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Thursday, Mar. 28, 2024

NPAC site of district band, choir contests

VW independent/submitted information

The Van Wert High School Music Department will host the OMEA District Band and Choir Contest this Friday and Saturday, March 9-10.

The Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio will host this weekend’s OMEA District Band and Choir Contests. Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent

Bands and choirs will come from across the region to perform for judges and receive ratings. Overall, 19 bands and 15 choirs, comprised of more than 1,600 students, will perform. The contest will be held at Van Wert High School and the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio. Bands will perform in the NPAC Saltzgaber Music Hall, while choirs perform in the First Federal Lecture Hall.

All performances are free, and concessions will be available in the VWHS Commons to benefit the Van Wert Band Parents Association.

Students from the VWHS Concert Choir, Sophomore Women’s Chorus, Freshman Choir, and Symphonic Band have been working very hard throughout the third nine weeks for this event. Their time has been spent rehearsing their three prepared pieces, one of which is selected from a required list that determines the ensemble’s performance class, while the other two are selected at large.

Local competing bands Friday night include:

  • 8 p.m. – Wayne Trace Band.

Local bands competing on Saturday:

  • 9 a.m. – Parkway Concert Band
  • 9:30 a.m. – Spencerville Concert Band
  • 11 a.m. – Parkway Symphonic Band
  • 11:30 a.m. – Spencerville Symphonic Band
  • 1 p.m. – Crestview Band
  • 1:30 p.m. – Lincolnview Band
  • 2 p.m. – Paulding Band
  • 2:30 p.m. – VWHS Symphonic Band

Local competing choirs on Friday night:

  • 5 p.m. – Van Wert Freshman Choir
  • 5:20 p.m. – Delphos Jefferson Choir
  • 5:40 p.m. – Spencerville Concert Choir
  • 7:20 p.m. – Van Wert Women’s Chorus
  • 8 p.m. – Spencerville Women’s Chorus
  • 8:20 p.m. – Parkway Choir
  • 9 p.m. – Van Wert Concert Choir

Local competing choirs on Saturday:

  • 8:40 a.m. – Lincolnview Choir
  • 9 a.m. – Paulding Choir
  • 9:20 a.m. – Wayne Trace Choir

Groups receiving a “superior” rating will qualify for OMEA state contest. While this is a competition, bands and choirs do not compete against each other, but against a “standard of excellence”. This are no winners or losers.

The public is welcome to attend the competition; however, OMEA regulations prohibit the use of any audio or video recording devices, including (but not limited to) cell phones, cameras (still or motion), tape recorders, or any other recording device. Failure to comply may result in disqualification of a participating school.

For more information on this or any other event, visit the Van Wert band website at www.vanwertbands.org, “like” the organization on Facebook at “Van Wert Bands information”, follow it on Twitter and Instagram @vwbands, or call the Music Department at 419.238.3722.

POSTED: 03/06/18 at 8:55 am. FILED UNDER: News