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The 7th/8th Grade Concert Band has been invited to the Illinois Superstate competition to be held Fri., May 4, 2007.

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The 6th Grade Concert Band & the 7th/8th Grade Band competed in the IGSMA State contest on Saturday, Apr. 28, 2007. Both bands earned Division I ratings!

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Jazz Band 1 & Jazz Band 2 each take first place at the Illinois State University Jazz Fest

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The 6th Grade Concert Band, the 7th/8th Grade Band, Jazz Band 2 & Jazz Band 1 all competed in the IGSMA District contest on Saturday, Mar. 10, 2007. All bands earned Division I ratings!

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Some Edison band students worked with their private instructors to participate in the IGSMA Solo & Ensemble competition. They really showed that hard work does pay off.

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The Edison Jazz Band 1 showed their talent to the larger schools from Chicago area and beyond.

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The Edison Jazz Band 1 take 1st place and the Jazz Band 2 takes 2nd place in the Middle School division at the Eastern Illinois University Jazz Festival 2007.

The bands performed very well and a number of individuals earned awards as well.

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It is becoming a tradition for the Edison Middle School to participate in the Purdue Jazz Festival. This festival has become one of the more prestigious in the Midwest area. This was the 17th annual Purdue Jazz and it continues to grow in size and stature. The festival draws well known professionals such as "The Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band", Dave Samuels and Claudio Roditi as well as committed educators. The competition is stiff with a number of top notch bands competing.

The specific awards earned by the Edison Middle School Jazz 1 band, their description and how the awards are given out is described in more detail in the link above. You may want to read about it as the Edison Middle School Jazz Band 1 took the Honors Band award for their venue and Tanner Goslin took home the Outstanding Soloist award. Central High School had three big bands and three combos compete in various venues with tremendous success as well. Congratulations to the bands, Mr. Lehman of Edison and Mr. Currey of Central.

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The IMEA (Illinois Music Education Association) District 3 has auditions each year for participation in the IMEA District band. Each year, we have students who audition in the Band and the Jazz category. Some students will audition in both. The talent of the students again shows with the number of students that are placed on either the District Band or the District Jazz Ensemble I, and some students get placed on both. Congratulations to all the students who auditioned.
 

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The Orlando trip is taken every 3-years during the Spring Break. The bands must be invited by submitting audition tapes. Our bands have enjoyed great success on all their trips to Orlando and they performed well again this year. The kids get to mix a lot of fun and work together on this trip.