BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com The 201 students in the 2019 Mahomet-Seymour Marching Band have spent their week learning about balance. Like with all life lessons, mastery of balance cannot be achieved during five days’ time, but clarinet, trombone, flute, saxophone and drummers, among others, have been hard at work from […]
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Garage Sale to Support M-S Band trip to Fiesta Bowl
Nearly 60 students will gather in the parking lot at Mahomet-Seymour High School on June 15 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. to raise funds for their trip to perform in the Fiesta Bowl parade later this year. The Marching Bulldogs travel to Arizona every four years to be part […]
Save the Date: Harlem Wizards coming to Mahomet
The Mahomet-Seymour Marching Band will host a fundraiser featuring the World Famous Harlem Wizards on Sunday, September 29 in the Mahomet-Seymour High School gymnasium. This action-packed event that the whole family can enjoy will feature the oohs and aahs created by the talented Wizards as they face off against local […]
Johnson finds her superpower through conducting “Avengers”
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Through 22 movies, the world has been enthralled with the stories of Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk and Ant-Man. These characters have wowed spectators with their resiliency and ability to conquer Earth’s impending doom, time-and-time again. But before the armor and fancy suits, these characters started […]
Kate Dallmeir turns small request into passion for music
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com It all started with a request. Kate Dallmier wanted to learn to play the piano. She wasn’t yet in kindergarten. Her parents couldn’t accommodate the request themselves. “We are a family of scientists, with very little intrinsic musical talent,”said Michelle Dallmier, Kate’s mom. That didn’t mean the […]