The Rampage

Sammi Springer  Staff Reporter   Students compete in intense band competitions, hoping to come out on top. Photo Credit Sammi Springer.   A large group of students gathered at the high school to travel to Johnston high school, where the marching band’s first competition was held on Saturday morning. One of the many performers from Southeast Polk was sophomore flute player Katie Krob, who explained how the competition worked. “We performed and then had a clinic where a guy watched and recorded our show. This one wasn't a ranked competition so mostly they looked at what we had done so far this season and then critiqued us on it,” said Krob. There was a lot of stress put on all the players. “There were judges on the field with us that would watch the marching aspect and then there were others on the bleachers in the box who kind of judged the music part,” said Krob. Even though the band wasn't given a place or score in comparison to the other teams, K...

Sydney Sears  Staff Reporter  High School band room.  Photo credit Sydney Sears. Band lessons will be picking up this week for the band kids at the high school.             Lessons are something every band kid has to go through. Most of the time, except for kids doing private lessons, students in band will be pulled from class to either see Mrs. Meunier or Mr. Gerth for a quick playing of something in the student’s lesson book.             “There’s stuff on rhythms, articulations… Or there’s a section where you have to play an actual song,” said flute player Katie Krob. She went on to say that lessons can really vary to what instrument they’re for, but lessons start off fairly easy and tend to get harder.               Another common difficulty band student’s face is actually making it to t...

Drew Brown Staff Reporter            As of last week band and choir students were informed that there will be no more hanging out in the hallways due to disrespect from band kids to their peers. “Some band kid ripped up a girls music and stole $30 from her,” said sophomore C.J. Dobbins.           To the choir students who go down to the hallway during study hall, this is unfair. Choir kids are enraged by the subject because the situation wasn’t their fault. The people who have permanent passes to the choir room and hallway still have to get permission from the choir directors.             “I think it’s dumb that the choir kids are being forced to the same punishment for something going on with the band kids,” said junior Dustin Guillen “I do understand it though, they are making sure that the same thing does not happen in choir but people need to learn how to be mor...