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Superior rating(bottom) Band Director Frank Ibero congratulates Matthew Mickey (11), Alyssa Hoxworth (12) and Bryce Meier (11) on the band’s superior rating at the Old West competition. (far right) Drill team members Alexis Lynn, Araceli Lopez, Alyssa Hoxworth, Betsy Holscher and Alexus Martinez march in the Old West parade. Photo by Nikki Catrina Anderson (immedi-ate right) Freshman Emily Reisig performs the band’s James Bond halftime routine during the Gering game. Photos by Jocelyn Bruner

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(Immediate right) Senior Tyler McCarthy prepares to perform the band’s James Bond routine at the Old West Weekend.. Photo by Nikki-Catrina Anderson

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(Far right) Sophomore Hana Nagasawa per-forms with the pep band during Scottsbluff/Gering girls basketball game. “My favorite thing about pep band was hanging out with friends and the music was active,” Nagasawa said. Photo by Terry Pitkin

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AClassAct Band sweeps top award at Old West

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be recognized.” The band earned 47 out of a

possible 50 points to win the award while facing a judge who was a real task master.

“This year’s Old West had a mili-tary judge so he was much stricter. He wanted good sound and perfect discipline which we lack sometimes,” Mickey said.

Ibero’s good karma didn’t end with the Class Act Award. At the afternoon field competition the band earned a Superior rating giving the group a double whammy.

“Knowing that we worked hard enough to be chosen over everyone else for both awards was absolutely thrilling,” sophomore Selena Cara-bajal said. “It was a total team effort on everyone’s part.”

Ibero could not have been more pleased with the day’s outcome.

“You never go in thinking you are an absolute shoe-in to win. You want to do your best and hope that that will be enough to achieve your goal. You have to go up, be proud, and represent your school as best you can,” Ibero said.

Call it fate, karma, luck, or anything else you want, but

when Band Director Frank Ibero got up the morning of the Old West band competition, he had a good feeling about the day.

So while everyone else may have been surprised the band was selected as the Class Act winner at the marching competition, Ibero was not.

“I wasn’t surprised we won the

Class Act Award; we were very focused this year and we were on all day. From the moment we stepped off the bus downtown, right until we got off the bus at the high school,” Ibero said.

It was only the second time in thirty-one years the band had won the Class Act Award at the Best of the West weekend.

Winning the Class Act Award was a big deal for band’s majors, juniors Matthew Mickey and Bryce Meier.

“This was a big accomplishment to win. You have to concentrate on every detail, from the uniforms to how clean your instruments are,” Meier said.

“It was a great feeling to win the award,” Mickey said. “Being a drum major, we put in a lot of work behind the scenes and it felt good to

What’s your most memorable band experience?

“The competition at Ogal-lala sticks in my mind the most. I can still remember every thought, step, and mistake I made during the field competition.” -Treylon Vonburg, 10th

“The best time I had in band was when we went to Elitches. We got to ride all the rides and perform.”

-Tieesha Alsides, 9th

“Going to the state basketball tournament every year, watching the boys play, and play-ing in the pep band was the best.”

-Kendra Cardwell, 11th

“The most memorable experience was Old West Weekend. It was fun and I worked really hard espe-cially since I had to learn a new instrument.”

-Bailey Venturino, 9th

“The most memo-rable time would be when we went to Sidney for pep band. We got to play really fun music and we laughed a lot.”-Samantha Wilhelm,

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(directly below) Bands participating in the Old West Weekend were judged prior to the parade for the Class Act Award. Senior trum-pet player Seth Huffman stands at attention while the band is inspected. Photo by Nikki Catrina Anderson

School Spirit (far below) Pep band members Alyssa Sweley (10), Caroline Cannell (9) and Brittany Suhr (11) play at the Homecoming Super Rally. Traditionally the band marches in the Home-coming parade prior to the rally, but cold, rainy weather cancelled the parade. Photo by Brittany Hale