2023 Winter Orchestra Program

LAMAR Instrumental Music Program

HIGH SCHOOL

2023-2024

Audience Etiquette Guide All of our concerts at Lamar are recorded. In order to have a clean recording, and to show the proper respect for the performers and your fellow audience members, please observe the following: Applause is not appropriate between the movements of a musical selection. If the performers stop to adjust their music or if the conductor's arm remains lifted, the musical selection is not over even though the music has paused.

When the lights are turned out in the foyer, it is time for the performance to begin. Keep your communication in the darkened foyer to a whisper.

All cell phones must be turned off before entering the auditorium. Do not text or use other electronic devices during the performance.

If you arrive late or must leave during the performance, please enter or exit the auditorium only between musical selections.

However, we ask that you remove fussy or loud children as quickly and quietly as possible.

Polite applause is appropriate when the Conductor, Concert Master, or Concert Mistress enters the stage and at the conclusion of each musical selection.

Whistling and cheering are not appropriate in a formal concert setting.

Complete attention should be directed to the performance.

Talking, whispering and unnecessary movement should be avoided during the performance.

Thank you for observing Audience Etiquette.

We hope you enjoy the evening!

Please turn off cell phones before entering the auditorium. Do not text or use other electronic devices during the performance. Thank you!

Lamar Instrumental Music Education Administrators

Dr. Steven Wurtz - Interim Superintendent Dr. Christopher Anderson - Director of Fine Arts Joe Munoz - Assistant Director of Performing Arts

Lamar High School Administrators Lesley Maroney - Principal Miral Kawasmi - Dean of Instruction Dr. Nick Thompson - Assistant Principal Brad Davis - Assistant Principal Brandon Howard - Assistant Principal Carolyn Longoria - Assistant Principal Chrishetta Manning - Assistant Principal Stacey Williams - Assistant Principal Teri Williams - Assistant Principal

Lamar High School Directors Alan Lang - Director of Bands Zack Riley - Associate Director of Bands Kolby Kelly - Percussion Director Andrew Walton - Head Orchestra Director Jessica Winters - Assistant Orchestra Director

Junior High School Directors Matthew Nagel - Shackelford Band Director Ann Klas - Shackelford Assistant Band Director Kathy Patterson - Shackelford Orchestra Director John Tapley - Shackelford Assistant Orchestra Director Denise Torres - Nichols Band Director Andy Patterson - Nichols Assistant Band Director Heather Blanco - Nichols Head Orchestra Director Anca Lorincz - Nichols Assistant Orchestra Director

Elementary School Orchestra Teachers Heather Blanco - Ellis Elementary Anca Lorincz - Sherrod Elementary Karen Hooper - Pope, Webb and Wimbish World Language Academy Kathy Patterson - Butler Elementary Roman Leaño - Larson, Peach and Webb Elementary John Tapley - Speer Elementary

LAMAR ORCHESTRA

winter concert CONCERT ORCHESTRA POSTCARDS FROM RUSSIA A CHRISTMAS SUITE WE WISH YOU A CHA-CHA CHRISTMAS

GRUSELLE DEL BORGO GRUSELLE

SINFONIA ORCHESTRA A VERY VIOLA CHRISTMAS BRING A TORCH JEANETTE, ISABELLA A GLIMPSE OF WINTER

PHILLIPS TRAD./ ARR. HALL GRANT

PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA HAPPY HOLIDAYS/WHITE CHRISTMAS BOREAS CHRISTMAS EVE/ SARAJEVO 12/24

ARR. RICKETTS PARRISH ARR. PHILLIPS

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU A BOOMWHACKER CHRISTMAS THERE’S CHRISTMAS IN THE AIR

ARR. MOORE MEYER ARR. STROMMEN

concert orchestra SARAHI ALVARADO GIOVANNIE AVILEZ FAYTH BOOTHE DIAMOND BRIDGES NATALIE CALDERA KERIYONNA CORNER

SILVANO DUARTE GENESIS ESACALANTE AMARA FERNANDO JOSE FLORES JR. PABLO GALLEGOS TIANA JOHNSON

TREYANA JOHNSON TOLUWANI KUNNUJI* NICOLE LOREDO MARIELA MORALES SIR MORELAND DALLAS MORRIS

CHELSEA POLANCO JOSE RODRIGUEZ ANGEL VARGAS JUAN VELASQUEZ JR. KARIYANNA WHITE

BRADY OSTEN SHERLYNE RAMIREZ ISABELLA RIVERA DESEAN ROBINSON ZADIEL RODRIGUEZ JURUATHNY SALAS RHIANNA SANCHEZ ENNOVY SANTIAGO

