Roosevelt Jazz Bands 2 and 3 and Roosevelt Vocal Jazz are back from the Reno Jazz Festival! Honors and Awards include:
JB2 Combo- 1st place AA division
JB3 – 2nd place, Apprentice 1 division
Vocal Jazz Combo – 3rd place AA division
JB2 – 6th place AA division
Porter Jones – overall outstanding high school trombone!
And many more individual awards of merit.
Last night, our fearless leader was named to Earshot Jazz Magazine’s Hall of Fame. Former student Kelly Barr accepted on Mr. Brown’s behalf, before members of the Seattle jazz community at an awards ceremony held at Tula’s. This is a special honor for Scott – thank you to everyone who cast their vote to help make this happen! See the story at http://seattlejazzscene.com/?p=8262.
Check out the new Roosevelt Jazz Band swag shop! You’ll find Roosevelt Jazz logo T-shirts, coffee mugs, water bottles and more, and special items like the Night in Perugia shirt or the Roosevelt Jazz license plate frame.
Congratulations to JB1 and director Scott Brown! See the complete list of finalists at the Essentially Ellington website.
Vote for Scott at the Earshot Jazz website: http://www.earshot.org/Events/golden.html Balloting ends March 15, do it today!