Scenes from the Pops Concert - Jan. 30, 2013

The 2013 SPFHS Pops Concert featured our school's instrumental groups: Percussion ensemble, Rhythmsense, the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, SPF Jazz, the Wind Ensemble and the Moonglowers. Here's a selection of photos by Dan.

If you have photos of this event, please share them! (In particular, we're missing any shots of Percussion Ensemble and Rhythmsense.)

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Coming up: Pops Concert, Day of Percussion, Caberet Night

A scene from Pops Concert 2012

The SPFHS Pops Concert, featuring the school's various instrumental ensembles, is coming up this week, on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. To get in the mood, have a look back at some photos and video clips of last year's show.

On Saturday , Feb. 9, our school will host its annual Day of Percussion, featuring performances by percussion ensembles from SPFHS and several other schools, plus clinics by four outstanding performers and educators. See this flyer for more details.

And Wednesday, Feb. 13, will be Cabaret Night in the high school auditorium, starting at 7:30 p.m. Come hear a variety of music from musicals, movies and more. There will be many solo performances in addition to choral arrangements of selections from Irving Berlin, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Les Miserables.

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Scenes from the 2012 Winter Choral Concert

Here's a selection of photos from the Dec. 18 Winter Choral Concert at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. If you have more images of this event to share, please contact us!

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Winter Choral Concert 2012: Concert Choir Finale

With the holidays approaching, the SPFHS music department presented its Winter Choral Concert on Dec. 18, featuring performances by the Concert Choir, Men's Choir, Chamber Choir, Select Choir, Sensations, Las Cantadoras and of course the 235-member-strong Concert Choir.

Here's a clip of the Concert Choir's final number of the evening, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," with solos by William, Julie, Molly and Julia, accompanied by Alexander on piano, Panayiotis on saxophone, Lonny on bass and Enayi on drums.

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The show before the show: Groovin' Percussion

At football games and band competitions, audiences were entertained by the SPFHS Marching Band's 2012 show, "On the Brink of Change." But those audiences didn't get to see a very entertaining number that the percussion section used in its warm-ups - a mash-up of a drumline cadence and the Beverly Hills Cop theme.

Now, the SPFMBPhotos website brings you this exclusive video of the pit and drumline as they prepared for the year's final competition at MetLife Stadium. Be sure to watch the drumline's choreography on this number known as "Natalie's Groove."

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Marching Band caps off 2012 competition season

To recap: The SPFHS Raiders Marching Band performed this fall in USBands Group 6-A competitions at Edison, Piscataway, South Plainfield and East Brunswick high schools. It also took part in Roxbury High School's Marching Band Classic. The band won First Place at the Yamaha Cup competition, with caption awards for Best Music, Best Effect and Best Guard. And finally, the Raiders placed second at the USBands Nationals competition, took the caption award for Best Effect - and won the "Esprit de Corps" award presented by the U.S. Marine Corps.

Above is a gallery of photos from Nationals. We'd like to keep adding to it, so if you have pictures from the event, please share!

Scroll down to see previous posts on Nationals, including videos of the warm-ups outside MetLife Stadium and of the band taking the field.

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Patch published an article on the marching band's season and its Nationals performance. It features interviews with this year's drum majors. Read it here.