Photo Caption: The Cobden District Public School Grade 8 Concert Band will be performing at the Kiwanis Festival of Stars music celebration on Thursday, March 24. Band members are, back row from left, Daniella Bell, Andrew Blok, Hilary Dick, Kaitlyn Bourgeois, Ethan Prins, Brynne Delaurier, Sydney Broome, Natasha Kargus and Beatrice Herwig. Front row, from left, Katie Stewart, Felicia Rathwell, Emma Misener, Olivia Peever, Jordan Mitchell, Taylor Olmstead, Jocelyn Smaglinski, Patrick Holmes and Megan Loan.
COBDEN — The Grade 8 concert band at Cobden District Public School received a mark of 90 per cent at the Kiwanis Music Festival held in Pembroke last month.
The band consists of 19 students in Grade 8 and three students in Grade 7.
The band consists of flutes, clarinets, trumpets, saxophones, trombones and percussion instruments, said teacher Jenny Bell.
The band performed three songs: Creatures in the Attic, a song depicting the sounds of little critters traipsing about upstairs; Fire’s Edge, a song that depicts an atmospheric phenomenon called a Firestorm; and Royal Crown March, a march written for the coronation of a king.
“We were the only band in our division,” Ms. Bell said. “The students received many positive
comments from the adjudicator about their performance. He commented on how well they blended their sounds together.”
The band has been invited to return to play at the Festival of Stars on Thursday, March 24.
