Music can take you many places in life. EPGHS Junior, Sarah Fairburn knows this first hand as she recently used her talents to take her all the way to sunny California. Sarah spent the first few days of 2009 working with student-musicians from all of the country as she played trumpet for the Tournament of Roses Parade. Sarah was selected by audition and director reccommendation to perform with the All-American Marching Band. The main event was marching a the 5.5 mile parade. That's over 5 times the size of the El Paso-Gridley Homecoming Parade!
The types of people in band programs seem to be consistent across the country. "It was great to meet all these people, but a lot of them reminded me of members of our own band." Sarah said, all smiles as she told the band about her trip during our first week back.
"These experiences are vital for our students. It's very rewarding to see them using the skills they develop in our classes to get out and really do something. I hope more students gain these types of experiences through our programs at EPG."
- Mr. Freesen
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Way to go Sarah! We're proud of you!
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How cool. I wish I was good enough to get to go to something like this.
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