Thursday,  April 3, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 259 • 4 of 33

Groton Band earns superior rating

• The Groton Area High School Band participated in the Region IV Large Group Music Contest on March 26th.  The event was held at Aberdeen Central's Theatre this year, a change from the regular venue of the Johnson Fine Arts Center.  NSU's production of Les Miserables prevented music contest from being held at the JFAC. 
• The band, under the direction of Reid Johnson, performed two pieces for a panel of three judges, all of whom are retired band directors.  The band played "To Challenge the Sky and Heaven's Above" by Robert W. Smith and "Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Major" by J.S. Bach. 
• In addition to comments on the performance from the judges, the band also re

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