Congratulations, PA Bands!
		PA Bands, owing to the Superior performances of the Fabulous Marching Cavaliers at the VBODA State Marching Festival and the Wind Ensemble at the VBODA District 2 Band Festival, have qualified for Virginia Honor Band for the 3rd year in a row, and 4th year since 2002. This makes the 2nd time in school history that PA has earned Honor Band for 3 years in a row! PA Virginia Honor Bands: 1982-1983 (Joe Ligart, Director) 1983-1984 (Joe Ligart, Director) 1989-1990 (Alan Sharps, Director) 1990-1991 (Alan Sharps, Director) 1992-1993 (Alan Sharps, Director) 1993-1994 (Alan Sharps, Director) 1994-1995 (Woody Gehlert, Director) 1997-1998 (Woody Gehlert, Director) 2002-2003 (John A. Boyd, Director) 2005-2006 (John A. Boyd, Director) 2006-2007 (John A. Boyd, Director) 2007-2008 (John A. Boyd, Director)
		Congratulations, Wind Ensemble!
		Congratulations to the Wind Ensemble for their Superior Rating on Grade VI literature at the VBODA District 2 Band Festival! This music was easily the hardest done at PA in MANY years! Aegean Festival Overture hadn't been performed at Princess Anne since the 1970's, and most high school bands simply don't play the piece because of its difficulty level. In fact, one adjudicator said many colleges don't even play the piece! After many months of hard work by our very YOUNG band, it was a concert to remember! Consider the literature played by the Wind Ensemble the last 3 years: The Sinfonians American Overture In the Spring at the Time when Kings go off to War Pas Redouble Blueshades Morning Alleluias for the Winter Solstice Who's Who in the Navy Blue Hymn of the Highlands Aegean Festival Overture That is some SERIOUS literature, and something our kids can always look at with pride as they remember their dedication and commitment to Excellence and art!!! Congratulations!
		Congratulations to the Symphonic Band for their Superior Rating at the VBODA District 2 Band Festival on grade IV literature!
		New Drums
		Attention FMC and most especially the PADL: Our new Pearl FFX carbon-ply composite drums are in! 4 snares, 5 basses, 13 carriers, and 7 new stadium stands... our 3 tenors, 1 more bass, and the remaining 6 stadium stands will be in shortly. They're awesome... come on in and check them out some time! Mr. Boyd
		Video Yearbook
		Hello! I'm currently editing the 2007 FMC Video Yearbook. I can't give an exact release date, but I'm shooting for EARLY Spring. As in: March. More on that in future updates. A good number of you have expressed interest in buying the 2006 and or 2005 Video Yearbooks. I have about 10 each. As of yet no one has purchased one. The 2006 video is still available on my website for $35: www.dashvideo.net For those of you who are interested in purchasing the 2005 Video ($30) you can email me at: r i c k AT d a s h v i d e o DOT NET Take out the spaces and replace AT with "@" and DOT with a "." I'm sure you can figure it out. I don't want to get MORE spam from the SpamBots infesting this website. I'll be sure to give more updates as things progress. Thanks, Rick F.
		A belated Congratulations for All-District selections
		A belated Congratulations to those members of PA Bands selected by competetive audition to the 2008 VBODA District II All-District Honor Band: Megan Miller (9): 3rd chair Concert Band Flute Rebecca Yon (9): 4th Alternate Flute Emily Gabor (9): 3rd chair Concert Band Oboe Chelsea Howard (11):1st Alternate Bassoon *Erin Sandford (12): 6th chair Symphonic Band Clarinet 1st alternate Eb Clarinet Emily Sharp (11): 19th chair Symphonic Band Clarinet Brian Slingerland (9): 18th chair Concert Band Clarinet Ashley Newell (12): 24th chair Concert Band Clarinet *Stefanie Ward (12): 1st chair Symphonic Band Alto Clarinet Sarah Marx (12): 2nd chair Concert Band Contralto Clarinet Pat Senense (12): 2nd chair Concert Band Alto Sax Rashon Murrill (12): 2nd chair Concert Band Tenor Sax Steven Guan (11): 9th chair Symphonic Band Trumpet Stefanie Cain (11): 11th chair Concert Band Trumpet *Dakota Corbliss (11): 2nd chair Symphonic Band Horn in F *Lauren White (10): 4th chair Symphonic Band Horn in F Xavier Pretto (10): 4th Alternate Horn in F *David Moore (12): 4th chair Symphonic Band Tenor Trombone 1st chair Symphonic Band Bass Trombone Elizabeth Williams (9): 5th chair Concert Band Tenor Trombone Angela Zinn (12): 3rd chair Symphonic Band Euphonium Adam Luhring (11): 2nd chair Concert Band Percussion * denotes an All-State auditioner

 

 

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