32. CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, April 5 - April 11, 1996
School & Education
Cape High Band returns from Florida with top honors
• By Kristen Seal
The Cape Henlopen High
School Concert Band, Jazz Band
and Choir returned from Orlando,
Fla. this week with more than Dis-
neyworld souvenirs and a painful
sunburn.
The three groups all returned
from the Orlando Classic Music
Festival with "superior" rankings
from the judges - the best ranking
a band can receive.
"We've returned from festivals
with maybe one superior before,
but we've never had all three
groups judged as superior,"
explained Band Director Barry Eli
at a special press conference held
on Tuesday, April 2.
He added that his students com-
peted in the same festival two
years ago and several of the same
judges were present this year.
"Many of the judges said to us
that we had gotten bigger and we
had gotten better," Eli said.
The entire marching band also
shared in a magical experience
over the weekend while in Florida.
The band was selected to march in
the Spectromagic Light Parade
directly through the heart of Dis-
neyworld and around the famous
Disneyworld castle as a part of
Disneyworld's Magic Music
Days.
Eli explained that he had sent
both video and audio tapes in
October with the applicatibn to
march in the parade and one
month later he was notified that
his band had been selected. The
Orlando Classic Music Festival
has been held for ten years and not
once has a band from the festival
been accepted to march in the
Spectromagic Light Parade.
Eli added that the Cape Hen-
lopen Marching Band marched in
the 25-minute parade (playing the
theme from Indiana Jones) with
one other high school band from
Louisiana and floats full of Disney
characters.
"It was just incredible," he said.
"There were Disney characters on
floats throughout the rest of the
parade; one float weighed 12
tons."
The 168 students and 25 parents
departed from Delaware on
Wednesday, March 27 and
returned on Monday, April I.
Several students explained that
plenty of tears were shed and hugs
were given during the awards cer-
emony at Universal Studios and
likened their relationships with
fellow band members as one big
family.
"Our band is like a big family
and everybody takes care of
everybody else," said freshman
Barbara Carter.
"I've been on four band trips,'"
said senior Rob Brandt, "and this
trip definitely went more smoothly
than the others and everybody had
a lot of fun. Whenever we go
away we hear someone else saying
what Mr. Eli has been saying all
along and you really start to take it
to heart."
"Students can learn a great deal
outside of the classroom and the
more that they can get out and
meet other bands and compare
what they're doing, the better
they're going to get," added Cape
Henlopen High School Principal
Kristen Seal photos
Some members of the CaPe Henlopen High School Concert Band are seen here: back row (I-
r) Jim Baker, Craig Beebe, Rob Brandt, Tim York, Mike Parker, Courtney Gregerson, Jen Pep-
per, Lasha Samms, Chris Robinson, Dawn Meding, David Kittell. Middle row (l-r) Scott Elder,
Doug Parke, Chris Myers, Pam Stevenson, Cherie Ockels. Front row (I-r) Alicia Hollenbeck,
Stephanie Read, Katie Melson, Jenny Dey, Princess Savage, Barbara Carter, Holly Hudson and
Band Director Barry Eli.
Ron Burrows. "Barry's [Eli]
enthusiasm has shown through his
chorus and band and we have seen
a big improvement. These awards
certainly speak well of Barry and
the program."
Eli and the Cape Henlopen High
School Concert Band, Jazz Band
and Choir all still have goals in
mind even though they have
received top honors at the festival.
"We are never going to be per-
fect; there are still a lot of areas we
still need to work on to make us
even better," Eli said. "We're
going to look into other festivals
and work on trying to get the choir
to perform at Disneyworld." Several members of the Cape Heulopen High School choir
are pictured above (back row l-r) Choir Instructor Barry EH,
Rick Parsons, Mike Williamson and C.J. Reed. Front row (l-r)
Steve Anderburg, Katie Bandekow, Lea Fritz, Jen Peer and
Chris Myers.
Cape High students inducted into National Honor Society
One of the largest groups of students to ever be inducted into the National Honor Society
earned that honor on Thursday, March 20 in the Little Theater of Cape Henlopen High School.
Faculty members select Honor Society members on the basis of four ideals: leadership, schol-
arship, character and service. "This induction should serve as a benchmark in your lives,"
said Cape Henlopen High Principal Ron Burrows. "It takes a lot to meet these stringent qual-
ifications." The new members of the Honor Society are shown here following their induction.
They are (not in order): Michelle Campbell, Kate Chambers, Brandi Townsend, and Chris
Williams of the senior class; Jennifer Best, Kristy Best, Lauren Burke, Angela CahiH, Marion
Campo, Kay Cofrancesco, Wendy Herbert, Meghan Jefferson, Cheryl McDaniel, Dawn Med-
ding, and Michael Wright of the junior class; and Tara Arensberg, Shelly Beauchamp, Sarah
Burton, Chia-Chun Cheng, Dawn Cintavey, Susan Clark, Daniel Foery, Allison Gaffney, Crys-
tai Hastings, Daniel Heacock, Frank Hitchens, Michelle Manship, Marco Kaye, Sarah McCar-
ton, Kelly Meding, Jarrod Melson, Eric Mills, Tara Pride, Amy Reardon, Mark Redden, Lusha
Saums, Bradley Travis, Kristine Vavala, Erica Waples, and Adam Wright. John M. Hilton is
faculty advisor for the Cape Henlopen High School National Honor Society chapter.
Several members of the Cape Henlopen High School Jazz
Band are shown here. Back row (l-r) Jimmy Baker, Rob
Brandt, Craig Beebe and Tim York. Front row (l-r) Band
Instructor Barry Eli, Doug Parke and Mike Parke.
Cape School District menus
Cape Henlopen District
Lunch menus April 8-12
Elementary and Middle Schools
Monday, April 8 to Friday, April 12 - Schools closed for spring
vacation.
High School
Monday, April.8 to Friday, April 12 - Schools closed for vacation.
