Updated all monthly calendars and the Events page.
May 11, 2010:
Updated Photos/Sounds menu item; includes a link for photos from Dallas, TX,
and a YouTube video from the Music Awards Concert.
SITE LAST UPDATED — 7/18/2010
News Byte • 10/16/2009
We have updated the last item in the right pane concerning photos. Basically, it
provides options for photo submissions that may help in getting photo albums posted much
faster and more efficiently.
News Byte • 10/2/2009
During October/November be watching for an online survey. The purpose of the
survey is basically to critique the site content, gain an idea of its usefulness, and
identify what changes should be made. Your input will be greatly appreciated.
Our Thanks . . .
Thanks to Michael Champagne (a 2003 graduate of Oak Grove High School) and Freedom Studios for
providing us web server space to host this site.
All monthly calendars and the Events page have been updated with
the 2010/2011 schedule of events. posted 7/18/2010
Photos/Sounds menu updated with photos from the trip to Dallas, TX,
and a YouTube video from the Music Awards Concert. Thanks to all who took pictures and videos. posted 5/11/2010
OGHS DOMINATES DISTRICT by Mrs. Jinkins
Oak Grove High School Bands dominated the State Music Festival in Pleasant Hill on March 19th by
receiving a Division I rating! Because there are so many students enrolled in the OG High
School band, students auditioned for concert season placement forming two independent bands.
The Symphonic Band, made of upper classmen, received a Division I rating for the 13th consecutive
year. The Concert Band, also receiving a Superior I rating, was the only second band of the
festival to receive such high marks.
Both bands, however, are not finished fine-tuning their
skills. They will be traveling to Dallas, Texas on April 21st to represent the school and
community at a National Music Festival.
posted 26 March 2010
by Ron Combs
TRENTON BAND DAY 2009
PARADE WINNING STREAK HITS SIX
The Sound of Panther Pride competed in the Missouri Days Festival in Trenton on 10/17/09 where they
again took 1st place in their class in parade. There was no sweepstakes win this year, but
a solid 4th place overall finish was attained against very good competition. Congratulations
to the drum majors for being awarded best in class.
FIELD SHOW ON YOUTUBE
This years' field show was recorded and uploaded to YouTube. Other than the poles from the
grandstands in view in some of the video, it turned out pretty good. The embedded video can
be viewed here.
You can also view from YouTube by clicking the logo below:
RESULTS: • Parade - 1st (class 4A)
• Field Show - 4th overall, best drum majors (class 4A)
• Indoor Auxiliary - 2nd (class 4A)
by Ron Combs
ODESSA INVITATIONAL 2009 RESULTS
CARIBBEAN NIGHTS — IN THE COLD?
This year's Caribbean Nights theme turned out to be ironic as the Sound of Panther Pride competed
Saturday in what was the coldest early October weather in years. However, the sun popped
out just in time for the field show in which the band took first place in their division. The
parade winning streak stayed alive as the band also took first place in their division in that
category.
RESULTS: • Parade - 1st place (red division)
• Field Show - 1st place (white division)
• Drumline - 3rd place (white division)
• Indoor Colorguard - 2nd place (white division)
by Ron Combs
BLUE SPRINGS BAND DAY 2009 RESULTS
The Sound of Panther Pride took to the field at Blue Springs High School on 10/3/09 and placed
third in class 4A. There was no parade competition in this event.
Congratulations to the indoor Colorguard for placing first in their division and to the Drumline
for placing second.
by Ron Combs
CARROLLTON BAND DAY 2009 RESULTS
EIGHTH GRADE GRAND CHAMPIONS!
Congratulations to the eighth grade band for coming in 1st in parade (class 4A) and winning the
middle school grand championship. Way to go!!
PARADE WINNING STREAK FOR HIGH SCHOOL
The Sound of Panther Pride had another solid performance this year at Carrollton on 9/26/09. Nothing
could beat winning the grand championship like last year, but how about second by 2.2 points! Tip
of the hat to Warrensburg who won it all this year. They had to be awfully good to beat us.
The band took 1st in parade for the 4th straight competition in which parade is an event going
back to last year.
Other results: • Field show (4A) - 3rd place
• Field auxiliary (4A) - 2nd place
• Colorguard (4A) - 4th place
Fellow parents...
We would
like pictures of band events (Carrollton Band Day, Blue Springs Invitational, etc.), halftime
shows, and concerts. Please contact me to arrange for delivery of pictures — my phone
number is shown on the Contact Us page (Ron Combs). You may provide pictures by e-mail, removable
media (CD-ROM, flash drives), or developed photos.
Please understand it may be as long as a week or more before the photos get posted online. In
most cases, the photos must be resized to properly fit in the album and to decrease the image size
to load quickly and keep our web space at a manageable size; then the album must be generated, tested,
and uploaded to the web server.
However, there are options — there’s always options. If you prefer, you can generate
your own photo album and share the link with us. Several recommended sites are Picasa (hosted
by Google), Flickr (hosted by Yahoo), PhotoBucket,
ZooomR, and other independent resources. These host sites
are free but do require sign-up. If you choose this option, the major benefit is that it
saves the limited space available on our site; we simply need to post a link on our Photos/Sounds menu.
The site coordinator and webmaster are strictly volunteers and do this as our time permits. Your understanding is
greatly appreciated.
Contact me if you have any questions/suggestions.
Oak Grove "Sound of Panther Pride" Bands
Oak Grove, Missouri
News Byte • 10/16/2009
All monthly calendars and the Events page have been updated with
the 2010/2011 schedule of events. posted 7/18/2010
Fellow parents...