MARCHING BAND HIGHLIGHTS
T
he Norwin Marching Band’s 2016 production
is entitled “con4mity” and explores the idea
of conforming and breaking away through
the use of music and color. Musical selections
include “New World Symphony” by Antonin
Dvorchak, “9th Symphony” by Beethoven, “The
Hanging Tree” by James Newton Howard, “Code
Name Vivaldi” by The Piano Guys, and “Real Rain”
by Randy Newman.
The band also performed a halftime show at
all football games featuring music from “The
Incredibles,”“Frozen,” and “Despicable Me 2.”
The Band began their competitive season at
the Kiski Band Competition on September 10th.
The band then competed at the Bands of America
Regional at Monroeville, featuring 14 bands from
5 states. The band was named Regional Champion in the
finals competition as well as the Award for Outstanding
Visual Performance. The Annual Norwin Band Festival
took place on September 24th and featured 15 bands
from around western Pennsylvania. On October 8th, the
band traveled to Deer Lakes High School and captured
the 1st place award at the P.I.M.B.A sanctioned event
and swept all captions. On October 29th the band
traveled to Moon Area High School to compete in the
P.I.M.B.A Championships. The band was crowned the
P.I.M.B.A Class AAAA Champion, as well as bringing home
awards for Outstanding Visual Performance, Music
Performance, and General Effect.
The band finished its competitive season at the Bands
of America Super Regional in Indianapolis, Indiana on
November 5th, where the band finished in third place in
Class AAA. The band competed against 55 of the finest
high school bands in the country in a prelims, finals
format event.
The students, parents and staff of the Norwin band
thank the administration and community for their
continued support of the band, as well as music in
general, in the Norwin School District.
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N orwin S chool District Ne ws
Scenes from around the Norwin School District
Animal supplies
collected by
Sheridan Terrace
Elementary
School secondgrade students
for Animal Friends
of Westmoreland
County.
Norwin
Secondary Life
Skills Support
Classrooms took
an educational
field trip to
Buttermilk Falls in
New Bethlehem, PA.
Norwin’s 2016 Homecoming Court (from left to right)
(back row) Kyle Bricker, Brandon Bodnar, Carson Shipley,
Eric Sico, Andrew Halza, Zane Varner, Ryan Squires,
Joe Fisher, Sam Naponic
(front row) Magen Polczynski, Kylie Arnold, Angelina Baker ,
Gabrielle Albensi, Kayla Kolesar, Lexie Kolano,
Rachel Langsdorf, Alexis Birkland, Natalie Durmis
Courtesy of Knight Krier, Norwin High School Student Newspaper
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