, TN
Five concerts, 1 orchestra and 4 bands, are on Saturday, beginning at
1:00pm.
February 9th-10th
● ETSBOA Junior Band Clinic at Greenville High
School
February 10th
● Coke Case Sale's date for pick up.
February 22nd
● Chili Supper at the cafeteria.
February 28th
● The Knoxville Jazz Festival
The Knoxville Youth Orchestra (KJYO) kicks off the 2nd annual Knoxville Jazz Festival
with a concert of big band standards, Wednesday, February 28th. This
free concert will be at the
East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville. The KJYO is made up of high school students from
Knoxville and the surrounding area. Andrew LaPrise, Kyle Gorbski and
Marcus Smith are members of this group.
March 3rd
● Applebee's Pancake Breakfast 7:30 to 10:00
● Upper Area Solo and Ensemble -
Dobyns-Bennett High School
●
East Tennessee Youth
Wind Ensemble (ETYWE)
2:00 pm, Gentry Auditorium,
Carson-Newman College.
ETYWE: A concert band composed of 60 high school woodwind, brass &
percussion players from the East Tennessee region. Students began
rehearsals Thursday evening. They will present a FREE concert will be
on Saturday, March 3rd at
2:00 pm, Gentry
Auditorium, Henderson Humanities
Building, Jefferson City,
Carson-Newman
College. The MWHS band students participating are Kyle Gorbski, Andrew
LaPrise and Marcus Smith.
March 16th
● Concert Festival. On Friday, March 16, 2007 the Morristown West High School Band
participated in the East Tennessee School Band & Orchestra
Association's Concert Band Festival. The band entered in the Grade 6,
which is the hardest difficult of music in our state. The Band was
judged by three stage judges, Dan Havely, Les Hicken, and Bob Lee, who
each gave the band a Superior rating for its performance. The captions
in which the band was adjudicated were tone, intonation, technique,
balance, musical interpretation, and musical effect.
The band also sight-read a grade 4 piece and
received a superior rating for its performance. The band also
qualified to participate in the state concert band festival in April
of 2008 in Murfreesboro.
● Florida’s Premier Music
Festival
MusicFest Orlando
April 13, 2007
Sixty-nine members of the Morristown
Hamblen West High School Band traveled to Orlando, Florida for the
“Florida’s Premier Music Festival” MusicFest Orlando, and received high
scores with the Disney classic, “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah". Three highly
skilled, nationally acclaimed adjudicators evaluated the performance of
each group and awarded up to 100 points each. The scores were added
together to determine the final score. Ratings were based on the
following: Superior 300-270, Distinguished 269-225, Excellent 224-180,
and Good 179-0. They were awarded with the only Superior rating in the
competition by earning a score of 271 out of 300. Also, they earned the
overall recognition of the highest scoring Parade Band. The Drum Major,
Kendall Hickey, was honored with the Best Drum Major award with a score
of 279 out of 300. Coming home with a total of one plaque and three
trophies has brought great pride to the band, Mr. Thomas, the school of
Morristown West, and the community as a band of outstanding performance.
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Photos
Game Photos
Playoff Games
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TMEA All State
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Clinic Photos
Junior Clinic
Senior Clinic
Jazz Clinic
