 |
News and Events Archive - 2012 |
|
|
Dec 2012 |
|
City of champions: Joliet band has a legacy of winnersJOLIET – The band played "Black Horse Troop," a march with percussion resembling the steps of steeds. A horse is built for the ground and for the wind. So the musicians continued with a flourish of woodwinds – clarinets, saxophones and bassoons. They played the prelude from "L'Arlesienne Suite" by Bizet and the overture for "Phedre" by Massenet. The band excelled with this balance of power and grace, like a horse galloping in the wind. The Joliet Township High School Band won the contest – its first national championship... |
|
|
Nov 2012 |
|
McAllister band era at Joliet Township High SchoolJOLIET – The Minute Men marched down Jefferson Street to the train station, ready on short notice to play for troops headed off to World War I. The war lasted from July 1914 to November 1918, and in the final 18 months, millions of Americans served and 118,000 lost their lives. The Joliet Township High School Band greeted troops – at any time, day or night – as the troops passed through the Joliet station on their way to the battlefields. |
|
|
Nov 2012 |
|
Band directors define eras at JTHSJOLIET – Within the century of musical excellence at Joliet Township High School, there are distinct eras of history. Each era is identified by a person's name – the band director who made it unforgettable in the minds of students. |
|
|
Nov 2012 |
|
'The best band
in the land': A look at
|
|
|
Oct 2012 |
|
Prof to discuss JTHS band's early yearsJOLIET – As the Joliet Township High School band celebrates its centennial, an educator will speak this weekend about the band's early years. The free event will be at 2 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 13, 2012) at the Joliet Area Historical Museum, 204 N. Ottawa St. The public is encouraged to attend, as the museum is hosting a free-admission Founders' Day. Phillip M. Hash, associate professor of music education at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., will examine the history of the band. Hash will discuss the band's origin in 1912 and the tenure of the first long-term director, A.R. McAllister. |
|
|
Sep 2012 |
|
Order On-Line Today! The 2-CD audio recording of our alumni band "Centennial Concert" is available directly from Mark Custom Recording website ... click here, select "Album Title" search and type "Joliet"
Prefer to order by mail?
**Now Available on iTunes** |
|
|
Aug 2012 |
|
Our Alumni Band Concert of July 29th, 2012 is now a part of our rich history. Click here to view the Centennial Concert index page or use the History menu on our home page and then select "Alumni Band Concerts" |
|
|
Aug 2012 |
|
Joliet Grads Win JTHS Band Alumni ScholarshipsTo celebrate 100 years of music at Joliet Township High School District, the band alumni association has awarded two $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors. Joliet Central graduate Cynthia Stacy and Joliet West graduate Michael Holwey received the JTHS Band Alumni Centennial Scholarship Award. |
|
|
Jul 2012 |
|
Musical Send-off Touches Soldier's HeartRichard Wagner, 65, of Chicago, is returning back to his alma mater Sunday to hear a song he played numerous times when the Joliet Township High School Band gave a musical send-off to draftees and enlistees, leaving for Vietnam War. |
|
|
Jun 2012 |
|
Joliet High School Band Celebrating Centennial this YearJOLIET – The Joliet Township High School band thundered to national championships again and again in the 20th century, and its song resounds in many memories, echoing between the limestone walls of its home city. Now, the Joliet Area Historical Museum is seeking the public's help in creating its exhibit on 100 years of band history.
|
|
|
May 2012 |
|
May 2012 Letter to all JT Band AlumniDear Concert Paricipant & Band Alumni: In just under three months history will be made. We are excited to announce that an unprecedented 155 (and growing) alumni will take the stage. This means that we are going to have difficulty fitting everyone on the stage, both for rehearsal and at the concert. To that end, we are asking for your patience in handling the complexities that this event brings. On that note, it has been determined that there are going to have to be two ensembles. We'll be working on the division in the next couple of weeks with the directors and will inform you as soon as possible… |
|
|
Apr 2012 |
|
JTHS Seeks Band Alumni Stories and MemoriesJOLIET – If you tooted a horn or marched in a parade in the past century for Joliet Township High School District, the band alumni association wants to hear your stories and memories. To honor the band's 100th anniversary… |
|
|
Mar 2012 |
|
JTHS Band: 1949 and 1950CHICAGO – The highlight of the 1949-1950 school year was the appearance of the band in Chicago at the Hotel Morrison, on December 12, before 2,000 band directors from forty-eight states. The band was acclaimed "greatest in the land" by such guest conductors as Dr. Frank Simon, formerly soloist for John Philip Sousa, Glenn Bainum, director of Northwestern University Bands, and Paul Yoder and Dave Bennett, famous composers and arrangers. |
|
|
Feb 2012 |
|
Historical museum to honor century-old JTHS band at galaJOLIET – The band program in the Joliet Township High School District is receiving another honor this year, after a century of victories. The program, now celebrating its centennial, has been named the DreamMaker to be featured at the annual gala for the Joliet Area Historical Museum. The Oct. 6 gala – the DreamMakers Ball… |
|
|
Feb 2012 |
|
JTHS: 100 Years to
|
|
|
Feb 2012 |
|
Vice-president of U.S. Steel Corp. - Writes a Band MarchThe School Musician (April, 1937) – The hobby of a Philadelphia high school student of years ago furnished the feature number of the 24th annual concert of the JTHS band on March 19… His composition, "The March of the Steel Men", was given its world premier… |
|
|
Jan 2012 |
|
January 2012 Letter to all JT Band AlumniWell, folks… it's January 2012,
and the Centennial Concert is just around the corner. The next
6 months will fly by much quicker than any of us expect. July 29
will be here soon! |
|
Send e-mail inquires to
info@jthsbaa.org
Report website problems to
webmaster@jthsbaa.org
|
|
Copyright© 2009-2025, JTHS Band
Alumni Association. All Rights Reserved.
(This website was launched on January 30, 2009.)
