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Elgin High School band qualifies for first-ever OSAA state competition
By DAVIS CARBAUGH
The Observer
ELGIN — Hard work is
paying off for the Elgin High
School band.
After practicing their
routine since early in the
winter, members of the Elgin
High School band are seeing
the rewards of their dedi-
cation on the big stage. The
Huskies took first place at the
1A Special District 4 compe-
tition to earn an automatic
qualifier to the OSAA state
band competition in Corval-
lis — the trip to state marks
the first time an Elgin band
has competed in the statewide
event.
“It feels amazing,” senior
saxophone player Paige
Gifford said. “I’m so happy we
were able to pull together, get
the music done and go to state.
We missed out on it so many
years before, so it’s awesome
to finally be able to do it.”
The Elgin High School
band consists of 15 members,
ranging from grades seven
through 12. The Huskies
placed first overall against
Grant Union and Wallowa at
the Special District 4 compe-
tition on Friday, March 18,
scoring 84, 84 and 88 and
automatically qualified. The
Elgin band performed the
songs “Highland Legend,”
“Ballade” and “Legacy” at the
district competition and will
play the same routine at state.
Davis Carbaugh/The Observer
Members of the Elgin High School band practice at Elgin High School on Thursday, April 21, 2022. The band, which includes
students from grades seven through 12, earned its first-ever automatic qualifier to the OSAA state competition in Corvallis.
Tucker Murphey is in
his eighth year as the band’s
director. Prior to his tenure at
Elgin, the school had not had
a band program for five years.
After two years of
COVID-19 cancellations and
a near miss at going to state in
2019, the Elgin band is poised
to make its first-ever run at
the OSAA state competition
in Corvallis on May 13.
For Gifford, the collective
hard work and dedication of
the band stands out as a differ-
ence maker in the Huskies’
success.
“It’s a lot of work and a lot
of Mr. Murphy going through
drills with us to get down the
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PENDLETON — As
wheat crop tours for farmers
resume in the Pacific North-
west, researchers also plan to
get together for their annual
field day.
The Wester n Wheat
Workers tour June 20-22 is
primarily for researchers,
crop consultants and indus-
try leaders, but farmers are
also welcome, said Chris-
tina Hagerty, Oregon State
University assistant profes-
sor of plant pathology at the
Columbia Basin Agricultural
Research Center in Pendle-
ton.
“We really get into the
minutiae at these meet-
ings,” Hagerty said. “Getting
researchers together like this
gives us the opportunity to
really understand what the
biggest challenges are in the
community of researchers,
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from Richie Garnder, inte-
grated vegetation staff officer
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The agenda includes
discussions about cover crop-
ping, a presentation from
Syngenta about hybrid wheat
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While planning the event,
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together.
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and how we can tackle that
as a unit.”
Topics can include differ-
ent races of stripe rust,
disease resistance genes
and locations of cooperative
trials. State reports about the
greatest challenges from the
past production cycle reveal
opportunities for researchers
to collaborate, she said.
The event returns to
CBARC after a two-year
hiatus due to the COVID-19
pandemic.
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The field day is in conjunc-
tion with a conference held
by National Information
Management and Support
System’s multi-state research
committee on cereal diseases,
WERA97.
Hagerty welcomed the
resumption of in-person field
days.
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in-person conversations,”
she said. “There’s just really
nothing like getting to walk
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Klamath Falls
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mance like the district compe-
tition. As a senior with the
most experience in the band,
she makes it a point of empha-
sis that the band members not
over stress themselves before
going on stage.
At the 1A level, Elgin will
be competing against eight
teams from across Oregon at
Wheat researchers, consultants to
ponder ‘minutiae’ during field tour
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rhythms,” Gifford said. “A lot
of us take home our instru-
ments to take more time to
get the rhythms down and
stuff like that, making sure
they sound good.”
Gifford also noted that the
band members try to stay as
composed as possible on the
day of an important perfor-
the state competition. Junior
trumpet player Andrew Buck-
ley stated that being around
other bands with different
skill sets will be a good learn-
ing experience for the Elgin
band.
“I’m definitely nervous,
but it’s going to be really fun,”
he said. “Hopefully we can
bring home a trophy.”
While each individual
band member must have their
instrument ready and notes
memorized, the band is very
much a team.
“ Eve r y b o d y wo r k s
together really well,” Buck-
ley said. “It’s nice being able
to play with a band that is
good at listening to each other,
which helps the sound of the
whole band.”
“It’s definitely very import-
ant,” Gifford said. “We’re kind
of like a small family. We have
to get along and we all lean on
each other when it comes to
playing our instruments well.”
In 2019, Elgin scored high
enough to qualify for state but
the band’s season ended after
a mix-up made it ineligible for
state qualification. Gifford is
one of two seniors who were
a part of that band, which has
been a big motivation during
the group’s strong showing
this year.
“We lost out on going to
state a couple years ago and
then COVID happened, so this
was really exciting since it’s
my senior year,” Gifford said.
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