Performance news

HS Solo & Ensemble Contest

02/11/2012
Event Details: 
OMEA High School Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Event, at BGHS. Students have been told of their performance times and room assignments and a packet with maps and other information will be available this week. Family and friends are welcome to attend, but there should be no recording, audio or visual, in the performance areas.

Showcase of Bands 2012

09/22/2012
Event Details: 
Save the date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, for the next edition of the Showcase of Bands.

Cedar Point

06/08/2012
Event Details: 
Tentative. March at Cedar Point and then enjoy the day there. Grades 8-11.

Holiday Concert Schedule

The upcoming holiday concerts:
  • Middle School: December 19 (Monday)
  • Junior High: December 12 (Monday)
  • High School: December 13 (Tuesday)
All concerts begin at 7:00pm in the HS Auditorium. Before and after the concerts, be sure to talk with Band Boosters about how you can help out in 2012. And bring some money to do holiday shopping: buy Booster wear!

Whitehouse Fire Department Breakfast

12/11/2011 9:45am
Event Details: 
The Jazz Band will perform at the Whitehouse Fire Department Breakfast on Sunday, December 11th. We will perform twice; once at 10:30 and once at 11:30am. Jazz Band members should meet at the High School at 9:45am.

2012 Chicago Parade

11/16/2012 - 11/18/2012
Event Details: 
The Marching Band over night trip for 2012-2013 will be to Chicago to participate in the parade for the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival. More information coming later.

Junior High Holiday Concert

12/12/2011 6:30pm
Event Details: 
December 12, 7pm, HS Auditorium. Students need to report to the band room by 6:30. Students need to wear khaki pants and a band polo shirt.

Capital University Concert

11/18/2011 11:00am - 11/19/2011 12:15am
Event Details: 

The Anthony Wayne Symphonic Band will participate in the Capital University 2011 Wind Band Invitational and New Band Music Reading Clinic on November 18th.  The band will perform at 4:30 pm on Friday, November 18.

All performances will be in Mees Hall of the Conservatory of Music and are open to the public and free of charge.

Schedule for the day

Students should eat Lunch A and then come to the band room.

Students should wear nice casual clothes (khakis, collared shirts, sweaters, etc.) for the bus ride to Columbus. Concert wear will be hung on racks in one of the buses. After arriving at Capital, we will change into our concert dress. After the concert, we will change back into our casual clothes and go to the Spaghetti Warehouse for dinner. We will leave our instruments in a locked classroom until we return to Capital. Students should bring $10 to help cover dinner to school by Thursday. After dinner we will return to Capital for the Capital Symphonic Winds Concert.

  • 11:15am Load Buses
  • 11:30am Depart
  • 2:30pm Arrive at Capital
  • 3:00pm Warm up and rehearse with Mr. Swearingen
  • 4:00pm Concert
  • 5:00pm Change and load buses for dinner
  • 6:00pm Dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse
  • 8:00pm Concert by the Capital Symphonic Winds
  • 9:30pm Load buses for return to AWHS
  • 12:15am Return to AWHS

HS Large Group Band Contest

03/16/2012 - 03/17/2012
Event Details: 
OMEA Large Group Band Adjudicated Event, Southview High School. Details for the AW Bands TBD, but the contest runs from 4pm on Friday, March 16 to 4pm on Saturday, March 17.

Siena Heights Football

11/12/2011 10:00am - 5:00pm
Event Details: 

The Marching Generals will perform at halftime for a Siena Heights Football game in Adrian, Michigan on November 12th. Students should report at 10:00am and will depart by 10:30. Students return to AW at about 5:00pm. Lunch will be provided for the students by Siena Heights.

Family and friends can purchase tickets at Siena Heights for $5.00.

Several students will be taking the PLAN test on Saturday before the Siena Heights football game. Those students can report to the band room after the test to get ready. A bus will be ready to take them around NOON. Students will have food available when they get to the game (probably about 1). They may want to bring a snack to eat after the test to hold them over until the game.

HS Holiday Concert

12/13/2011 6:15pm
Event Details: 
7pm performance. Symphonic, Concert, Jazz bands. Report at 6:15pm. Concert wear.

Capital concert preview

11/10/2011 6:15pm
Event Details: 
The Symphonic Band will be presenting a concert on Thursday, November 10 at 7:00pm in the auditorium. The band will be playing the same concert that will be presented at Capital University on November 18 as part of the Capital University New Band Music Reading Clinic. Report time for the Symphonic Band will be 6:15pm.

Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade

05/03/2012 5:00pm
Event Details: 
The Marching Generals will appear in the Kentucky Derby Festival Pegasus Parade in Louisville on May 3, 2012.

Junior High Report Time

Junior High band members will need to report to the JH band room at 8pm on Friday night. They should come in their blue polo, khaki pants and tennis shoes. We will run through our show on the practice field, then perform for the post game.

SHOWCASE OF BANDS

September 17, 2011 is the 25th annual Showcase of Bands.

Students must report @ 4:45pm for practice. 

Gates will open to the public @ 6:00pm, the show starts @ 7:00pm