As we close out the year we still have a lot going on! April 25: ‘22/‘23 Marching Band/LHS Bands Meeting @ 6:00pm April 29/30: KSHSAA State Solo/Ensemble May 12: SRMS/EMS Bands @ 6:00pm May 13: LHS Bands Concert @ 6:00pm May 14: Class of 2022 Graduation @ 9:30am

This weekend in the LHS school play! 12 Angry Jurors. Go see it! A lot of our band students are also actors and stage crew and even a student director! Friday 4/22 and Saturday 4/23 @ 7:00pm in the LHS Auditorium!

Congratulations to the LHS Theater program on their performances of 12 Angry Jurors on Friday and Saturday!

PROGRAM UPDATE: The new Director of Bands at LHS will be Mr. Drew Johnson, who currently is Director of Bands at EMS (2019-2022) and was previously Assistant Director of Bands at LHS (2016-2019). Congratulations! Mr. Hogan will be staying on as Assistant Director of Bands!

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In honor of our graduating seniors and staff, during graduation weekend we will be sharing their plans for the future! Fabian Camacho—will be attending McPherson College, and studying Music Education Yared Romo—will be attending Washburn University, studying Music Education

Daniel Grandez—will be attending Seward County Community College, studying Music. Sammy Hernandez—will be attending Bethel College, studying Music and playing Soccer Aracely Jurado—will be attending University of Kansas, studying Aerospace Engineering

Shiya Bhakta—will be attending University of Kansas, studying Nursing Olivia Breit—will be attending Seward County Community College, studying Education Edgar Cortez—will be attending Wichita State University Tech, studying Culinary Arts

Harrison Kitts—will be attending Illinois Central College, studying Music Jireh Ramirez—will be attending University of Kansas, studying Exercise Science Lesley Nava—will be attending Wichita State University, studying Biomedical Engineering

Alberto Del Val—will attend a Post Secondary Institution, yet to be decided Cody Bremenkamp—will be attending Seward County Community College, studying Mechanical Engineering Valeria Romeo—will be attending University of Kansas, studying Pre-Law and English

Joshua Portillo—will be attending Seward County Community College, studying Welding Braden Holder—will be attending Full Sail University, studying Music Production Saige Rogers—will be attending Hutchinson Community College, studying Psychology

Alejandro Perez—will be attending Seward County Community College, studying Natural Gas and Compression Technology Johana Ortuno—will be attending University of Kansas, studying Chemistry and Pre-Med

Mr. Johnson—will become the Director of Bands at Liberal High School starting in Fall 2022! Mr. Hogan—will be staying on as Assistant Director of Bands at Liberal High School and USD 480! Mrs. Classen—will be staying on as Color Guard Instructor with Liberal High School Bands

Ms. Diazdeleon—will become Director of Middle School Bands at Carmel Community School in Colorado Springs, CO. Mr. Wright—will be attending Florida State University, studying a Master’s in Jazz Performance and Studies, as well as working as a GTA for the FSU College of Music

We have our final band concert tonight at 6:00pm in the LHS Auditorium! Right after the concert we will be presenting awards to our lettering members and music honors recipients! See you there!

Band Seniors! If you want any pictures or just to hang for a bit, Mr. Wright and Mr. Hogan will be at graduation parties this afternoon!