Friday, October 22, 2010

Pittsboro Community Music Day

Join the Award winning, All- Superior NHS Marching Chargers on Saturday, October 23 at our local McDonalds. The band will perform and half of all sales between 12 and 2 pm will be donated to the NHS Instrumental Music Program!

Sunday, October 17, 2010

NHS Marching Chargers has "Historical" Performance at Western Alamance




Saturday, Oct. 16th, 2010 was a "record setting" day as the Northwood Marching Chargers "raised the bar" for future Marching Charger marching band members.

The Chargers visit to Elon, NC and was rewarded with the "best to date" scores from the competition judges. Not just for this season, but including every year in the 12 year history of Mr. Cottrell's reign at NHS.

The day began with an early morning practice at Northwood. The students were working with minimal sleep. The evening before, the band and most of the parents, had witnessed one of the greatest "victories" ever by the Northwood Charger football team. The Chargers defeated the "undefeated" Carrboro football team in double overtime. The band, for the 2nd week in a row", didn't get to bed on Friday night before mid-night.

Congratulations to the "NHS Charger Football Team" on a great "homecoming victory".

Now, back to the historical day in Elon. The Marching Chargers earned 1st Place in every caption, 1st Place in the 1-A / 1-AA catagory and "Band of the Day" in Class 1-A / 2-AA catagory. In addition, they continued their string of "Superior"ratings. Actual score from the judges, was a "91". The highest ever by a Marching Charger Band.

Once the Marching Chargers loaded up their "brass" and "plastic" and headed back to Pittsboro, the competition continued in Elon with the larger schools competing against each other. When the dust settled and the final awards were handed out, it was determined that the Marching Chargers would be awarded a 3rd Place Trophy in overall competition for the day, beating out such schools as "Apex and Southview". Congratulations to the Marching Charger Band and Mr. Cottrell. It was a wonderful Autumn Saturday for the Marching Chargers.

Richardson

Marching Chargers "tour" in Ohio

Sorry for the delay in posting to the blog, sharing details with everyone about the Ohio Trip".

The "Chargers" pulled out from Northwood, headed to Cleveland on Thursday night at 11:00 PM. The chaperones were overloaded with excitement about the 10 hour trip ahead. It went better than expected and the group pulled in to Cleveland around 9 AM, ready for their "private" breakfast at "The Hard Rock Cafe". Once finished, the next stop was the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame". Everyone enjoyed their "unique" Friday away from work and school. Later in the say the group checked in to their hotel and prepared themselves for the roller coasters at "Cedar Point". Needless to say, after a few hours of excitement in the park, everyone crashed for a "good nights sleep".

Saturday was a new day with a new mission. The band was up early for breakfast, checked out of the hotel and "off to practice". The goal for Saturday was to put on the best show possible at "Bellbrook High School, in Bellbrook, Ohio. The day was long and the success was sweet, as our Marching Charger Band continued with their "Superior Ratings" and put on a great show for everyone.

For those of us who didn't make the trip, we can watch the performance on "You Tube" at the following link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4zV5lAatSE

On Sunday the band hit the road headed for one last day of fun in Ohio. The destination was "Kings Island" in Mason, Ohio. A fun day was had by all.

The group had a wonderful time and fortunately the weather was fantastic throughout the weekend. They were bless with a safe trip back to Northwood full of memories that will last for a lifetime. I want to especially thank the parents who took time to make this trip. We had several who rode the buses as "Chaperones" and some parents who drove up in their private vehicles. Thanks to all of you for going!

Enjoy the photos below:






















Richardson

"Link to NHS Marching Charger" performance in Bellbrook, Ohio