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  • Loveland High School cheerleaders do well at National High School Cheerleading Championship

    Loveland High School cheerleaders do well at National High School Cheerleading Championship

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland High School Game Day Competition team competed at the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) National High School Cheerleading Championship in Florida.

    “Not only did they get the fantastic experience of competing against the best cheerleading teams in the country, they represented Loveland in an amazing way.”

    The LHS Game Day Competition Team finished second in the nation in the Varsity DII-Non-Building-Game Day Division. This is the first time in school history that our cheerleaders made the finals, and it marks the highest point total and highest finish in LHS history.

    Cheerleaders competing were: Maddie Brankamp, Emma Breese, Peyton Bryant, Averi Case, Cameran Cook, Maddie Crawford, Kayla Docherty, Dani Hildebrand, Crystal Garcia, Lily Gruffydd, Ava Higley, Emma Loggins, Molly Moore, Brooke Morris, Janson Nichols, Katie Oaks, Auri Ray, Reagan Shadron, Celia Sovik, Peyton Sprankles, and Payton Weikert.

    Their coaches are Catie Smeyne and Emily Master.

  • Loveland students in prestigious OMEA “Honor Band Festival”

    Loveland students in prestigious OMEA “Honor Band Festival”

    Galop (Arthur Bird arr. James Syler

    San Antonio Dances (Frank Ticheli)

    Dusk (Steven Bryant)

    Metroplex (Robert Sheldon)

    by David Miller

    Princeton High School hosted the annual Ohio Music Education Association District XIV Honor Bands Festival on January 9. After auditioning, students from area schools were selected to perform in the prestigious OMEA concert. There was a High School Honor Band performance, a High School Honor Symphony Band concert, as well as performances by 7th and 8th-grade Honor Bands.

    Students from Cincinnati’s most prestigious schools were represented:

    Anderson, Goshen, Indian Hill, Loveland, Mariemont, Milford, Moeller, Mount Notre Dame, Oak Hills, Princeton, Reading Community School, Reading, SCPA, St. Xavier, Sycamore, Turpin, Walnut Hills, West Clermont, Wyoming, Colerain, and Summit Country Day.

    The audio above is the concert given by the High School Symphony Honor Band. Several Loveland High School students were selected to be in this band:

    Alton French – Bassoon

    Kirsten Arill – Clarinet

    Lizzy Lip – Trumpet

    Aaron Spjut – Trumpet

    Olivia Smith – Trombone

    Jake Simon – Tuba

    Allison Oh – Percussion

    Jonathan Kaseff – Percussion

    Dr. Brandon Jones was the guest conductor. Jones is a Professor of Music, Coordinator of Instrumental Music, and Music Department Chairperson at Wittenberg University, where he conducts their Symphonic Band.

    Several other Loveland School District students performed during the full afternoon of concerts.

    High School Concert Honor Band

    Shay Thomson, Zack Peebles, Amelia Macura, Sydney Whitlock, and Ellie Brinkman.

    7th Grade Honor Band

    Katie Oaks, Eleanor Dennedy, James Young, John Paul Galles, and Victoria Elliot.

    8th Grade Honor Band

    Caitlyn Ferrer, Payton Brown, and Luke Slater.