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7/31/2021

Car Wash

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Get your car all shined up and spiffy and support a great community cause at the same time! Head to the Cherokee Bands Car Wash:
>> Saturday, July 31st
>> 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
>> Lauren Oak Garden Center, 199 Tomlinson Mill Rd, Marlton
>> cost: your preferred donation

All proceeds will benefit the Cherokee High School band programs, which have been hit particularly hard this year by state budget cuts and the pandemic related inability to hold fundraising events. Your donation is greatly appreciated!

7/29/2021

Dine Out Night at Panera

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11/19/2019

CHS Students to Perform in TCNJ Honors Wind Ensemble

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Seven CHS Students to Perform in TCNJ Honors Wind Ensemble

Seven student musicians from Cherokee’s Wind Ensemble will be performing as members of The College of New Jersey’s (TCNJ) Honors Wind Ensemble.

Under the baton of maestro Dr. Eric Laprade and Dr. Colleen Sears; Jihyung Kim (Bp clarinet), Hailey Goffin (Bb clarinet) Grace Fox (trumpet), Dana DiCostanzo (French horn), Aiden Baxter (French horn), Justin Farquhar (bass trombone) and Alexis Cherby (bassoon); will perform exceptional wind band repertoire, along with other student musicians from the state.

The performance will take place in the Kendall Mainstage Theatre on the campus of TCNJ at 8 p.m. on Saturday, November 23rd, 2019.

11/3/2019

CHS Students Selected for 2019 Rowan Windfest

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Cherokee Band Students Selected for 2019 Rowan Windfest

Congrats to Ryan Block, Leah Kaup and April Warchol for being selected to the Rowan University's WindFest 2019 Band that will take place on November 23rd! They will spend the day rehearsing and performing a concert at 7:30 PM that is open to the general public. Go Chiefs!

10/20/2019

Congratulations To Our Region 1 Open Class Championship Marching Band!

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Region 1 Open Class Champs!

Cherokee Marching Band took 1st place at the Tournament of Bands Region 1 Open Class Championships in Group 3 on Sunday, October 20th, 2019.
Congratulations to these students who performed in the pouring rain, and still came out on top with a score of 93.95!

Click the image below for full performance!

8/9/2019

Corporate Sponsorships and Program Book Ads are Now Open!

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2019-2020 Season Corporate Sponsorships
and Program Book Ads are now Available

Now is the time of year for the chance to not only advertise your business, but support all of the Band Programs through Corporate Sponsorships, ads in our Program Books, and mentions & shout-outs to students that run in the ads books as well.

Visit the How to Sponsor or Advertise page for details and ad submission forms.

3/7/2019

The Jazz Band Wins Big in NJAJE Prelims

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Congratulations to the Cherokee Jazz Band for being one of only two schools awarded a Gold rating at the NJAJE State Jazz Preliminaries. Cherokee hosted the event on Wednesday, March 6th in the school's Performing Arts Center.

The Chiefs also won Outstanding Trumpet section. And, senior Bryana Crockett won the soloist award for percussion.

This event was one of a series of five jazz preliminary competitions, or "prelims", held at various schools around New Jersey. Throughout the five prelims, 60 to 70 schools audition for the opportunity to be one of the top nine scoring bands that go on to a final round held later this spring.

In this final round, the top three bands from each division are given the honor to perform at the New Jersey State Jazz Ensemble Gala, which is sponsored by the New Jersey Association for Jazz Education (NJAJE). This is a non-competitive concert with special awards for soloists and sections.

Prelim results will be released some time the week of March 11th.

See the jazz band performance here

Thanks to Vinny Goffin for the recording of their performance.

2/15/2019

Cherokee Musicians Selected for All-state Band/Orchestra Ensembles

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The annual All-State Band auditions were held on January 19th, 2019 at John P. Stevens High School in Edison, NJ. Students from New Jersey’s three Region Honors Bands were eligible to register for the audition.

The Cherokee High School Instrumental Music Department directors and administration sponsored nine students for the All-State Band auditions. The Cherokee High School Band Director, Michael Lynch, attended the auditions and participated as a Region III judge and/or moderator.

Each student was required to perform all twelve major scales and/or the percussive rudiments, a select chromatic scale, two select solo excerpts, and a challenging short piece that was sight-read during the audition. The students studied and rehearsed the required materials for countless hours and worked closely with Cherokee band directors and private instructors to ensure the highest levels of performance.

Congratulations to the following students for winning a position with an All-State Band/Orchestra:

ALL STATE WIND ENSEMBLE 2019
Meghan Correll - Eb Alto Clarinet; 1st Chair

ALL STATE ORCHESTRA 2019
Jihyung Kim - Eb Clarinet; 1st Chair
Grace Fox - Trumpet; 5th Chair

ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND 2019
Alex Kaup - Bb Clarinet; 3rd Chair
Jihyung Kim - Bb Clarinet; 13th Chair
Tae Kim - Soprano Saxophone; 1st Chair
Alex Kaup - Alto Sax; 4th Chair
Grace Fox - Trumpet; 6th Chair
Ian Aquino - Battery Percussion; 5th Chair

These students will rehearse at the Mason Gross School of Music at Rutgers University in New Brunswick during the New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA) convention. The ensembles will participate in several instrumental clinics, a side-by-side performance with the Rutgers University Wind Ensemble, and perform a finale concert on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at the NJPAC in Newark, NJ.

Congratulations!

12/22/2018

Senior Alex Kaup Selected for 2019 NAfME Band

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Cherokee High School senior Alex Kaup

Cherokee senior, Alex Kaup, has been selected to perform in the 2019 National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Eastern Division Conference Band.

Kaup, who plays the clarinet in Cherokee’s instrumental program, is one of 780 of the most musically talented high school students in the Eastern region of the United States to have been selected to perform in the All-Eastern Honors Band Ensemble.

12/19/2018

Cherokee Students Selected to Perform in Two Penn Honors Bands

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Pictured L to R: Brooke Shapiro, April Warchol, and Lauren Hartpence. Not pictured is John Sanie. The four will perform in two separate Penn Honors Bands in January and February, 2019

On Saturday, January 19th and Saturday, February 23rd on the campus of The University of Pennsylvania, four musicians from the Cherokee High School Band will be respectfully performing as members of the 2019 Extravaganza Honor Band and 2019 Palestra Honor Band. All freshmen, the performers include Brooke Shapiro on saxophone, April Warchol on trumpet, Lauren Hartpence on piccolo, and John Sanie on clarinet.

Under the baton of maestro Dr. Kushol Gupta, these student musicians will perform exceptional band repertoire, along with other outstanding honor band musicians from the Greater Philadelphia Region.

The student musicians were nominated by their Director of Bands - conductor, D. Michael Lynch.

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Seven CHS Students to Perform in TCNJ Honors Wind Ensemble

Cherokee Band Students Selected for 2019 Rowan Windfest

Region 1 Open Class Champs!

2019-2020 Season Corporate Sponsorshipsand Program Book Ads are now Available

2019-2020 Season Corporate Sponsorships
and Program Book Ads are now Available