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Copper Basin News, Hayden, Arizona
December 7, 2011
Ray Band earns top honors at state marching festival; to hold concert tonight The Ray High School Marching Band brought home a “Superior with Distinction” award last month after participating in the Arizona State Marching Band Festival. The Superior with Distinction award is the highest honor and means
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the band did not just receive a Superior by average overall scores, but all three judges, who are professional music educators, awarded the group with a Superior rating. The band reached the state competition by attending
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the State Qualifier held in October at Eastern Arizona College where it was awarded an Excellent
rating. The group then had only two weeks to perfect their marching show to try to earn the next level of
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Superior at State. According to Band Director Phelan Bauman the students went above and beyond her expectations to earn this top award along with a caption award for flag/dance/auxiliary. “I have never heard the band play more musically on the field than they did that early morning at State,” she said. She added that although
the morning was crisp with frost and the musicians had frozen fingers, the judges and audience were dazzled by the ever present Bearcat Band’s pride of excellence. Bauman is inviting everyone to honor the band’s success and enjoy its new Concert Season at the Winter Concert this evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Ray District auditorium.
PARA TODO LOS CUIDADORES FAMILIA • AMIGOS • VECINOS NANAS Y NIÑERAS For additional information please call United Way Para más información por favor llame United Way
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• Do you care for a child in your home for at least 5 hours per week? • Do you care for at least one other child besides your own? • Is the child in your care between birth and 5 years of age? If your answer is “yes” to all of these questions, you may be eligible to participate in the Friends, Family and Neighbor Caregiver Outreach Assistance Project. Participants in the project are eligible to receive free training, free resources, networking opportunities, and incentives up to $2,500.
• ¿Cuidad usted a un niño en su casa por lo menos 5 horas a la semana? • ¿Cuida usted por los menos un niño aparte de suyo? • ¿Esta el niño bajo su cuidado entre 0 a 5 años de edad? Si usted ha contesdado “si” a todas estas preguntas, usted es elegible para participar en el proyecto de asitencia de Amigos, Familia y Vecino. Participantes en el proyecto pueden calificar para a recibir entrenamientos gratis, recursos, oportunidades de establecer contactos profesionales, y incentivos hasta de $2,500.
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