Brighton High holiday band concert includes more seasonal variety

Every year BHS hosts a holiday band concert in the BCPA. This year it was held on December 11th. All of the bands participate with a total of 13 pieces of music. Although there was a rocky start pushing the concert back about 20 minutes, it turned out well in the end.
“I’m in the wind symphony and I play the clarinet, I felt like we played a lot better than what we all expected to perform like. We went in thinking that it was going to be a little shaky, but we pulled through and made it great. I picked the clarinet because it is the easiest to play and I wanted to be in the band,” senior Gavin Morrison said.
The beginning of the concert started with the freshman coming out on stage and noticing that there was an entire row of chairs missing from their set up. They fixed the mistake rather quickly, though it pushed the concert behind. They were able to recover and played their three songs with ease.
“The bands have all been practicing a lot for this concert, I believe that the are prepared as best as they can be. We are going to have all four bands participating in the concert, each band has three pieces they will be performing,” teacher Gabriel Hoffman said.
The concert started off with the concert band. Next, the symphonic band performed, which consisted of all sophomores. Then wind symphony, which is a mix of sophomores and all upperclassmen completed their set. Last but not least was the wind ensemble. Out of all four bands, this required tryouts in order to participate.
“It starts at 7 pm and will last about a hour and a half, even though we had very little rehearsal time during the weeks before. This concert is going to be one of the best ones we’ve had,” Hoffman said.
There were approximately 500 attendants. The stands consisted of parents, friends, family, and some teachers. It was not easy to find a seat for anyone who showed up late. All the side seats were packed so the very few seats that were in the middle were hard to get to. It was the biggest turn out this concert has had in years.
“I think I’m very prepared for the concert, I have been playing drums for a couple years now and I have been in this band for three years now. I’m part of the percussion just because I love drums that was the very first instrument that I was given. I play more than just the drums as well I also play the guitar, harmonica, trumpet, and saxophone,” senior Ervin Foster said.
In all, the concert was a success.
The band hopes to give performances like this for years to come. By coming together to put on a performance to spread holiday joy, the four BHS bands exceeded expectations beautifully in a way that could not have been achieved separately.