Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary's jazz studies students won big at the 35th annual Envision Jazz Festival, picking up honours for junior and senior ensembles, along with awards and scholarships for individual musicians.
The event – held Feb. 18 to 20 at the Bell Performing Arts Centre – combines two days and nights of jazz performances by 2,000 secondary school jazz musicians.
Ron Rutley, director of music at LTS, says the school's junior jazz students received a silver standing and top performers in the Feb. 19 competitions.
The school's senior jazz students earned a gold standing and the award for most outstanding Grade 10-12 senior Surrey jazz ensemble.
Outstanding instrumentalist awards and cash scholarships were given to Connor Page for piano, Evan Werk for guitar and Kyra Dutton for piskoric.
Mega garage sale fundraiser planned for San Diego band trip
The Lord Tweedsmuir Band Program hosts a grand garage sale on Saturday, March 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the school (6151 180 Street).
A food concession (food truck) will be on site, serving sweet and savory crepes, burgers, hot dogs and drinks.
This is a 250 family mega indoor garage sale to help raise funds to cover some of the costs of the Grade 10-12 concert and jazz bands' upcoming tour to San Diego in May.