theamericanwest

    The American West was our 1999 field show. It was our inturrpetation of what classical music should be. The songs in The American West included...
American Oveture and Round Up composed by John Williams
Buckeroo Holiday by Aaron Copland
Hoe Down (The Beef Song) by Aaron Copland
and The Red Pony by Aaron Copland

     The American West included trumpet soloist James Fitzstephens (Round Up), two trumpets in the quintet in (Hoe Down), and Trumpet duetist James Bowman and Robert Joiner (The Red Pony).

Results in 1999:

Sept. 11, 1999, Caverna H.S.
Score: 81.3
Results: 3rd. in class AAA, Over All Color Guard, and Field             Commander

Sept. 18, 1999, Elizabethtown H.S.
Score: 79.1
Results: 1st. in class AAA, Over All Color Guard

Oct. 9, 1999, Franklin-Simpson H.S.
Score: 88.08
Results: 3rd. in class AAA, Over All Color Guard and Field              Commader

Oct. 16, 1999, South Laurel H.S.
Score: 86.6
Results: 1st. in class AAA, Over All Color Guard and Percussion

Oct. 23, 1999, AAA East Regionals, South Laurel H.S.
Score: 88.6
Resluts: 5th in class AAA

Oct. 30, 1999, AAA Semi-Finals, Franklin-Simpson H.S.
Score: 83.86
Results: 11th. in class AAA

     This was by far not the most succesfull season the Hart Co. Raider Band has experinced. We sucked it up, and said that it would be o.k., we knew in our heart we would make it to finals in 2000.