{"id":1730,"date":"2010-01-13T13:24:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T13:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2010\/01\/13\/delta-state-to-host-2010-high-school-honor-band-clinic\/"},"modified":"2013-09-09T14:08:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T14:08:24","slug":"delta-state-to-host-2010-high-school-honor-band-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2010\/01\/delta-state-to-host-2010-high-school-honor-band-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State to host 2010 High School Honor Band Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">Delta State University will host the 2010 Honor Band Clinic beginning Thursday, Jan. 21. The event&rsquo;s culminating concert will be held on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. inside the Bologna Performing Arts Center on the campus.&nbsp; <\/font><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">This year&rsquo;s Honor Band is comprised of 100 of the most talented students in Mississippi representing more than 30 of the state&rsquo;s high schools.&nbsp; These students earned their place in the ensemble following auditions that took place during the fall 2009 semester.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The clinic begins with check-in on Thursday beginning at 4 p.m. in Zeigel Hall. The students will have their first rehearsal that evening followed by a choice of swimming, use of Wyatt gymnasium, or watching a movie.&nbsp; <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">On Friday, the students will continue rehearsing in preparation for the concert on Saturday.&nbsp; <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">This year&rsquo;s guest clinician is Dr. Greg Fant, Interim Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences and former assistant director of bands at New Mexico State University. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Fant is a graduate of Delta State University.&nbsp;While teaching in Mississipi following&nbsp;hisgraduation,&nbsp;Fantwas named the 1984 winner of the A. E. McClain Award, presented to the top young Mississippi&nbsp;band director.&nbsp; <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The exciting program&nbsp; will feature selections chosen by Fant from the following: &ldquo;Fanfare and Flourishes&rdquo; by Jim Curnow, &ldquo;Southwest Summer&rdquo;by Robert W. Smith, &ldquo;Southern Hymn&rdquo;by Samuel Hazo, &ldquo;Rushmore&rdquo; by Alfred Reed, and &ldquo;Ther&rsquo;re Off,&rdquo;a march by Fred Jewell and arranged by Andrew Glover.&nbsp; <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Delta State Music Department at (662) 846-4615.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State University will host the 2010 Honor Band Clinic beginning Thursday, Jan. 21. The event&rsquo;s culminating concert will be held on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. inside the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1730"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38867,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions\/38867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}