Page 6 February 2017Feature

By Ari Gonzalez ’18SING promised to be a night of intense playing for the

bands. Each band displayed their own unique talents and wowed the crowd. All of the bands had great determination in winning this year, and this was shown through the hard work and hours they put into learning all of the mu-sic for the performance.

Soleil Robertson ’19, band leader of So-Fresh, stated, “At first they barely had any drive be-cause we thought that time was on our side. It wasn’t until everyone realized how pressed for time we were, that the band got more de-termined.”

This goes to show how even with a small amount of allotted time, the So-Fresh band was able to understand the reality and pres-sure that was put on them to come together and learn all of the music that was required for the So-Fresh performance.

The So-Fresh band faced many different obstacles while preparing the music for their performance.

Kevin Gonzalez ’19, trumpet player of the So-Fresh

SING Band Woos Crowd with Performanceband, stated, “One of the biggest obstacles we faced was choos-ing the right songs to go along with the performers but also ac-commodate for the chorus.”

T h e Junior SING band is com-posed of some accomoplished

musicians. The Ju-nior band also is one that had the most repertoires to play d u r i n g the show.The band

director of Ju-nior SING, Brian Tkachuk ’18, stated, “A band sets up the whole show for

the audience. If you don’t have a successful band,

people won’t think the rest of the show is going to be as good either.”

Tkachuk’s statement shows how important it is for there to be a band to help with the performance or else it would

Photo Credit: Continental StudiosThe So-Fresh band performing.

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be a total disaster.“A band playing live music is one of the major roles

that helps a certain grade win or not. Overall band is a major role in SING, and without a band, there would be something miss-ing,” said Tkachuk ’18.

Bands are important for each grade level’s perfor-mance in SING. The music performed by the Junior SING band was entertaining and went along with what the performers had in store for the audience.

Mica Tonge ’18 stated, “The music was relatively sim-ple to learn because it was a lot of repeating.”

Since this is the last year of seniors being in Midwood, SING has helped shape them into hardworking people. Senior SING band was composed of some of the most talented people in Midwood, who are also role models for the lower classmen. The band was made up of piano, drums, steel pan, acoustic guitar, and electric guitar. The band kept the crowd excited throughout the show.

Demir McRae ’17 stated, “It’s prepared me for adult-hood and taught me how to work with people in a tough environ-ment. There’s a lot of people in SING every year, and me, as band leader, I have to literally work with anyone and everyone in SING.” SING allows many seniors to helps with building up a mindset for success. Even though McRae is part of only Se-nior SING band, he still helps out the lower classmen bands with whatever they need. The Senior SING put on one of the best performances seen so far throughout the school year.

Photo Credit: Continental Studios

Senior zombies wow the crowd with their African dance.

Senior band performs on drums.

SoFresh modern dancers perform the Charleston.SoFresh sets the scene in a pizzeria.

Juniors Jonathan Krimgold (second from left)and Salenna Weiner (second from right) establish a theme of time travel.

Levi (Eric Gayzler ‘17) and Ella (Tyler Green ‘17) confess their feelings for each other.