AMANDA SCHAEFFER STONIE SMART BRYAN SOSA PRESTON VANDEVER DANIEL WEHR

MAGGIE ORNDORFF EVI OSVALD SAMMY PEREZ TAMIAH PHILLIPS LESLIE RAMIREZ AVA ROBERTSON K-LYNN TAKAWO EMILY TORRES

NATALIA VARGAS FRANKIE VIDAL LEAUNDRA WALKER JACOB ZACEK^

sinfonia orchestra LAYLA ALVAREZ CRUZ BECERRA TERRESSA CAMPBELL JAYCOB DURAN GISELLE ESTRADA RODRIGO GARCIA ZECHARIAH HARRIS MARKESIEA HORTON

ROSAALBA IBARRA DANIEL JOHNSON TEYANA JOHNSON JACOB MADDEN NICHOLAS MCMILLAN* ANDREW NGUYEN MARY OKONKWO ABRIL ORTIL

philharmonic orchestra ALI ALFARO-LUNA JOCELYN ARELLANO DYLAN BUI BRYANT CANALES ELIER CISNEROS TESHAUN GREEN DYLAN HILL PIERCE KIDMAN

EDEN LEYVA* EDWIN LUIS AIDAN MCMILLAN CESAR MUNOZ PEDRO NARANJO MEGAN NGUYEN LUKE NIEWENHUIS ADA ONYEKWERE

symphony orchestra BEN AITKEN JOE BAJENARU JACK BANKHEAD JUDAH BASS^ MAX BURGER MAREK DANIELS COOPER DONALDSON RYAN DRAGUN* ** LILLIBETH ESCAMILLA MILES FINN KEVIN GUARDADO

LUPE PADILLA** BRIDGET HARDY ADAM PATTERSON^<# LOGAN HAZELWOOD RAFA PAYNE MATTHEW HOWARD^<# ARTURO PEREZ TYANA HUCKABY DANIELA PEREZ JJ IZAGUIRRE KAMILAH RENTERIA+ ISAAC JORGENSEN** SEBASTIAN RODRIGUEZ MIA MCKEAN BIANCA ROMERO ELI NEW ERIC SANTOS IYANA NETTER YAHEL SILVA LEO OCAMPO^ AIDAN SMITH^ KHADIJAT ONI

ZACH SMITH AJ THOMPSON^ LEA TRAN^ DANIEL THOMPSON EDGAR VARGAS JR. MARTIN VARGAS^< GAVIN WALTER^ RUKSHANIE WICKRAMATILLAKE** DHILSHANIE WICKRAMATILLAKE**

*CONCERTMASTER **ALL-REGION ORCHESTRA MEMBER. +ALL-REGION CHOIR MEMBER ^ALL-CITY BAND MEMBER <ALL-REGION BAND MEMBER #ALL-AREA BAND MEMBER

Concert Schedule Fall Jazz Band Concert - November 28th Winter Band Concert - December 12th Winter Orchestra Concert - December 14th Symphony & Choir Concert - December 18th at Lamar Baptist Wind Ensemble & Percussion Ensemble Concert - March 19th Spring Jazz Band Concert - May 9th Spring Band Concert at the CVPA - May 13th Spring Orchestra Concert - May 15th

2023-2024 Orchestra Council President - Ryan Dragun Senior VP - Bianca Romero Junior VP - Dhilhshankie Wickramatillake Sophomore VP - Rukshanie Wickramatillake Symphony Rep - Daniela Perez Philharmonic Rep - Frankie Vidal Secretary/Historian - Lupe Padilla Librarians - Tamiah Phillips and Lupe Padilla

The Lamar Orchestra Booster Club (LOBC) supports the Lamar Orchestra program by volunteering, fundraising, and event coordination. All parents or guardians of active Orchestra students are already members with voting rights and privileges. Of course, you may support the Orchestra program by purchasing different levels of membership. All funds raised go directly into supporting students in the Lamar Orchestra program. You may contact the booster club executive board at lamarorchestraboosters@gmail.com.

