Jack Bailey smiles while playing the trombone during the Rock Port Spring Band and Choir Concert on May 8. (Ken Miller photos)
The Rock Port Junior High Band opens a song at the direction of Abby Palmer.
The Rock Port High School and Junior High Bands stand at the attention of Director Abby Palmer.
Rock Port senior Jaymes Herron received recognition during the concert for his years of dedication to Rock Port music.
Eyes ahead, Kennedi Seiter prepares to strike the timpani.
Sophia Storm plays the bells during the Rock Port Spring Band and Choir Concert.
Ryan Lucas focuses on his music while playing the trumpet.
The Rock Port High School Choir sings to the accompaniment of Richard Boettner on the piano.
Rock Port senior band members honored Director Abby Palmer during the Spring Band and Choir Concert. Pictured, from left to right, are: Arianna Shimmel, Hadleigh Jones, Makaila Pruett, Lilly Pankau, Abby Palmer, Ryan Lucas, Jaymes Herron, and Anden Cohn.
The Rock Port Music Department held its spring concert Thursday, May 8, 2025. Mrs. Abby Palmer is the director and Richard Boettner was accompanist.
The sixth grade intermediate band performed “Sailers Song,” which was followed by some pep band stand cheers. Members of the sixth grade intermediate band include: Emma Hale, Caisyn Hall, and Joci Culp, flutes; Nella Steuter and Taylor Cook, clarinets; Mason Hale, alto saxophone; Isaac Dougherty and Locke Chaney, trumpets; Lane Seeley and Jack Bailey, trombones; Elaina Kroeger, baritone; and Anthony Masonbrink, Alex Gibson, Kipton Waigand, Deveni Barth, Kaden Perry, and Colton Zach, percussion.
The seventh grade band performed “Military March,” followed by a junior high jig.
The high school band performed “Stay” and “Infinite Possibilities.”
The high school concert choir sang “Star Spangled Banner,” “Cangoma (a traditional Brazilian folk song),” “What Was I Made For (from Barbie),” “Time,” and “Bonse Aba” (a traditional Zambian folk song). Members of the high school chorus are: Arianna Shimmel, Hadleigh Jones, Lexi Stanton, Audrey Dougherty, and Kennedi Seiter, sopranos; Makaila Pruett, Claire Miller, Mya Welch, Isa Kroeger, Kinleigh Daugherty, Stella VanGundy, and Eliza Mason, altos; and Lily Wilroy, baritone.
The combined sixth and seventh grade bands played “Wrath of the Mechanical Monsters” and “Aliens Landing (In Your BackYard).”
The combined seventh through 12th grade bands performed “Aliens Among Us (They’re Here)” and a fall show sneak peak, “How to Train Your Dragon – Parts I and II.” Members of the seventh to 12th grade combined junior high/high school band include: Lilly Pankau and Mya Welch, flutes; Audrey Dougherty and Maddie Wilroy, clarinets; Leo Grimes, bass clarinet; Cooper Daugherty, alto saxophone; Jaymes Herron, tenor saxophone; Ryan Lucas, Brandon Athen, Isa Kroeger, and Archer Meyerkorth, trumpets; Alex Schuster, trombone; Wyatt Huntley and Jadyn Jakub, baritone; Levi Lucas, tuba; Arianna Shimmel, Anden Cohn, Eliza Mason, Amelia Mason, Kennedi Seiter, Stella VanGundy, Zeke Gebhards, Briar Daugherty, Jolie Steuter, Jaxson Hale, Ryan Sharpless, and Maya Clodfelter, percussion; and Sophie Storm and Claire Miller, mallets.
The combined sixth through 12th grade bands performed “Too Much Percussion!”
