2014 – 2015 Honors

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Marching Firebirds – “Best of West”

Hamilton High School “Band-O-Rama” – September 27, 2014

Class AA Results:
1st Place Class AA: Lakota West (Superior Rating)
Best Auxiliary: Lakota West
Best Percussion: Lakota West

Overall Results:
Best Percussion: Lakota West
Best Auxiliary: Lakota West
Best Music: Lakota West
Best General Effect: Lakota West
Best Visual Effect: Lakota West

Grand Champion: Lakota West (4th Consecutive Band-O-Rama Grand Champion)

Kettering Competition at Kettering High School – October 4, 2014

Class AA Results:
1st Place Class AA: Lakota West (Superior Rating)
Best Percussion:  Lakota West
Best Auxiliary:  Lakota West

Overall Results:
Outstanding General Effect: Lakota West
Outstanding Visual: Lakota West
Outstanding Music Performance:  Lakota West

Grand Champion: Lakota West

Buckeye Invitational at The Ohio State University – October 11, 2014

Class AA Results:
1st Place Class AA: Lakota West (Superior Rating)

Overall Results:
Best Auxillary: Lakota West
Best Music: Lakota West
Best General Effect: Lakota West

(No Grand Champion named at Buckeye Invitational, but Lakota West received HIGHEST score of all bands in attendance)

Shawnee March-O-Rama at Shawnee High School – October 25, 2014

Class AA Results:
1st Place Class AA: Lakota West
Outstanding Auxiliary: Lakota West (tied)
Outstanding General Effect: Lakota West

Overall Results:
Grand Champion Class A/AA: Lakota West

OMEA State Marching Band Contest

Superior I Rating

Marching Firebirds Award Winners

Dan Kenworthy Scholarship Award: Erik Ellison
Outstanding Senior Woodwind Marcher: Rachel Freyburg
Outstanding Senior Brass Marcher: Melanie Rampton
Outstanding Senior Percussion: Sam Burgett
Outstanding Senior Guard Member: Sam Shaw
Outstanding Junior Woodwind:  Dishon Nordgren
Outstanding Junior  Brass: Charlie Gately
Outstanding Junior  Percussion: Morgan Davis
Outstanding Junior Guard Member: Molly Burch
Outstanding Sophomore Woodwind Marcher: Faith Ann Santucci
Outstanding Sophomore Brass Marcher: Emma Rednour
Outstanding Sophomore Percussion: Raymond Butler
Outstanding Sophomore Guard Member:  Annie Engel
Outstanding Freshman Woodwind Marcher: Sophia Kimble
Outstanding Freshman Brass Marcher: Matt Aaron
Outstanding Freshman Percussion: Jackson Law
Outstanding Freshman Guard Member: Kalia Marcelle

Concert Bands

OMEA State Large Group Event,

Symphonic Winds (Class AA) – I (Superior Rating)
White Symphonic Band (Class A) – II (Excellent Rating)
Red Symphonic Band (Class A) – I (Superior Rating)

OMEA District 13 Large Group Event

Symphonic Winds (Class AA) – I (Superior Rating)
Red Symphonic Band (Class A) – I (Superior Rating)
White Symphonic Band (Class A) – I (Superior Rating)
Freshman 1st Period Band (Class C) – I (Superior Rating)
Freshman 2nd Period Band (Class C) – I (Superior Rating)

Senior Award Winners

John Philip Sousa – Chaulan Lomax

Senior Concerto – Emily Aaron – Bassoon, Melanie Rampton – Trumpet

Louis Armstrong Award – Michael Nguyen

Gregory Snyder Coda Scholarship – Sam Law

Bill Weatherwax Scholarship – Jenna Eagle