ORCHESTRA BOOSTER CLUB OFFICERS President: Theresa Jorgensen 1st VP Membership: Kristi Hazelwood 2nd VP Ways and Means: Kathy Patterson Secretary: Tracy Burger Treasurer: Noel Vandever PATRON MEMBERS

SPONSOR MEMBERS

GOLD MEMBERS

Roger & Amy Wehr Darolyn Bridges Rusty & Amy Orndorff Adam & Kathy Patterson

Sashikala Somasundaram Don Wickramatillake

Tony & Kristi Hazelwood Brian & Tracy Burger David & Theresa Jorgensen Morriss Tompkins & Noel Vandever Joe & Toni Osvald

Special thanks to Alana McMillan for donating hours of her time to taking photo portraits of the Lamar Orchestra students!

Orchestra Ensembles

Students in the Lamar Orchestras are among the most intelligent, dedicated, and respected students at Lamar. They are involved in many activities other than orchestra such as the National Honor Society, Football, Tennis, Swimming, Basketball, Cross Country, Wrestling, Choir, Theater, Student Council, Ready Set Teach, Cheerleading, Band, etc.

Very often, the Viking Orchestra boasts multiple seniors ranked in the top 12 of their class.

Besides preparing for concerts and UIL Orchestra Contest, the orchestra students participate in the UIL Solo-Ensemble Contests, the All-Region and All-State audition process, and perform throughout the community.

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Symphony Orchestra has established a reputation as one of the finest high school orchestras in Texas. It has a rich tradition of consistently earning top Sweepstakes ratings at UIL. This orchestra has also received the Outstanding Orchestra Award at many music festivals throughout the country. This group performs as a Full Orchestra when combined with selected members of the band's Wind Symphony, and the 2003-04 Full Orchestra was selected by the Texas Music Educators Association as the 2004-05 Honor Orchestra. The members of this Varsity ensemble are also called upon for performances with the choir and serve as the pit orchestra during musicals. They usually perform music from the professional literature.

PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA The Philharmonic Orchestra is composed primarily of musicians in their sophomore and junior years and comes from a strong tradition of UIL excellence. The Philharmonic Orchestra will perform in all major programs, compete in all UIL and TMEA activities, and travel to music festivals. Expectations for this non-varsity group are very high, as they often perform music from the varsity high school literature.

SINFONIA ORCHESTRA The Sinfonia Orchestra is made up primarily of musicians in their sophomore and junior years. This orchestra will participate in most activities in the orchestra program, including all major concerts, UIL contest, solo and ensemble contest, and the spring festival. They perform standard high school literature.

CONCERT ORCHESTRA The Concert Orchestra is made up primarily of freshman students from strong programs at Nichols and Shackelford Junior Highs. This orchestra will participate in most activities In the orchestra program, including all major concerts, UIL contest, solo and ensemble contest, and the spring festival. They perform standard high school literature.

Lamar Orchestra Directors

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Mr. Andrew Walton has been the Head Orchestra Director at Lamar High School Since 2014. He is the director of the Symphony and Concert orchestras and assists with the Philharmonic and Sinfonia Orchestras. Before moving to Lamar, Mr. Walton held the position of Assistant Orchestra Director at Seguin High School in Arlington for seven years. As an educator, Mr. Walton hopes to build better people by using excellence in music as his vehicle. He is an active member of the Texas Orchestra Director’s Association and Texas Music Educators Association where he recently finished serving as the Region 5 Orchestra Chair. Mr. Walton is also a founding member of the professional cello ensemble The 440 Alliance, a group he has performed with since 2004.

Mr. Walton holds a Bachelors of Music with emphasis on Education from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is also a product of the Arlington ISD Strings program and a graduate of Lamar High School. In his spare time, he is active with the youth at his church and enjoys spending time with the love of his life, Christine Walton and their three children.

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Miss Winters has been the Assistant Orchestra Director at Lamar since 2022. Prior to coming to Lamar, Miss Winters taught for two years at Westpark Elementary School in Fort Worth ISD as an Elementary Music Specialist.

