RHS’ band and choir took a trip to Corpus Christi for a competition on Friday May 7th, 2010 at the A&M campus. They will stay for 2 days and 1 night. This will be the first weekend trip for band and choir from RHS.
The band attended the American Classic Music Festival. Both the Cadet and Concert bands competed, as long as the students were eligible. “We will be at the pool, the beach, shopping, Texas State Aquarium, dinner at Pier 99, and more beach time” announced Mr. Crochet. “Between the coral cuts, stitches, jelly fish stings, and … awkward remedies, the trip was all in all great fun and was successful.” said band member Rowan Armour.
The concert band was named “Best in Class” in 3A and received the status of “Premier Group”. Freshman Nathan Knoblett was named outstanding soloist. Both the Cadet and the Concert bands won first division trophies and shocked the judges when they heard that the bands consisted of only freshman and sophomores “One of the judge’s jaws physically dropped” explained Mr. Crochet. This was the final band competition for this school year. The raider band achieved an “undefeated” status for this year.
Choir attended the Buccaneer Classics Music Festival on May 7, 2010. They received a rating of “excellent” for their efforts and both the freshmen woman’s choir and the mixed choir received first division. Most of the students enjoyed the trip and Jordan Sandoval’s favorite part was “Friday night, we were all at the condos and got together to have a pool party.”