Christine and Andy perform and play on annual SPFHS spring music trip

Christine and Andy took part in a Festival of Music student performance competition in the Washington area April 15-16.

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School music department - a couple of hundred students strong - traveled by bus April 14 to a hotel in Dulles, Va., for a three-night stay.

Concert Choir during warm-up.
Christine is standing in front, second from left.

Friday was performance day - and a long day it was! Four choral groups sang in the morning at Vienna Presbyterian Church in Vienna, Va. Christine sings soprano with the school's Concert Choir.

After lunch, instrumental groups took the stage at the Rachel Schelesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria. Christine performed on flute with the Concert Band. Andy played percussion in the Concert Band and with a percussion ensemble and a "jazz lab" group. Those are just three of the eight instrumental groups from SPFHS that performed.

Concert Band during warm-ups.
Photos by another student, via Facebook.

On Saturday morning, when awards were presented at Schelesinger Hall, the SPFHS musicians won every category in which they were entered.

Saturday afternoon was the students' chance to do some sightseeing at the Washington Mall. The weather was poor, so Christine and Andy and their friends spent most of their time in the Museum of Natural History.

Photos by Christine

Andy is bowled over by bowling.

That night the crowd took over a bowling alley in Sterling, Va., dressed in wild outfits for a "rave" party of music, dancing, pizza and (mostly bad) bowling.

Christine and Matt, seated at left, and other members of their senior class.
Photo by another student, via Facebook.

It was another successful, and fun, SPFHS spring music trip - Christine's last, and Andy's first. Congratulations to the student musicians of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School.