Service Through Music projects, page 3

 The Snow Canyon Middle School Bands performed their Winter Concert on December 14, 2021. The Bands Councils led a charge to gather 100 new children’s books to send to the Rose Parade® to give to the Parade Grand Marshal LeVar Burton. The Snow Canyon Middle School student council announced the book drive every day in school and the school invited all parents to participate. In addition, three elementary school choirs and Orff Ensembles performed with the band at the concert as part of their instrumental advocacy plan. The elementary performers were invited to participate in the book drive as well. With an audience of over 600 parents, the bands opened with “Seventy-Six Trombones” and a tribute to Service through Music. The bands and choirs performed familiar holiday music together complete with a combined rendition of “The Little Drummer Boy” and a hilarious arrangement of “The Chipmunk Song” with kazoo accompaniment. The students succeeded in advocating, entertaining, and ultimately collecting over 100 brand new books to donate alongside the “Saluting America’s Band Directors” marching band!

The 200 members of the Snow Canyon Middle School Bands of St. George, Utah are led by Hayley Winslow. Ms. Winslow is a member of the Band Directors Marching Band in the 2022 Rose Parade. 

For their SERVICE THROUGH MUSIC project and in coordination with the Tournament of Roses Band Cares Program, members of The Band Directors Marching Band donated more than 800 children’s books in honor of Rose Parade Grand Marshal LeVar Burton. Books were collected that featured stories about local communities throughout North America. Additionally, a Barnes and Nobel gift card of nearly $1,000.00 was earned by members and also donated in honor of the Grand Marshal. Donations were announced at Pasadena City College on December 30, 2021 when The Band Directors Marching Band performed at Tournament of Roses Bandfest.

The Band Directors Marching Band includes 270 music educators from across the United States and Mexico. The band is led by Professor Jon Waters and sponsored by Saluting America’s Band Directors and The Michael D. Sewell Memorial Foundation of Pickerington, Ohio. The band marched in the 2022 Rose Parade.