Miss Winters graduated summa cum laude in 2020 from the University of Texas at Arlington with a degree in Music Education. Her primary instrument is viola, and she has taught violin and viola private lessons for over 7 years.

Miss Winters is an alumnae of Martin High School in Arlington, Texas and was a section leader of the 2015 TMEA Honor String Orchestra. She holds a membership Texas Music Educators Association.

The Pride of Lamar 2023-2024 Leadership Team Drum Majors

Cooper Donaldson Matthew Howard Lea Tran

Captains Woodwind – Cameron Sherrod Brass – Martin Valdez Color Guard Captain – Mason Bordonaro Drum Captains – Mia McKean & Zach Smith

Section Leaders Flute – Cameron Sherrod Clarinet – Ava Brightwell Saxophone – Karnell Braxton Trumpet – Evan Stein Mellophone – Iyana Netter Trombone & Baritone – AB Ledesma Sousaphone – Aidan Smith

Band Council President – Matthew Howard Vice President – Mia McKean Secretary – Lea Tran Social Chair – Cameron Sherrod

Team Leaders Water – Evan Stein PA – Judah Bass Field – Khalilah Oni Ladders – Fred Threats Props – Martin Valdez Librarian – Ava Brightwell Quartermaster – Iyana Netter

BOOSTER CLUB The Lamar Band Booster Club (LBBC) supports the Lamar Band programs with volunteering, fundraising, and event coordination. All members actively add to their student’s music experience as their membership fees contribute to the overall fundraising of the LBBC. Contact us with any questions at lamarbandboosterclub@gmail.com.

Please note, you do not have to be a booster member to be a band parent volunteer. Currently, there are many volunteer opportunities and we would welcome the help. For more information or to join the booster club, visit www.lamarmusic.org

Band Booster Club Officers President - Jennifer Stein Secretary - Julie Smith Treasurer - Sandra Howard 1st VP Communications - Alysa Bajenaru Program Chair - Alysa Bajenaru 2nd VP Volunteers - Liz Bankhead Membership Chair - Rebecca Deen Uniform Chair - Vonda Sherrod 3rd VP Hospitality - Nicole New

Hospitality Aide - Jessica Bass Competition/Gameday Meal Chair - Amy Aitken 4th VP Ways and Means - Mandy Walter Car Wash/Restaurant Chair - Stormie Partee 5th VP Equipment - Robert Howard Equipment Aide - Jason Hardy 6th VP Percussion - Rachel Kelly Percussion Aide - Donnie McKean, Theresa Jorgensen 8th VP Jazz Band - Bryan Stein

Pride Members

Patron Members

General Members

Charity Bedell Shannon Brightwell Rebecca Deen Clint & Kerry Donaldson Jason & Angelia Hardy Nick & Esmerelda Hornyak Robert & Sandra Howard Lisa & Todd Lewis Lori & Steve Plamondon Jim & Jamie Ratliff Vonda & Richie Sherrod Julie & Mark Smith Bryan & Jennifer Stein Alan & Mandy Walter

Amy & Travis Aitken Edith Keshi-Robinson Jeff & Alysa Bajenaru Donnie McKean Dennis Braxton Nicole New Stephanie Cuellar Stormie Partee Angela Davis Kathy Patterson Emma Diel Ronda Riojas Kat Ellis Mark & Megan Scott Brian & Jennifer Finn Sophia Sevilla Veronica Guerrero Coral Simpkins-Mims Jessica Henderson Kimberly Simpson Shakina ‘Kiki’ Johnson‘ Billy & Nikki Thompson David & Theresa Jorgensen Chien Tran

Bryan & Liz Bankhead Janie Gonzales Anquishia Green Mary Hajer Sandra Herrera Rachel Kelly Laura O’Nan Stanley Payne Nick Pike Earlene Pike Ernie Smith Erin Thompson Nataly Viceros

Lamar Band Directors

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Alan Lang is currently teaching his eighteenth year at Lamar High School. He became a Lamar fine arts staff member in the fall of 2005 after teaching at Lindsay High School in Oklahoma for four years. Mr. Lang is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, with a bachelor’s degree in instrumental music education. During his college years, he was a member of the 1998 Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps where he studied with professional trumpeter Peter Bond of the NYC Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Alan also performed in the jazz band, symphonic bands, marching band, and choir while attending OU. Mr. Lang has worked as a Drum Corps International instructor (Pioneer 2003-2006, Revolution 2008-2011) as visual caption head.

