Spring-Ford Area High School Band History
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2007 Director - John Eckstine
Songs - Count Bubba, Channel One
March 7 - Daniel Boone HS - Outstanding, Top Saxes
March 8 - Reading HS - Superior, Top Rythm & Sax
March 14 - Pennsauken HS - Top Sax
March 29 - Upper Merion - Superior, Top Trumpets
April 4 - Bensalem HS
April 9 - Virginia Beach Fiesta-Val
2007 Director - John Eckstine
Advanced Songs - Cut & Run, Nikki, Malaguena
February 23 - Perkiomen Valley HS - Very Good
March 1 - Quakertown - Excellent
March 3 - Boyertown HS, - Outstanding
March 9 - Daniel Boone HS - Outstanding
March 10 - Reading HS - Superior
March 16 - Pennsauken HS -
March 31 - Pennsbury HS -
April 13 - Fiesta-Val Music Festival, Orlando, FL -
May 18 - Spring-Ford Spring Concert
May 19 - Spring-Ford School District Art Festival 2007
2006 Director – John Eckstine
Intermediate songs – “Blue Walls”, “Hot Seats”
Advanced Songs – “Goodbye Porkpie hat”; “Count Bubba”; “Carnival”
February 23 – Quakertown HS
February 24 – Spring-Ford MS
February 24 – Perkiomen Valley HS
March 4 – Gloucester City HS
March 11 – Reading HS
March 24 – Pennsauken HS
March 25 – Daniel Boone HS
April 7 – Bensalem HS
April 21 – Toronto Festival of Music
April 29 – Governor Mifflin HS
May 12 - Spring-Ford Spring Concert
May 20 - Spring Ford School District Art Festival 2006
2005 Director – John Eckstine
Intermediate Songs – “Cycle”, “Take the A Train”, “My Way”
Advanced Songs – “Then and Now”, “Haitian Fight Song”, “Masquerade”
February 18 - Perkiomen Valley Middle School
March 12 Reading High School
March 19 Daniel Boone High School
April 1 Wissahickon HS
April 29 – Smoky Mountain Music Festival, Gatlinburg TN
May 6 - Pennsbury HS
May 20 - Spring-Ford Spring Concert
May 21 - Spring Ford School District Art Festival 2005
2004 Director – John Eckstine
Intermediate songs – “Blue Walls”; “Nothing Much Happens Fast”; “In the Stone”
Advanced Songs – “Hot”; “Then and Now”; “Carnival”
March 13 – Reading High School
March 19 – Spring-Ford Middle School Jazz Festival
March 20 – Daniel Boone High School (Advanced Jazz Ensemble only)
April 2 – Bensalem High School
April 3 - Pennsbury High School
April 16 - North American Music Festival in Virginia Beach, VA
May 21 - Spring-Ford Spring Concert
May 22 - Spring Ford School District Art Festival 2004
2003 Director – John Eckstine
Intermediate songs – “Blue Walls”
Advanced Songs – “Belly roll”; “Jefferson Blues”; “String of Pearls”
March 15 – Reading High School (Intermediate only)
March 22 – Daniel Boone High School
March 29 - Pennsbury High School (advanced only)
April 25 - Orlando All-Star Music Festival, Orlando, FL
May 16 - Spring-Ford Spring Concert
May 17 - Spring Ford School District Art Festival 2003
2002 Director – John Eckstine
Songs – “Got Rhythm”; “Jefferson Blues”; “Summertime”; “Children of Sanchez”
March 8 – Spring-Ford MS Jazz festival
March 16 – West Chester University Jazz adjudication
March 16 – Reading HS Jazz Festival
May 3 – Smoky Mountain Music Festival, Gatlinburg TN
May 17 – Spring Concert
May 18 - Spring Ford School District Art Festival 2002
2001 Director – John Eckstine
Songs – “Basie”; “Straight Ahead”; “Jefferson Blues”
March 9 - Spring-Ford MS Jazz festival
March 30- Teddy Bear Auction, Chamber of Commerce, Sunnybrook Ballroom
April 28 - Jazz Ensemble Competition, Festival of Music, New York, NY
May 2- Volunteer Recognition Luncheon, Montgomery County Geriatric and
Rehabilitation Center
May 4- Wilson Area High School Annual Jazz Band Festival, Easton, Pa
May 15- Annual Spring Concert, Spring-Ford Senior HS
