Student musicians win awards
The Westbrook High School Jazz Ensemble took second place in Division I last weekend at the Maine State Jazz Festival in South Portland.
Four of the 77 groups that performed were from Westbrook High. In addition to the second place awarded to the Jazz Ensemble, which is directed by Phil Rich, the Westbrook jazz combo Kinda Blue took a second place, and the Westbrook Jazz Band II took a third place. David Wells directs the jazz combo, and Kyle Smith directs the jazz band.
In each division, five performers received Outstanding Musicianship Awards. In Division I Combo, those awards went to Molly Ridley on piano and Ron Ho on tenor saxophone. In Division I Jazz Ensembles, the awards went to Ridley, Ho and Nate Gowen on drums. And in Division I Second Jazz Bands, they went to Sarah Foster on trombone, Emily Olmstead on alto saxophone and Trevor Driscoll on drums.
The award winning groups will be performing for the public in Westbrook at 7 p.m. Friday, April 10, in the Westbrook High cafeteria, with guest performers trombonist Chris Oberholtzer from the University of Southern Maine School of Music and a cappella group Sidecar Heros, directed by Westbrook’s Patrick McCarthy.
Free Warren dance concert
Warren Memorial Library presents “Dance Concert: Eng/Dilley/Rudman” Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m. in the library auditorium, 479 Main St. This free event is made possible through the Cornelia Warren Community Foundation.
Advance reservations, by calling the library at 854-5891, are highly recommended.
USM dean’s list
The University of Southern Maine has announced that several students from Westbrook were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester:
Violeta Anghel, Shilo Annis, Amber Brimstin, Craig Carey, Anthony Dahms, Nhi Dam, Cassandra Flannery, Gregory Fusillo, Nancy Grady, Kelsey Herbert, Dale Horton, Joey-Lynne Huwyler, Jacob LaViolet, Shawn McDonough, Kimberly Meserve, Eric Moberg, Samantha Peters, Maria Romano, Kristyn Stroud and William Wood.
Forrester on dean’s list
Rose C. Forrester was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Forrester is a member of the class of 2010.
Cutline (Maxine Rawding) 
From left, trombonist Sarah Foster, drummer Trevor Driscoll and alto saxophonist Emily Olmstead received Outstanding Muscianship Awards in Division I Second Jazz Bands at the Maine State Jazz Festival. 
From left, pianist Molly Ridley, drummer Nate Gowen and tenor saxophonist Ron Ho received Outstanding Musicianship Awards in Division I Jazz Ensembles at the Maine State Jazz Festival.
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