In the fall of 2012, Mr. Lang took over as director of bands at Lamar. He is currently the director of the Wind Ensemble, The Pride of Lamar Marching Band, Freshman Band, and co-conductor of the Symphony Orchestra. During his tenure at Lamar he has taught International Baccalaureate Music (IB), jazz band, symphonic band, and concert band. Under Mr. Lang’s direction, the marching band has earned consistent division 1 ratings and advanced to the UIL Area Marching Contest three times.

From 2012-2014 Mr. Lang was the TMEA Region 5 Band Chair and organized the All-Region auditions, clinics and concerts. Under Mr. Lang’s direction, the jazz band participated and/or competed in the Essentially Ellington jazz program during the 2005-2015 school years. As a director at Lamar, Mr. Lang has taken the band on trips, including, Crested Butte, Memphis, Orlando, Corpus Christi, Winter Park, South Padre, San Antonio, New York City, and Nashville.

Mr. Lang lives in Oak Cliff with his wife Shaneen and their three cats, Sebastian, Leeloo, and Banksy.

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Zack Riley is in his sixth year of teaching here at Lamar High School. He graduated in 2018 with a degree in Music Education from the prestigious College of Music at the University of North Texas. In his time at North Texas, Mr. Riley studied under the baton of Dr. Nicholas Williams, Professor Dennis Fisher, and under the tutelage of Horn professor Dr. William Scharnberg. Zack also performed in the Concert Band, Wind Ensemble and the “Best Band in the Land, and best Drumline in College Football”, the “GREEEEEEEEEN BRIGADE!” where he had the privilege of becoming a section leader, and Field Technician for the ensemble. During his college years, he was a member of the Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps in 2013 and 2014. Mr. Riley has also been an instructor in Drum Corps International as a visual instructor with the Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps (2015) and currently resides on the visual educational team with the Guardians Drum & Bugle Corps (2017-present).

After spending four years at Lamar as a marching technician for the Pride of Lamar, Mr. Riley was promoted to a full-time director. He is the director of the Symphonic Band, Viking Jazz Orchestra, Viking Jazz Ensemble, co-directs the Freshman band, and teaches the Woodwind Techniques class.

Zack is a graduate of Lamar High School, Class of 2011.

Mr. Riley resides in Fort Worth, loves buffalo wings, video games, fantasy football and hockey (Go Stars!). He is heavily supported by all his family, including his parents Kevin & Susan, brother and sister, Michael & Stephanie, and his wonderful wife Ashleigh.

“I am extremely humbled and excited to give back to the program that first taught me the passion for music and where I learned I wanted to be an educator. I was raised a Viking, and I always will be a Viking! VFND!”

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Kolby Kelly is the Percussion Director at Lamar High School in Arlington ISD where he coordinates all percussion activities in the Lamar Cluster. His responsibilities include instructing the drumline, teaching middle school percussion classes, conducting percussion ensembles, and coordinating full cluster percussion concerts.

Mr. Kelly graduated from the University of Oklahoma in the fall of 2014. While enrolled in school Mr. Kelly had the pleasure of performing in many ensembles, including the Pride of Oklahoma, the University of Oklahoma Basketball Band, the Wind Symphony, the Percussion Orchestra, the OU Steel Band, as well as many other ensembles.

Before coming to Lamar, Mr. Kelly served as the Assistant Percussion Director at Liberty High School for two years. He helped oversee all percussion activities for grades 6-12. Under his guidance, the percussion gained recognition in various drumline contests and at UIL/TMEA events. While working at Liberty High School Mr. Kelly also maintained a private lesson studio of 40+ students who consistently achieved superior ratings at Solo and Ensemble contests. Mr. Kelly has also worked with Berkner High School, Boswell High School and Norman North High School. From teaching private lessons to teaching full percussion ensembles and drumlines, Mr. Kelly developed a strong passion for teaching music. He has also taught many independent percussion organizations. In the summer of 2015 Mr. Kelly was the Front Ensemble Coordinator for the Guardians Drum and Bugle Corps. Mr. Kelly also taught the Vigilantes Indoor Percussion Front Ensemble in 2015 and again in 2018.

