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The Johnstown School District
Music Department has continued a long history of
excellence in music education.
The American Music Conference (AMC)
has honored the Greater Johnstown School District (GJSD)
for their commitment to music education by naming them one of the
"Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America" for the
past
seven years.
This
honor is still in jeopardy!
What can we do to make the Administration and Board of
Education realize the impact of their decisions on our
students…?
-Call or write a letter to GJSD Administrators highlighting
some of these facts.
-Call a Board of Ed. member and explain the importance of
the competitive music programs.
-Write a letter to the editor and let the community know
what is happening “behind their backs”.
The Greater Johnstown School District
Music Department fields a number of groups which compete locally, nationally,
and internationally. The "flagship group" is the "Marching Sir Bills",
Johnstown's Marching Band which competes in the New York State Field Band
Conference (NYSFBC).
Due to the
recent changes which were made to the program by the Johnstown Board of
Education, the Marching Sir Bills will be unable to compete for the 2009 season.
Competitive winter
colorguard or "Winterguard", is divided up into Varsity level; "Amythest Gold",
JV level; "Amythest", and since 2005, the new junior level Winterguard; "Golddust". Click on any of the links
to the left to get more information on any of these groups, and to see pictures
and performances.
Bookmark JohnstownMusicWeb.com
Please feel free to send
pictures of anything Band or Winterguard related
to:
mcurley1@nycap.rr.com.
We will select a few of the best and include them throughout the website.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Mark Curley
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