Ray-Pec Band students performed at the District Solo and Small Ensemble Festival in Grain Valley Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29, 2014. Students spend months preparing solo and/or ensemble literature to perform for trained judges. Judges rate each performance as Division I (Exemplary), Division II (Outstanding), Division III (Satisfactory), Division IV (Developing), or Division V (Ineffective). Students who receive a Division I (Exemplary) rating will perform their music at the state level May 2, 2014 on campus at MU in Columbia.

Division I (Exemplary) Ratings

• Kit Leonard (Marimba solo)
• Sawyer Bletscher (Tenor Saxophone solo)
• Taylor Sims (Clarinet solo)
• Noah Goodwin (Trombone solo)
• Tommy Renfro (Trumpet solo)
• Zoe Goodwin (Clarinet solo)
• Mandy Snell, Brooke Purvis, Amber McNiel (Flute trio)
• Taylor Byrnes (Alto Saxophone solo)
• Codey Hass, Sam Osborne, Gordy Adolphson (Clarinet trio)
• Codey Hass (Clarinet solo)
• Mara Beedle (Clarinet solo)
• Logan Jungman (Tuba solo)
• Rebecca Scott (Trumpet solo)
• Sam Osborne (Clarinet solo)
• Addie Schwartzman (Oboe solo)
• Derek Fields (Horn solo)
• Brandon Jungling (Trombone solo)
• Elizabeth Smallwood (Clarinet solo)
• Cameron Leonard (Clarinet solo)
• Daichi Tadokoro (Timpani solo)
• Alex Taylor (Horn solo)
• Luke Randolph (Snare Drum solo)
• Daichi Tadokoro, Kit Leonard, Connor Berry (Percussion Ensemble)
• William Dickerson (Tuba solo)
• Sawyer Bletscher, Taylor Byrnes, Brayden Roberts (Saxophone trio)
• Cooper Allan (Snare Drum solo)
• Connor Berry (Marimba solo)
• Mara Beedle, Addie Schwartzman, Jordan Butler, Logan Jungman (Clarinet quartet)
• Daichi Tadokoro (Marimba solo)
• Luke Randolph (Viola solo)
• Elizabeth Daugherty, Luke Randolph (Violin/Viola duet)
• Elizabeth Daugherty (Piano solo)
• Kit Leonard (Piano solo)

Division II (Outstanding) Ratings

• Shane Harrison (Tuba solo)
• Katie Hatfield (Trombone solo)
• Dominique Williams, Elizabeth Smallwood, Marley Polka, Raygn Yates (Clarinet quartet)
• Cameron Leonard (Oboe solo)
• Carter Wilhite (Marimba solo)
• Logan Jungman (Clarinet solo)
• Lonnae Young (Trumpet solo)
• Preston Misemer (Snare Drum solo)
• Grace Hart (Flute solo)
• Audrey Warters (Oboe solo)
• Emily Tribolet (Flute solo)
• Sean Thomas (Snare Drum solo)
• Jacob Paszkiewicz (Euphonium solo)
• Matthew Feith (Clarinet solo)
• Paul Wulff, Brandon Jungling, Noah Goodwin (Trombone trio)
• Jacob Crabtree (Snare Drum solo)
• Katie Hatfield, Nick Lanza, T.J. Stephens (Trombone trio)
• Makayla McIntosh (Bassoon solo)
• Rebecca Scott, Brandon Jungling, Kaitlin Roberts (Brass ensemble)
• Youxing Yang (Alto Saxophone solo)
• Rachel Pope (Flute solo)
• Jacob Shriner (Trumpet solo)
• Laura Fambrough (Flute solo)
• Zach Jungling (Trumpet solo)
• Zandri Bredenhand (Clarinet solo)
• Lanie Harmon (Flute solo)
• Patricia Pollard (Clarinet solo)
• Kaylee Story (Snare Drum solo)
• Hannah Abbott, Hailey Abbott, Josie Smith (Clarinet trio)
• Miranda Tipton, Addie Schwartzman, Rachel Pope (Flute trio)
• Reed Heinrich (Trumpet solo)
• Derek Fields, Alex Taylor, Kaitlin Roberts (Horn trio)
• Dominique Williams (Clarinet solo)
• Collin Weis (Snare Drum solo)
• Toni Trusk (Piano solo)

Division III (Satisfactory)

• Nick Herren (Trumpet solo)
• Nick Lanza, Katie Hatfield, T.J. Stephens, Logan Jungman (Trombone quartet)
• Sarah Hill (Flute solo)
• Chad Byous, Emma Thompson, Kylee Nelson (Horn trio)
• Jordan Stephens, Matt Anderson, Nick Herren, Parker Kaifes (Trumpet quartet)
• Ryan Herren (Horn solo)
• Youxing Yang, Jordan Crane, Matt Crotty (Alto Saxophone trio)

It's official. The School Board approved the Band Department to take an unforgettable trip to Hawaii in November 2015. 

The first trip informational meeting will be held Tuesday, March 11 at 7:00pm in the South High School theater. All students currently in 7th through 10th Grade are invited to the meeting where details for the trip will be announced.