Congratulations to ten FHS Band students who were selected to the Texas 4A All-State Band and 5A All-State Bands following auditions held at Lamar University on Saturday, January 7. Earning membership in the 4A All-State Band were Rikki Patrick (Flute) Meghan Vickery (Eb Clarinet), Chris Chao (Clarinet), Natalie Merino (French Horn). Earning membership in the 5A All-State Band were Laura Bradley (Clarinet), Michael Pollack (Tenor Sax), Brandon Goddard (French Horn), Zach Cocceti (Tuba), Daniel Du (Percussion), and Blake Disiere (Percussion).

This was the 2nd time for Laura Bradley, Michael Pollack, Brandon Goddard, Zach Cocceti, and Daniel Du to make All-State. This is the 4th time for Blake Disiere for make All-State. Only 6 percussionists since 1971 have made All-State 4 years in a row. Blake is the 4th Friendswood Band student to make All-State four times. These students will be performing at the Texas Music Educators Association convention on February 8 – 11 in San Antonio.

Congratulations to the following students for their success at the District, Region, and Area Auditions:

Students who earned District Honors were Rachel Harlow, Stephanie Carlin, Cameron Roberts, Jonathan Snowden, Shanika Silva, Jillian Strickland, David Zurawski, Michael Laflin, Ryann Hall, Abigail Mapp, Sam Greenwood, Julianna Strickland, David Bordelon,  Jonathan Munoz, Shane Rothchild, Danielle Gruber, Austin De La Rua, Mike Mayer, Darian Larsen, and Colin Rountree.

Earning Region and District Honors were Traci Bordelon, Kyle Wiley, Melanie Forsyth, Rachel Goeken, Kelsey Faust, Rachel Langdon, Sean Jankowski, Megan Glanville, Emily Jones, Shellie Anderson, Kylie Hansen, Scott Morse, Ben Clements, Michael Johnson, Matthew Laitkep, Taylor Stump, Haley Long, Daniel Bradley, Aubrey Chalene, Michael Fowler, Erik Honore, Aaron Holloway, Kyle Beaman, Brooke Bartholomew and Garrett Bynum.

Earning Area, Region, and District Honors were Morgan Mihovil, Julia Lu, Rikki Patrick, Emily Sharp, Chelsea Coleman, Meghan Vickery, Laura Bradley, Chris Chao, Michael Hsu, Anthony Richardson, Adrian Falco, Michael Polak, Jacob Gruener, Emily Irby, Brandon Goddard, Natalie Merino, James Antal, Zach Zimmerman, Shelby Stephens, Aaron Arribe, Jonah Strickland, Zach Coccetti, Blake Disiere and Daniel Du.

Congratulations to the following freshman who earned a position in the TMEA Region 17 Freshman Region Band. Friendswood had the 2nd highest number of freshman from any one school to make the band. Congratulations!

Williams, Alissa-7th chair flute
Lu, Julia-9th chair flute
Roberts, Cameron-2ne chair oboe
Chao, Christopher-3rd chair clarinet
Brackett, Emma-11th chair clarinet
Jankowski, Sean-13th chair clarinet
Snowden, Jonathan-2nd chair bass clarinet
Worrell, Matt-4th chair bass clarinet
Hansen, Kylie-3rd chair bassoon
Falco, Adrian 1st chair alto sax
Chalene, Aubrey-2nd chair horn
Bizarro, Jillian- 5th chair horn
Mapp, Abigail-4th chair horn
Greenwood, Sam-2nd chair tuba
Rountree, Collin-5th chair percussion

The following students are also to commended for auditioning well at the TMEA Region 17 auditions. Great job!
Palmer, Andrea
Potter, Andrea
Rathbun, Hannah
Ryan, Rebecca
Doherty, Alexis
Liaw, Steffi
Silva, Shanika
Garza, Alexandra
Lee, Tabitha
Martinez, Samantha
Rodriguez, Jessica
Segrera, Esther
Sommer, Kaylyn
Mohile, Aditya
Patrick, Tori
Ess, Samantha
Martin, Kaitlin
McDaniel, Matthew
Clifford, Erica
Smith, Scott
Hudson, Derek
Miller, Logan
Pettit, Brooks
Holcomb, Andrew
Riggs, Alex
Bruce, Benjamin
Bynum, Andrew
Dixon, Cooper
Georgeton, Pahno