Wildcat Band Members Named To Prestigious All-Region Bands
5 Freshmen Selected To Freshmen, High School Region Bands; 4 Wildcat Band Members Advance to Area Band Auditions In what can only be described as an unusual year, Texas music organizations worked to find ways to still hold annual music events for students. Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Band members have also worked hard to meet the challenges posed by those changes, which this year included virtual auditions for All-Region...
Ten Wildcat Band Members Qualify for All-Region Band; Five Advance to Area
Ten members of the Wildcats’ band qualified for the All-Region Band at tryouts last Friday at North Lamar High School in Paris. The ten students qualified for 11 spots since Celeste Leeds-Laliberte made it for both flute and piccolo. She will go forward on the flute. Five of the students qualified for Area competition on January 13 in Richardson, where they have the chance to qualify for state. Band Director Charles McCauley...
8 SSHS Wildcat Band Members Qualify For Area
Fifteen members of the Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Band made the All-Region Band Friday, including eight whose auditions also qualified them for Area. Students selected to the All-Region Band following auditions Dec. 9, 2022, in New Boston include Caroline Prickette, Laney Bankston, Mika Petty, Justin Chen, Isaac Stanley, Anthony Small, Levi Caton, Valeria Garcia, Cat Starzyk, Kate Hurley, Hannah Hughes, Aubrey Wiliams, Lucy...
SSHS Band Director Spencer Emmert Comments on All-Region Concert and Winter Guard Competition
Wildcat Band Director Spencer Emmert said Sulphur Springs was one of two schools that sent so many students to the All-Region Band Clinic and Concert over the weekend (January 17-18) that they had to use a bus to get students to Mount Pleasant. 19 Wildcat Band members qualified for All-Region Band in competition back in December. Emmert said clinicians at the Mount Pleasant event were Phillip L. Clements, Director of Bands and...
Wildcat Band Has Highest Finish in School History at Area Competition Last Saturday
Wildcat Band Director Spencer Emmert believes the band had their highest finish in school history at Area competition last Saturday (October 26) at Mesquite Memorial Stadium. The Wildcat Band placed 13th. Emmert said it was a great day and the band performed a great show. He said the band performed early, the fifth band to perform. Emmert said the weather was cold and windy. He said Mesquite Memorial Stadium is known for its’...
Ten SSHS Band Members Named to All-Region Band
Ten members of the Wildcats’ band, including two freshmen, made the All-Region Band during tryouts held last Friday at North Lamar. Making the list were Celeste Leeds Laliberte on flute, Christian Corona on trumpet, Nathan Braddy, a freshman, on trumpet, Christian Diaz-DeLeon on trombone, Riley Farley on tenor sax, Owen Lee on alto sax, Natalie Cruz on bass clarinet, Zach Phillips, a freshman, on French horn, Carissa Carter on...
SSHS Students Named to Area and Regional Bands
The Wildcats Band had their best showing in the Charles McCauley years as Band Director at the All-Region Band Tryouts Friday. McCauley announced 18 named to the All-Region Band and five earned Area honors. Both numbers are the best numbers in years. Forty-nine SSHS band students competed. Those named to Area Band as well as All-Region Band are Sophomore Celeste Leeds Laliberte, piccolo (first chair); Freshman Carissa Carter,...
“Updated” 17 Sulphur Springs High School Band Students Honored
A total of 17 Sulphur Springs High School Band students made either the freshman or all-grades All-Region Bands at competition last week. It was a really good showing according to Wildcats Band Director Charles McCauley. Seventeen SSHS Band members were selected to the TMEA and 9th Grade All-Region Bands last week. Hundreds of students from across the region competed for spots in the prestigious Honor Bands. Those earning All-Region...
Sulphur Springs ISD calls Jan. 4 Board of Trustees Work Session
Sulphur Springs ISD has called a special Board of Trustees work session, which will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in the board room of SSISD Administration Building, 631 Connally St. Dec. 12, 2022, Updates Administrative Reports At the regular December 2022 meeting, Sulphur Springs ISD Trustees approved five personnel changes, made 2 appointments. The board also heard at least five administrative reports and updates,...
SSHS Lady Cats Cross Country Team Recognized
Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees during the regular December school board meeting recognized the Sulphur Springs High School Lady Cats Cross Country Team, including coaches, for the runners’ accomplishments in State UIL competition this semester. Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees, Sulphur Springs High School Lady Cat Cross Country Team and Coaches. First, SSISD Board President Craig Roberts...