Mr. Kelly has had many wonderful performance opportunities during his career including performing with the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps, the Revolution Drum and Bugle Corps, the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps, Surround Sound Indoor Percussion, and Vigilantes Indoor Percussion. He has also performed percussion ensembles in many different countries with the Network Percussion Ensemble including England, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Spain.

Mr. Kelly lives in Arlington with his wife Rachel and their dog Lola.

Lamar Band Ensembles

THE PRIDE OF LAMAR — THE VIKING MARCHING BAND

The Viking Marching Band is one of the most visible and successful groups on our campus.

They perform at all varsity football games, pep rallies, and other events throughout the community. During the concert season the members of the marching band audition and perform as the Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, and Concert Band. In addition, they participate in the UIL Solo & Ensemble competition, All City Band, All Region Band, Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra, and All State Bands and Orchestras. Besides being involved in musical endeavors, members of the Viking Band are very active in other areas of LHS where they are involved in virtually every club and organization offered at Lamar High School. The philosophy of the Viking Marching Band is to perform at each individual’s best every time they step on the performance field. The sense of Tradition, Dedication, Determination, Discipline and Pride is expected from every member of the organization. The Viking Marching Band has truly earned the name: THE PRIDE OF LAMAR.

WIND ENSEMBLE The Wind Ensemble is the advanced (varsity) band in the Lamar High School program. Students will prepare/perform an advanced music curriculum and have a strong commitment to rehearsal and individual practice time. Private lessons are strongly recommended. Membership in this organization is by audition and selection by the directors. Audition materials regularly include All-State/All-Region Etudes, scales, and sight-reading.

SYMPHONIC BAND The Symphonic Band (non-varsity band) is open to all Lamar High School Band students. Membership is determined by audition. Students will prepare and perform music for concerts and competitions.

CONCERT BAND The Concert Band (freshman band) is required of all freshman Lamar Band students. Concert Band may be combined with Symphonic band for certain concerts throughout the year. Concert Band students will prepare and perform music for concerts and competitions.

JAZZ ENSEMBLE The Jazz Ensemble consists mainly of students who are interested in jazz and are participating in their second, third, or fourth year of high school band. This group works on developing all jazz styles and improvisation. The Jazz Ensemble competes at several jazz festivals in the area. The jazz ensemble has participated in the Essentially Ellington national jazz program for over 9 years.

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE The Percussion Ensemble class is designed to give the students a chance to study percussion of all genres. In the fall, they focus mainly on marching percussion and All-Region music, which helps the students better understand music and their role in the band program, as well as preparing them for cityand region-wide competition. In the spring, they focus strictly on concert percussion, exposing students to all aspects of percussion and not limiting anyone to one discipline. This enhances the band program by giving the students a well-rounded percussion musical experience.

COLOR GUARD AND WINTER GUARD The color guard is the visual ensemble that enhances the marching band in the fall. The guard auditions in the spring and rehearses throughout the summer and fall along with the rest of the marching band.

Students train extensively in dance and traditional and non-traditional color guard equipment. After marching season, the members of the color guard go immediately into winter guard season where they perform indoors against 50+ other winter guards in the north Texas area. The Lamar winter guard has been extremely successful over the years including last year where they won the class at many NTCA competitions. The guard also marches in the 4th of July parade and often performs on the spring band trip.

LAMAR BAND Karnell Braxotn Cooper Donaldseon Miles Finn Avery Grim Alejandro Guerrero Bridget Hardy Luis Hernandez Matthew Howard

Tyana Huckaby Jaylon Humbles A.B. Ledesma Mia McKean Leonardo Ocampo Khadijat Oni Khalila Oni Adam Patterson Rafa Payne

Andy Salgado Chastadie Sanders Cameron Sherrod Zachary Smith Lea Tran Ailin Trejo Martin Valdez Martin Vargas

Congratulations Seniors!

LAMAR ORCHESTRA Marek Daniels Ryan Dragun Lilibeth Escamilla Guadalupe Padilla Adam Patterson

Daniela Perez Ava Robertson Sebastian Rodriguez Bianca Romero Eric Santos-Hernandez Daniel Thompson

THANK YOU! To all of our Parent Volunteers for the countless hours chaperoning, transporting show equipment, moving props on and off the field, feeding the band, fitting uniforms, and all the other countless tasks. It cant be done without YOU!!

