Band
The Sunlake High School Band starting in its school’s opening school year of 2007-2008 under the direction of Ms. Camper. In this year, several students participated in the All-County Chorus and All-County Band Concerts. In the following school year, the band was led by Mr. Diaz and Ms. Camper. Starting in the 2009-2010 school year, the band was led by Ms. Tonya O’Malley. The band is currently under the Direction of Ms. O’Malley. During the first year under her instruction, the band received Excellent and Superior ratings at the Florida Bandmasters Association Marching Music Performance Assessment (FBA MPA) with their 2009-2010 show titled This New World. They also attended the FMBC West Coast Invitational Competition with the same show. The “Just Jazz” Jazz Band was awarded Excellent and Superior ratings at the FBA MPA of their 09-10 year. All the students who participated in the FBA Solo and Ensemble MPA received straight Superiors in their 09-10 year as well. In the following school year of 2010-2011, the Sunlake High School Soaring Sound Marching Band was classified as an official 2-A band with their show Silence is Golden. They participated in the East Lake Classic Invitational and the Hurricane Pride Invitational Competition. They placed third in their class at the Hurricane Pride Invitational Competition. At the East Lake Invitational, they placed 1st in their class and 5th out of 18 other bands. The marching band also attended the 1st annual Sounds of the Swamp Gator Invitational and was recommended for silver and gold medals. They received a Superior at the 2010 FBA MPA and continued with attendance at FMBC State Semi-Finals with a placement of 15th out of 23 bands. They continued their success by sending several students to participate in the All County Concert Band that year. The “Just Jazz” Jazz Band was honored with Superiors at FBA MPA and the students that participated in the 2010-2011 Solo and Ensemble all received Excellents and Superiors. The Soaring Sound Drumline also performed at the Tropicana Field in October of 2010. In the 2011-2012 school year the marching band won 1st place in their class at the Tarpon Springs Outdoor Music Festival as well as at the Seminole Sound Spectacular Competition. They also won Best Woodwinds and Best Percussion at both, along with Best General Effect and Best Visual at Tarpon Springs. They qualified to perform at State Semi-Finals and place 6th out of 28 bands. The “Just Jazz” Jazz Band Received straight Superiors at their FBA MPA performance and the students who participated in Solo and Ensemble were awarded Excellents or Superiors. Select students participated in the All-County Concert Band in the 2011-2012 school year. The Concert Band received an Excellent at their FBA MPA Performance in 2011. The Sunlake High School Soaring Sound Marching band competed at Seminole Sound Spectacular as well as the Tarpon Springs Outdoor Music Festivals as a 3A band in the 2012-2013 school year. They received 2nd place in their class with Best Percussion and Best Auxiliary at Seminole and placed 4th in their class with Best Percussion at Tarpon Springs. Their 2012 show is based on Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven and is titled Nevermore.
Sunlake High School Band has been featured in periodicals such as The Laker, The Tampa Tribune, and the St. Petersburg Times.
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