[Vision2020] Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival Student Competition Winners

[Tom Hansen]

>From today's (February 23, 2006) Today at Idaho -

The winning vocalists will perform in the Kibbie Dome at 4:45 PM, Friday
(2/24)

The winning instrumentalists will perform in the Kibbie Dome at 4:45,
Saturday (2/25)

Hope to see y'all at both performances to give the kids a hearty "thumbs
up".

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MOSCOW, Idaho - Student vocal and instrumental groups from Shoreline, Wash.
and Spokane, Wash., earned outstanding honors at the first day of the 2006
Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho.

King's Junior High School from Shoreline, Wash., earned Outstanding Festival
Choir honors for the second year in a row, and Northwood Middle School from
Spokane, Wash., played their way to the Outstanding Festival Band award.

Elementary, middle and junior high schools students from throughout the
western U.S. and Canada were the focus of the first day of student
competitions at the 39th annual Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival.
The young musicians performed for a group of adjudicators and top scoring
groups played later in the day at the Potlatch Outstanding Young Artists
Concert in the Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center.

The first day of the jazz festival also featured clinics by jazz artists
performing at the festival, including the Freddy Cole Quartet, pianist Eldar
Djangirov, trumpeter Bryron Stripling and vocalist Roberta Gambarini.

The outstanding student groups and soloists were:

Outstanding Festival Band
Spokane, Wash.- Northwood Middle School: Lee Shook, director

Outstanding Festival Choir
Shoreline, Wash.- King's Junior High School: Darla Pumphrey, director

Elementary Band
Moscow- St. Mary's All City II: Nikki Crathorne, director
Moscow- Runner up: St. Mary's All City I: Nikki Crathorne, director
Moscow- Runner up: St. Mary's All City I: Nikki Crathorne, director
Moscow- Runner up: St. Mary's All City III: Nikki Crathorne, director

Middle School Band
Bellevue, Wash.- Tyee Middle School: Mark Wilbert, director
Pullman, Wash.- Runner up: Lincoln Middle School: Joe Covill, director
Spokane, Wash.- Runner up: Sacajewea Middle School: Patrick Shamblin,
director

Junior High School Band
Spokane, Wash.- Northwood Middle School I: Lee Shook, director
Lewiston- Runner up: Sacajewea Junior High School: Dave Hagelganz, director
Sandpoint- Runner up:Sandpoint Middle School: Tom Walton, director 

Junior Division Combo
Pullman, Wash.- Lincoln Middle School: Joe Covill, director
Sammamish, Wash.- Runner up: Inglewood Junior High School: Daniel Kim,
director
Bellevue, Wash.- Runner up: Tyee Middle School: Mark Wilbert, director

Elementary Choir
Lewiston- McSorley Elementary School: Angela O'Brien, director
Moscow- Runner up: St. Mary's All City I: Nikki Crathorne, director
Pullman, Wash.- Runner up: Franklin Elementary School: Theresa Meacham,
director

Junior High School Choir
Shoreline, Wash.- King's Junior High School: Darla Pumphrey, director
Moscow- Runner up: Moscow Junior High School: Melissa Kleinert, director
Spokane, Wash.- Runner up: Northwood Middle School I: Michael Smith,
director 

Middle School Choir
Sandpoint- Sandpoint Middle School: Jon Brownell, director
Spokane, Wash.- Runner up: Northwood Middle School II: Michael Smith,
director
Spokane, Wash.- Runner up: St. George's School: David Demand, director

Junior Alto Solo
Moscow- Nicki Lee, Moscow Junior High School

Junior Soprano Solo
Garfield, Wash.- Lacee Hendrickson, Garfield-Palouse Middle School

Junior Male Voice Solo
Shoreline, Wash.- Sean Brugger, King's Junior High School

Junior Brass Solo
Nine Mile Falls, Wash.- Jack Joseph Sandberg, home schooled

Junior Woodwind Solo
Lewiston- Justin Wagner, Jenifer Junior High School

Junior Rhythm Solo
Eagle- Keelan Dimick, Rivendell Music Academy

Three of the outstanding student soloists, Lacee Hendrickson, Sean Brugger
and Nicki Lee, were selected to be main-stage performers for the Pepsi
International Jazz Concert, Wednesday evening in the Kibbie-ASUI Activity
Center. The young musicians performed with jazz musicians Kuni Mikami,
piano: Christian Fabian, bass and Wally "Gator" Watson, drums.

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Seeya there, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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Love like you've never been hurt.
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