The Levelland HS Symphonic Band recently ranked 10th in the State, for there performance of Immer Fesch March by Richard Eilenberg, at the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention this past July, in San Antonio.
At the end of the 2009-2010 school year, the band submitted a recording of their performance for the Outstanding Performer Series that the Association of Small School Bands hosts. That recording then competes at all levels and the winner of each level earns their way up to State. The Lobo Band was awarded a position at the State level and earned the 10th spot overall.
ATSSB OPS Certificate
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The Levelland High School Theater Department will perform Electra Tuesday May 11 at 7 p.m. Electra is a one-act Greek drama that was the winner of the Division I, 3A U.I.L. One-Act Play Competition. This is the only opportunity for the community to see this winning production.
“Electra is a tragedy in the grandest style of Greek drama,” Tim Trujillo, director, said. “What a talented group of actors, actresses and dancers we have involved in this year’s One-Act play. Electra is one of the more difficult plays we’ve attempted, and it is a real testament to the depth of talent in our theater program that we emerged as District Champions.”
The public is invited to attend the public performance on May 11 at L.H.S.’s theater. Tickets are $3 each and are available at the door.
Electra is a tale of a woman obsessed with defending her father’s honor. Electra, played by junior Brooke Etheridge, has been kept hostage by her mother, Queen Clytemnestra and King Aegisthus.
Clytemnestra, junior Makenzee Spruiell, and Aegisthus, senior Kyle Hysmith, murdered Electra’s father. Chrysothemis, junior Kristen Williamson, is torn between helping her sister or supporting her step mom, the queen.
The cast also includes: Tanner Saunders, Jacob Faulks, Coby Crisp and the Greek chorus made up of Sarah Adams, Caitlyn Bush, Susan Duff, and Mackinze Spears. Ty Hewitt, Zach Myatt, Sam Moody, Levi Norman, and Leah Stuart make up the crew.
At district, Etheridge won Best Actress, Faulks made the all-star cast, and the Greek chorus made honorable mention all-star cast. Hewitt, won a technical award for best stage manager. At regionals, Etheridge made all-star cast, and Williamson and Saunders made honorable mention all-star cast.
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The Levelland High School Symphonic Band recently competed at the UIL Concert and Sightreading Contest in Sundown, on March 11, 2010. The band earned a first division in both concert and sightreading for the contest. This gave the band an overall award of sweepstakes!
Sweepstakes is an award given to bands that earn a first division, which is the highest mark that UIL can give at a contest, in marching, concert, and sightreading. This is an overall award on the entire school year for the band From what we are able to find, it has been 11 years since the last sweepstakes and only the second one in over 30 years.
“I am extremely happy for the award that the band has been able to accomplish. Their hard work, dedication, and discipline that they have put forth this year has taken them to the highest level.”
Jerry Hernandez
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Recently Levelland High School Automotive Technology students competed at District SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills contest. Marcus Jones earned a second place finish in Aviation Service Technology Skills, which qualified him to attend the State SkillsUSA Contest in Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 23-26, 2010. Marcus also competed in the Auto Parts Technical Information Test, finishing in the top five in both areas. Colt Campbell placed second in First Aid/CPR, second in Marine Service Technology Skills, and also competed in the Auto A/C Technical Information Test. Colt competed very well and placed in the top five of each of his events. LHS is very proud of these young men and their accomplishments this year.”
LHS’s Electra wins first in district and advances to Area April 9. Brooke Etheridge wins Best Actress. Jacob Faulks makes all-star cast. The chorus ensemble (Duff, Spears, Adams, Bush) makes honorable mention all-star cast. Cast and crew receives great review from judge.
one act play cast
- upon hearing judges decision . . .
Back: Tim Trujillo (director), Kyle Hysmith (cast), Sam Moody (crew), Zach Haynie(crew), Colby Crisp(cast),Leah Stuart(crew), Ty Hewitt(crew), Jacob Faulks(cast),Levi Norman(crew), Tanner Saunders(cast),Zach Myatt(crew),
Front: Kristen Williamson(cast),Mackenzee Spruiells(cast),Caitlyn Bush(cast),Susan Duff(cast),Sara Adams(cast),Brooke Etheridge(cast),Mackenzie Spears (cast).
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Three Journalism students will compete at the Regional UIL Academic Meet April 23-24 at Texas Tech University. At the district meet on March 26, they qualified.
Senior Lindsey Lopez placed 1st in headline writing. Junior Tanner Saunders placed 2nd in news writing (for the second year). Senior Kati Walker placed 3rd in feature writing, and she will be an alternate in news writing since she placed 4th in news.
“The Wolf Pack rocks!” Walker said. “We will work hard to prepare for regionals.”
This is the 3rd year that Journalism student(s) have advanced to regional competiton.
Levelland also earned points in other academic areas. Saunders also placed 4th in poetry oral interpretation. Brooke Etheridge and Lyndsy Donnell were 5th and 6th in prose interpretation. Jessica Bustillos got 5th in Mathmatics. Alex Johnson placed 6th in computer science. Ryne Parrish placed 7th in Number Sense.
The sponsors are: Kelly Williamson, Journalism; Tim Trujillo, Poetry & Prose; Randy Parrish, Math & Number Sense; and Sandy Bridges, Computer Science.
Trujillo’s one act play goes to competition March 30-31.
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The LHS students pictured below recently attended the State BPA Conference in Ft. Worth. Two teams and two individuals competed in events and 5 students received a Torch Award. The web site design team consisted of Natasha Carranza, Alex Johnston, Ken Shipley, and Layton Thorpe. Their web site can be viewed at http://216.48.248.98/hs/20092010/BPA/BPA.html. Be sure to click on the Web Design Team Competition Site after looking at the LHS BPA site. The video production team consisted of Chamarae Polk, Sabra Rhodes, Tavien Rosemond, and Jovany Valdez. The video this team created featured a local hero who served in World War II. Kassi Martin competed in Advanced Spreadsheet and Elli Runkles competed in Database Applications. Kassi Martin, Elli Runkles, JD Logan, Haylee Weaver, and Kelsay Blair received a Torch Award. We are proud of how well these BPA students represented LHS at state! 
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LHS juniors Derek Dunn and Alex Johnston both were awarded gold medals at the Idigi Festival awards ceremony at South Plains College on Friday, March 5. Derek and Alex each created a web site to submit in the Educational Division of the Idigi Festival which was sponsored by the DeComm Club at SPC. The gold medal represented an “Excellent” award. Congratulations to Derek and Alex!
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