WMU Jazz Band competed at the Coe College Jazz Summit on Thursday, February 24th in Cedar Rapids. WMU ended up placing second at the three day long event among other 1A Bands. Griffin Humphreys was named the outstanding 1A Musician for the event. The group will compete again on Saturday, March 5th, at the SEIBA Jazz Festival at Clear Creek Amana High School, where they hope to secure another invitation to the Iowa Jazz Championships later this spring. Jazz Band Members include: Saxophones Gabe Hemsworth, Gavin Prior, and Beatrice Anderson. Trumpets Cameron Giese and Kinsley Gunnison. Trombones Griffin Humphreys and Brynn Pogmore. Rhythm Section: Isabel Kann, Maggie Hutton, Isabella Martinez, and Ella Kann. WMU Jazz Band is directed by Lindsey Pogmore.
WMU’s speech team participated in district level competition on Saturday, February 26th at Tri-County School in Thornburg. Six WMU Students prepared eleven events for contest, with ten of those advancing on to State Competition, which will be held at Grinnell High School in mid-March. Students advancing to State Competition include: Chloe Fisher (Poetry, Literary Program), Isabel Kann (Prose, Literary Program), Griffin Humphreys (Radio News Announcing, Storytelling), Brayden Nordyke (Storytelling, Improvisation), and Alli Humphreys (Expository Address, Radio News Announcing). Dakota Silva also competed at District Level (Prose). WMU Speech Team is coached by Lindsey Pogmore.
Spring is just around the corner, and that means many things. One of those things is that it’s almost time for WMU’s annual collaboration with the Minnesota-based Prairie Fire Children’s Theater. After a couple years of pandemic-related hiatus, this year’s production promises to be lots of fun for all involved.Auditions for interested students in 2nd thru 12th grades will be held on Monday, March 7th after school in the small gym, and should finish up by 5:30. Rehearsals will be from 3:30 until 7:30 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with an opening night performance on Friday at 7:00 PM (March 11th) and at 2:00 PM on Saturday (March 12th) in the small gym.There are over 70 parts available for students to participate in this exciting show! Auditions are open to any students in 2nd thru 12th grades. Tickets for these performances will be $10 for adults, and $7 for seniors/students, and available for purchase at the door. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mrs. Pogmore, at 257-7700 extension 128 or by email at lindsey.pogmore@wmucsd.org.
The Winfield Fine Arts Departments are gearing up for their annual Cafe Concert. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, March 19th at 7:00 PM in the big gym. The theme for this year’s concert is “Decades”, and will feature music from different decades of the 20th century. There should be some familiar tunes for everyone! There will be performances by 6th thru 12th grade Choir members, 7th thru 12th grade band members, jazz band, speech team members, and works on display by WMU art students. Additionally, there will be a bake sale and art sale in the lobby. Tickets for this fun event are $10 for table seating with dessert for adults, $7 for table seating for students, and $5 for bleacher seating for all ages. If you have questions or would like to purchase tickets, please contact Mrs. Pogmore at 257-7700 extension 128 or Mrs. Eichelberger at 257-7700 extension 127. We hope to see you there!