Sweepstakes Music Trophies

Spring Branch ISD student music groups completed UIL concert and sight-reading performances recently. In all, 21 groups received Sweepstakes ratings by earning a Division 1 rating in both concert performance and sight-reading.

Among Sweepstakes top honors awarded this year, Stratford High School took 11 separate choir, band and orchestra groups to UIL, or the University Interscholastic League, competition and all of them received Sweepstakes trophies.

In addition, the Spring Woods Middle School Orchestra received Sweepstakes for a first time in recent history. Elsewhere, eight groups received a Division 1 rating in concert only and six local groups earned a Division 1 rating in sight-reading. The following student groups (see below) received First Division Superior trophies under the category specified.

Sweepstake recipients earned First Division Superior trophies in both categories.

Concert stage only:

Memorial Middle School: Varsity Band, Non-Varsity Band, Varsity Treble Choir
Memorial High School: Varsity Mixed Choir
Spring Branch Middle School: Varsity Orchestra
Spring Woods High School: Non-Varsity Mixed Choir, Varsity Brand
Northbrook Middle School: Non-Varsity Band

Sight-reading only:

Memorial High School: Varsity Treble Choir
Memorial Middle School: Non-varsity Orchestra
Spring Oaks Middle School: Varsity Orchestra
Spring Woods High School: Varsity Orchestra
Northbrook High School: Band

Sweepstakes (1st Division Superior rating on stage and also in sight-reading):

Landrum Middle School: Varsity Band, Non-Varsity Treble Choir
Memorial Middle School: Non-Varsity Treble Choir, Varsity Orchestra
Memorial High School: Non-Varsity Orchestra, Non-Varsity B Orchestra, Non-Varsity A orchestra, Varsity Orchestra
Northbrook Middle School: Varsity Band
Spring Forest Middle School: Varsity Orchestra, Varsity Band
Spring Oaks Middle School: Varsity Mixed Choir, Varsity Band
Spring Woods Middle School: Varsity orchestra
Spring Woods High School: Varsity Treble Choir, Mixed Choir, Varsity Choir, Varsity Mixed Choir
Stratford High School: Varsity Band, Non-Varsity Band, Varsity Mixed Choir, Non-Varsity Tremble/Bass choir, Varsity Treble Choir, Non-Varsity Treble Choir, Sub Non-Varsity Treble Choir, Full Orchestra, Sub Non-Varsity Orchestra, Non-Varsity Orchestra, Varsity Orchestra

This report compiled and edited by Communications Dept. Intern Kali Venable