Band Members Honored at All-Area
January 14, 2019
Filed under Fine Arts
Five Pride In Motion band members received honors at the All-Area Band competitions on Jan 12. The competition was hosted at Carthage High School. The students are: Olivia Mitchell - Flute (20th Chair) Dani Bean - Bass Clarinet (2nd Chair) Tia Jamison - Alto Saxophone (9th Chair) Isaac Ne...
Seussical Ends in a Flash!
Anjel-Ali Ormond and Gillian Knowles
November 16, 2018
Filed under Feature, Fine Arts, Uncategorized
Curtain Call Productions preformed "Seussical: The Musical" last week. As the performance came to a close, the cast visited the elementary and intermediate schools to deliver "Seussical" shirts and met some of the kids. At the end of the day, the cast headed home and said goodbye to a great show -- but...
Band Advances to Area
Alex Norton, Reporter
October 16, 2018
Filed under Fine Arts, Showcase
The band competed in the UIL Marching Contest earlier today and got 1s all the way across the board, the best score possible. They have advanced to Area on Oct. 27. Now, they have to prepare for Area in hopes that they can advance to State. “I think the next step for us is really buckling down and focu...
Showstoppers Kick their Way to Second Place
Jisu Choi, Reporter
March 27, 2017
The Showstoppers competed in national competition last Saturday Denton, placing in several different categories. “As a junior, I’ve been to a lot of competitions, but this one was overall my favorite,” junior Audrey Murphy said. “I was nervous at first, but after performing the fir...
Band Completes Sweepstakes Award
Lucas Marchesani, Online Editor
March 1, 2017
Today the band competed in the UIL concert and sight reading contest. After a long season full of after-school rehearsals and practices, the band finally ended their season by receiving a composite 1 for concert and all 1's for sight reading (bands are scaled on a scale of one to five, with 1's being...
Band Runs Through Program at Invitational
February 21, 2017
The band held their annual UIL Invitational yesterday, and for the first and only time this year performed their program before UIL. "The band scored overall a one on their prepared music, and scored a one on sight reading," said band Director Mark Windham. "We have some work to do before next Wednesday,...
Art Students Win National Awards
Samantha Knowles, Reporter
February 8, 2017
Fourteen students from Pleasant Grove were on the list of Scholastic Art and Writing Contest winners when the list was released Feb. 3. Students received Gold or Silver Keys or Honorable Mentions in the competition, and some students received multiple awards. “I think that most older people remember S...
Four States Band Masters Association Starts Today
January 12, 2017
For five students in band, today begins a clinic at Texas High School. From today until Saturday students will audition and practice for a concert held on Saturday in the Texas High PAC. Those five students, who were selected out of hundreds of students from Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma,...
All-Region and Four States Bands Announced
December 13, 2016
Filed under Feature, Fine Arts
Over the past two weeks various accolades have been announced in band, most notably the Four States Band Masters Association and the All-Region Band. For Pleasant Grove, both were successful ventures as four people were named to the honor band, and seven to all-region. "I wasn't sure if I was going...