Music
The Portsmouth West High School has a marching band which are known as "The Sensational Senators" who play at football games, local parades, and compete at contests. PWHS hosts an annual OMEA adjudicated competition called the "Southern Ohio Marching Band Classic" or the "West Contest." The band's current director is Mike Pierce.
OMEA State Qualifications
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- 2011
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- Theme: Cirque Du Soleil: Quidam
- Location: Green High School and Ironton High School
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- 2011
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- 2012
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- Theme: The Magical Mystery Tour: The Beatles.
- Location: The Ohio State University (The Buckeye Invitational), Green High School, and Ironton High School.
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- 2012
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Famous quotes containing the word music:
“As polishing expresses the vein in marble, and grain in wood, so music brings out what of heroic lurks anywhere. The hero is the sole patron of music.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Franceska: I was happy in the life I built up for myself. I put a fine high wall of music around me and nothing could touch me. I was safe and secure. And then you had to come along and knock it all down and I hate you for that.
Maxwell: On the contrary, you love me.”
—Muriel Box (b. 1905)
“During the cattle drives, Texas cowboy music came into national significance. Its practical purpose is well known—it was used primarily to keep the herds quiet at night, for often a ballad sung loudly and continuously enough might prevent a stampede. However, the cowboy also sang because he liked to sing.... In this music of the range and trail is “the grayness of the prairies, the mournful minor note of a Texas norther, and a rhythm that fits the gait of the cowboy’s pony.””
—Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)