From Front Ensemble to Bass 5 to Drum Major, all while honing your Oboe skills; Your musical repertoire continues to expand. We cannot wait to see what God has planned for you during your Senior year!

Love, Mom and Dad xxx

Graham, We are so proud of you! You work so hard at all you do! Keep up the good work! We love you! Mimi and Pop

Proud of you Carson!

Love, Mom and Dad

We love listening to you make music, Isaac.

All Region Bass! Keep up the hard work.

Love, Mom, Dad, Sam, Katie, Grace, and Coco

You are the pride of Lamar, Grace!

Your low snare drum playing puts a smile on all our faces.

Love, Mom, Dad, Sam, Katie, Isaac, and Coco

We are SO proud of you, Cali! We love watching you shine. Love, Mom, Dad, Chance and Anthem

Ace! You are a purrrrfect addition to the purrrcussion section! Love, Rae (and the other people you live with)

Dashel, Keep beating to the sound of your own drum! We love you!!

Mom, Dad, Sapphire/Clay, Dia, and the Grands

We are so very proud of you, Evan! Keep up the great work!

Love, Mom and Dad

Miles, we are so proud of you!

Keep the music in your heart!

Love, Mama and Dad

Cheers to our beautiful band directors!

Congratulations, Marek! We are proud of you.

Mom, Dad, Olivia and Ian

Cameron, we are so proud of you! Thanks for letting us share in this band journey with you.

It was a blast!

Love, Mom and Dad

Sammy, We are so blessed and thankful you have found something you enjoy doing, making music and sharing it with others. You and your fellow classmates work hard and your work pays off. Thank you for sharing your love for music with us.

We are so proud of you!

Love Momand Dad

We are so proud of you. Keep being amazing.

We love you.

You continue to grow your musical abilities; From Front Ensemble to Bass 1.

We are so proud of you and cannot wait see what God has planned for you!

Love, Mom and Dad xxx

Zachary, you make us proud every day!! You have accomplished so much in the 4 years at Lamar and we are looking forward to see what you will do next.

Your future is very bright! Congratulations on your Senior year, have FUN!!

Love, Mom, Mark and Matthew

You amaze me every day, and I couldn't be prouder of you and everything you have accomplished thus far.....and it's just beginning!

Love you, MOM

Ava, we are so proud of you.

Thank you for your hard work and all the beautiful music.

We love you.

Mom, Dad and Nana

We’re proud of you, Joe! Love, Mom, Dad and Leila

Rafa, your love of music and hard work have paid off. We are SO proud of you!

Love, Momma & James and Dad & Michelle.

To my first heartbeat, It has been my pleasure watching you grow into the beautiful young lady that you are.

Continue being the smart, loving, caring, brave talented person you are!

We Love you.

Mom (Jessica), DeNay, and Chandler

Cooper we are so proud to see all that you have accomplished in band over the years! We are so proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad, Britton and Lainey

SENIOR 2024

Johnny, Your senior year is a very special milestone. The memories you have created throughout your highschool years will last a lifetime! You pursued your passion in music, art & baseball achieving success in all of them. We cannont wait to see how those flames continue to burn. We are so very proud and love you, Mom, Dad & Aiden

JOHNNY HOWERTON

Daniel, we are so proud of you and all of your accomplishments! We know that God has big plans for you and we are so blessed to support and cheer you on along the way!

Love, Dad, Mom, Andrew, Matthew and Laney

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Lamar High g School Lamar Fight Song Fight on, oh, Vikings, for our fame, Fight on to Victory.

We hold your colors Blue and Gold On high for all to see.

Fight! Fight! Fight on, oh, Vikings, brave and bold.

Your honor will be told.

Forever more, we sing to thee, Oh, Navy Blue and Gold!

VFND Viking Fight Never Dies

Lamar Alma Mater Lamar High School, we love you, Your light shines ever true, lt shows the way to follow Great gold and navy blue.

We pledge our faith forever, Our Vikings fail us never, Lamar, Our Alma Mater, Forever more.