Dan Carlson, SMS Band Director, conducts “Good King Wenceslas”

The 2018-19 Skyview Elementary (5th Grade) Band performed its first concert at Skyview Middle School (SMS) on 12 December with more than 100 family and friends in attendance at 8 o’clock in the morning. Dan Carlson, Director, is in his first year at SMS. Jane Lin is the instructor for percussion, Tyler Rogers teaches woodwinds, and I teach brass for the eighth year.

The full band performed three pieces from its instruction book, Standard of Excellence: Comprehensive Band Method, Book 1 by Bruce Pearson. They were “Good King Wenceslas,” “Jolly Old St. Nicholas,” and “Jingle Bells.” In addition, each instrument section got to perform individually its own chosen selection. First, the percussion section played “Hot Cross Buns,” followed by the woodwinds (“Merrily We Roll Along”), and concluding with the brass (“Lightly Row”).

The next day after this concert, the band met in the SMS cafeteria for a pot-luck party to complete its fall schedule.

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Dan Carlson, Band Director, Skyview Middle School, Bothell

Jane Lin, percussion instructor, conducts “Hot Cross Buns,” played by the percussion section

The woodwinds section plays “Merrily We Roll Along”

The brass section plays “Lightly Row”

The full band plays “Good King Wencelas”

The full band plays “Jolly Old St. Nicholas”

The full band plays “Jingle Bells”