May 19- Spring Ford School District Art Festival 2001
Songs - Count Bubba, Channel One
March 7 - Daniel Boone HS - Outstanding, Top Saxes
March 8 - Reading HS - Superior, Top Rythm & Sax
March 14 - Pennsauken HS - Top Sax
March 29 - Upper Merion - Superior, Top Trumpets
April 4 - Bensalem HS
April 9 - Virginia Beach Fiesta-Val
2007 Director - John Eckstine
Advanced Songs - Cut & Run, Nikki, Malaguena
February 23 - Perkiomen Valley HS - Very Good
March 1 - Quakertown - Excellent
March 3 - Boyertown HS, - Outstanding
March 9 - Daniel Boone HS - Outstanding
March 10 - Reading HS - Superior
March 16 - Pennsauken HS -
March 31 - Pennsbury HS -
April 13 - Fiesta-Val Music Festival, Orlando, FL -
May 18 - Spring-Ford Spring Concert
May 19 - Spring-Ford School District Art Festival 2007
2006 Director – John Eckstine
Intermediate songs – “Blue Walls”, “Hot Seats”
Advanced Songs – “Goodbye Porkpie hat”; “Count Bubba”; “Carnival”
February 23 – Quakertown HS
February 24 – Spring-Ford MS
February 24 – Perkiomen Valley HS
March 4 – Gloucester City HS
March 11 – Reading HS
March 24 – Pennsauken HS
March 25 – Daniel Boone HS
April 7 – Bensalem HS
April 21 – Toronto Festival of Music
April 29 – Governor Mifflin HS
May 12 - Spring-Ford Spring Concert
May 20 - Spring Ford School District Art Festival 2006
2005 Director – John Eckstine
Intermediate Songs – “Cycle”, “Take the A Train”, “My Way”
Advanced Songs – “Then and Now”, “Haitian Fight Song”, “Masquerade”
February 18 - Perkiomen Valley Middle School
March 12 Reading High School
March 19 Daniel Boone High School
April 1 Wissahickon HS
April 29 – Smoky Mountain Music Festival, Gatlinburg TN
May 6 - Pennsbury HS
May 20 - Spring-Ford Spring Concert
May 21 - Spring Ford School District Art Festival 2005
2004 Director – John Eckstine
Intermediate songs – “Blue Walls”; “Nothing Much Happens Fast”; “In the Stone”
Advanced Songs – “Hot”; “Then and Now”; “Carnival”
March 13 – Reading High School
March 19 – Spring-Ford Middle School Jazz Festival
March 20 – Daniel Boone High School (Advanced Jazz Ensemble only)
April 2 – Bensalem High School
April 3 - Pennsbury High School
April 16 - North American Music Festival in Virginia Beach, VA
May 21 - Spring-Ford Spring Concert
May 22 - Spring Ford School District Art Festival 2004
2003 Director – John Eckstine
Intermediate songs – “Blue Walls”
Advanced Songs – “Belly roll”; “Jefferson Blues”; “String of Pearls”
March 15 – Reading High School (Intermediate only)
March 22 – Daniel Boone High School
March 29 - Pennsbury High School (advanced only)
April 25 - Orlando All-Star Music Festival, Orlando, FL
May 16 - Spring-Ford Spring Concert
May 17 - Spring Ford School District Art Festival 2003
2002 Director – John Eckstine
Songs – “Got Rhythm”; “Jefferson Blues”; “Summertime”; “Children of Sanchez”
March 8 – Spring-Ford MS Jazz festival
March 16 – West Chester University Jazz adjudication
March 16 – Reading HS Jazz Festival
May 3 – Smoky Mountain Music Festival, Gatlinburg TN
May 17 – Spring Concert
May 18 - Spring Ford School District Art Festival 2002
2001 Director – John Eckstine
Songs – “Basie”; “Straight Ahead”; “Jefferson Blues”
March 9 - Spring-Ford MS Jazz festival
March 30- Teddy Bear Auction, Chamber of Commerce, Sunnybrook Ballroom
April 28 - Jazz Ensemble Competition, Festival of Music, New York, NY
May 2- Volunteer Recognition Luncheon, Montgomery County Geriatric and
Rehabilitation Center
May 4- Wilson Area High School Annual Jazz Band Festival, Easton, Pa
May 15- Annual Spring Concert, Spring-Ford Senior HS
May 19- Spring Ford School District Art Festival 2001