With Pride!

RL TURNER HIGH SCHOOL LION BAND
2007/2008 School Year

With Pride!

The Lion Band is especially proud of these Band Students who have exhibited the Lion Band mantra "With Pride!" with these exceptional achievements:

Saturday, February 23, 2008, 29 French students from R. L. Turner competed against 400 other North Texas students at Wylie High School in our annual competition La Fête Française. We came home with 11 ribbons!

Here We Roar Again ... Congratulations!

1st First place

Franco Castillo for Brass solo

Emilia Alza for Read Poetry 3

Minh Nguyen for Read Poetry 5

2nd place winners

Victor Rosales for Brass Solo and our French 3 Music Video. The music video was performed by Lesly Hermilloso, Catrin Ahumada, Franco Castillo, Kathryn Kidson, Victor Rosales, Herver Penado and Leysla Rodriguez, filmed by Melissa Vazquez and edited by Lindsey Humphries.

3^rd place winners

Gloria Sanchez for B/W Photography,

Lindsey Humphries for Crafts

Leysla Rodriguez for Painting

Minh Nguyen for Read Prose 5

Dramatic Scene 3 with Franco Castillo and Kathryn Kidson.

The students were so enthusiastic and worked hard to prepare for this competition. At the competition, I saw them exhibit our Character Values, especially when helping the custodians clear trash off the tables that other students had left behind. I am so proud of them!!

The Lion roars with pride as The National Merit Scholarship Program announced February 1, the National Merit Finalists in the 2008 Competition.

R.L. Turner High School is proud to announce our 2008 National Merit Finalists:

Lindsey Humphries

Kathryn Kidson

Joel Long

Neeka Parker

Christopher Tensmeyer

These students are one of more than 1.4 million students who enter the competition by taking the challenging PSAT exam in October. Of the 1.4 million only 1% of the top scoring students are selected by the National Merit Scholarship Program as a Finalist.

Congratulations to these amazing students for a job well done in the 2008 Competition!

Congratulations to our Solo & Ensemble Champions

We had 43 Division 1 ratings, 8 Division 2 ratings, and 5 Division 3 ratings. We now have 19 students eligible to participate in the UIL State Competition at the end of May in Austin at the University of Texas!

Here is the breakdown...

1st Division – Memorized class I solo & eligible for UIL State Competition

Student	Instrument	Student	Instrument
Angela Park	Oboe	Evan Runyon	Bassoon
Chris Hoffman	Tenor Saxophone	JaRod Hall	Tuba
David Hurtado	Marimba	Roselle Nnaji	Marimba

1st Division – Class I ensemble and eligible for UIL State Competition

Clarinet Trio	Saxophone Quartet	Trumpet Trio	Euphonium Trio
Cindy Arteaga	Cameron Andrade	Seth Hoenig	Franco Castillo
Joy Lee	Chris Hoffman	Brandon Pettyjohn	Hank Cooper
Stefanie Lyon	Austin Ranalletta	Michael Steele	Jonathon Garrett
	Thomas Stephan

1st Division on a Solo

Student	Instrument	Student	Instrument
Ashley Detmering	Flute	Genevieve Martinez	Flute
Neeka Parker	Flute	Stephanie Wells	Flute
Cindy Arteaga	Clarinet	Stefanie Lyon	Clarinet
Nicole Bullis	Clarinet	Shari Wells	Clarinet
Thomas Stephan	Alto Saxophone	Riley Walberg	Trumpet
Amanda Werneke	Horn	Franco Castillo	Euphonium
Taiki Nakamura	Tuba	Andrew Yin	Tuba
Jason Camarse	Snare Drum	Pablo Cardona	Snare Drum
Jaime Rangel	Snare Drum	Zach Oliver	Marimba

Trombone Trio

Khristina Coffelt

Ian Ferguson

Stephen Massey

2^nd Division on a Solo

Student	Instrument	Student	Instrument
Caroline Claiborne	Bassoon	Jack Needham	Bass Clarinet
William Shelton	French horn	Miguel Teran	Bass Trombone
Adrian Martinez	Drums

Flute Trio

Vivian Belmonte

Ashley Detmering

Genevieve Martinez

CONGRATULATIONS All Stater!!!

Student	Instrument	Status
JaRod Hall	Tuba	Advanced to All State

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

To Lions Advancing to Area

Student	Instrument	Status
Angela Park	Oboe	Advanced to Area
JaRod Hall	Tuba	Advanced to Area

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

Our Region 24 Champions

Lion Band Student	Instrument	Band
Angela Park	Oboe	Wind Symphony
Andrew Yin	Tuba!	Symphonic Band
JaRod Hall	Tuba	Symphonic Band
Stefanie Lyon	Clarinet	Symphonic Band
Thomas Stephan	Alto Sax	Concert Band
Shari Wells	Clarinet	Concert Band
Evan Runyon	Bassoon	Concert Band
Caroline Claiborne	Bassoon	Concert Band
Michael Steele	Trumpet	Freshman Band
Cindy Artega	Clarinet	Freshman Band

** How 'bout our Seniors **

Congratulations to the Drumline!

At the Plano Drumline Competition:

The RLT Drumline placed 8th overall in their division

Jason Camarse and Brandon Gipson, our tenor line, received the "Caption Award" which is effectively 1st place in their class!

Congratulations to the Following Students who were named as National Merit Scholarship

Semi-finalists

Kathryn Kidson - flute/colorguard
Neeka Parker - flute

Commended Students

Andrew Seedorf - trombone

Congratulations to the Following Student who were selected for All Region Jazz Ensemble

Lion Band Student	Instrument	Ensemble
JaRod Hall	Trombone	I
Chris Hoffman	Tenor Sax	II
Evan Runyon	Bari Sax	II
Thomas Stephan	Alto Sax	II
Miguel Teran	Trombone	II