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McNary keeps proving
it has one of the best high
school band programs in the
state.
After the Celtics’ two brass
quintets placed second and
sixth at the OSAA/OMEA
state ensemble competition at
the end of April, the wind en-
semble then fi nished fourth in
the state on Saturday, May 13
in Corvallis.
“A lot of people look at us
as an underdog and then we
perform at state,” said Mc-
Nary senior Joseph Lim, who
played trumpet in the second
place brass quintet and fourth
place wind ensemble.
“I don’t think we get the
recognition that we deserve
but I think this year kind of
changed that.”
Lim was joined by Gaby
Monroy (french horn), Jesus
Mendoza (tuba), Andy Okada
(trombone) and Michael Arai-
za (trumpet) in the quintet.
Brendan Terwilliger (french
horn), Jeremiah Voight (trum-
pet), Kyle McNaught (trom-
bone), Danny Okada (trum-
pet) and Brandon Bueoy
(tuba) made up the sixth place
brass quintet.
The quintets played for 10
minutes in front of a group of
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McNary’s wind ensemble, directed by Jennifer Bell, placed fourth at the OSAA band competition on Saturday, May 13 in Corvallis.
judges, competing against the
top 15 large ensemble groups
in the state.
“There are a lot of different
ensembles and a lot of them
are pretty good so to place
second, I took a lot of pride
in that,” Ariaza said.
Ariaza, Lim, Monroy and
Rose LeLack (fl ute) also par-
ticipated in the solo competi-
tion.
Monroy placed fi fth after
fi nishing sixth a year ago.
“Last year I was a little bit
distraught that I got sixth and
I was fi ve points away from
beating the person that got
fi fth so it felt really good to
fi nally get recognized,” Mon-
roy said.
McNary band director Jen-
nifer Bell noted Monroy, who
will continue to play music at
Western Oregon University,
didn’t pick up the french horn
until the summer before her
freshman year.
“She hadn’t played at all
before that,” Bell said. “She’s
made phenomenal amounts
of growth.”
Lim will also be in the
band program at Western Or-
egon and Araiza is going to
the University of Northern
Colorado for music.
The wind ensemble com-
petition included playing on
stage for 30 minutes and then
a sight reading session.
The McNary band placed
third in the state last year
but after graduation added
20 new members to its wind
ensemble, including 10 fresh-
men.
“It’s a challenge because
the kids participate in all sorts
of activities,” Bell said.
“Half the band is involved
in a sport at some time
throughout the year. They
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have to work very hard to
make sure they balance their
academics, their athletics, their
home life and then their mu-
sic life, so it’s an amazing ex-
perience to watch them grow.
We’re very excited. It’s been a
good year.”
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McNary’s brass quintet Joseph Lim, Gaby Monroy, Jesus Men-
doza, Andy Okada, Michael Araiza and directed by Jennifer
Bell placed second out of 15 large brass groups at the OSAA/
OMEA state ensemble comeptition.
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