Band showcase
HEIDI DESCH | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 years AGO
Galen Jamison on trombone, Jolene Green on tenor sax and Eric Holdhusen on trumpet perform with the Birdland Jazz Combo during a recent performance at Whitefish High School. The jazz combo performed with the WHS Percusion Ensembel for Muldown Elementary students. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
Whitefish High School student Turner Haugen demonstrates the djembe drum for Muldown Elementary students during a recent performance at the high school. The WHS Percussion Ensembel and Birdland Jazz Combo performed for Muldown students. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
Kathryn Rossi plays the rain stick during a recent performance at Whitefish High School. The high school Percussion Ensembel and Birdland Jazz Combo performed for Muldown Elementary students. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
Port Nugent smiles to the audience while playing the guitar during a recent performance at Whitefish High School. The high school Percussion Ensembel and Birdland Jazz Combo performed for Muldown Elementary students. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
Student Caden Means plays the drums during a recent performance at Whitefish High School. The high school Percussion Ensembel and Birdland Jazz Combo performed for Muldown Elementary students. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
Hunter Grimes plays the flute during a recent performance at Whitefish High School. The high school Percussion Ensembel and Birdland Jazz Combo performed for Muldown Elementary students. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
Heidi Desch is features editor and covers Flathead County for the Daily Inter Lake. She previously served as managing editor of the Whitefish Pilot, spending 10 years at the newspaper and earning honors as best weekly newspaper in Montana. She was a reporter for the Hungry Horse News and has served as interim editor for The Western News and Bigfork Eagle. She is a graduate of the University of Montana. She can be reached at [email protected] or 406-758-4421. | November 28, 2017 2:44 PM
Members of the Whitefish High School Percussion Ensemble and Birdland Jazz Combo recently performed for a group of Muldown Elementary students at the high school Black Box Theater. “Start thinking about what instrument you want to play wen you get to high school,” WHS Band Director Mark McCrady told Muldown students. “It’s good for your brain.”
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