By Kim McDarison
An estimated 200 to 250 School District of Fort Atkinson band students filled the Fort Atkinson High School gymnasium floor Sunday during the 65th annual Pops Concert. The event is held annually by the Band Boosters to raise funds for music programs throughout the district.
This year, students, grades 5-12, assembled in several different band configurations, including the Fifth Grade Band, the Fort Atkinson Middle School Jazz Ensemble, the Sixth Grade Band, the Jazz Messengers, the Seventh Grade Band, the Fort Atkinson Middle School Combined Bands, the Jazz Ambassadors, the Eighth Grade Band, the High School Band, and the Combined Fifth through 12th Grade Bands.
The bands played a bevy of songs, including: “Hooked on a Feeling,” by Mark James; “Pirates of the Caribbean,” by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer; “Rockabye River,” by Duke Ellington, and “Crazy Train,” by Daisley and Osbourne, among others.
An appreciative crowd filled the PremierBank gym’s bleacher seating, with some overflow of seating on the gym floor.
In advance of the concert, volunteers sold raffle tickets to patrons looking to win one of 62 themed baskets, along with an opportunity to win a 50/50 raffle.
During the concert, Fort Atkinson resident Peter Scheibel was announced as the 50/50 raffle winner. He received a prize of $327.50.
Basket raffle winners included: Janet Bills, Patricia Granzow, Lucas Miller, the Broadhead Kids, Amanda Cheek, Steve Doty, Jinnie Jones, Chuck Frandson, Mineslava Villareal, Jan Holewinski, Colleen Larson, Kylene Anderson, Jennifer Walden, Stephanie McDonald, Jesse Kohl, Michelle Baumgardner, Kathy McGraw, Brett Ketterman, Lynette Stuebler, Aaron Price, Krystal Telfer, David Vnuk, Craig Bulow, Bianca Rao, Andrew Lenti, Patti Geissal, Kathleen Hein, Diane Kincaid, Josie Kincaid, Karen Harden, Jennifer Eilert, Eric Grady, Andy Adelmeyer, Dave Swiecichowski, Esme Bastien, Madeline Buckinham, Eli Bastien, Randy Smith, Mandy Tamblyn, Sue Burrow, David Kilburg, Sue Ebbert, Katelyn Fredrick, Stacy Fehly, Kim Laughnan, Cheryl Rolland, Laura Thoma, Barb Patoka, Kay Basler, and Peggy Huckabee.
Photos from the event may be viewed by clicking on the image below.
Click on the image above to visit our album with over 40 photos from the 65th annual Pops Concert held Sunday in the Fort Atkinson High School PremierBank Gym.
Four images above: pages reproduced from the 65th annual Pops Concert program offer complete lists of the students who performed Sunday and the music each group performed.
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