• 2008 NSBA Student Recognition Award Luncheon

    NSBA 2008 Award Luncheon

    The Nova Scotia Band Association (NSBA) hosts an annual luncheon to recognize students from our schools who exemplify the qualities we work to develop through participation in the school band program.

    The award honours the band student who displays ability, respect, responsibility, leadership, dependability, loyalty, cooperation, and other qualities of conduct which school instrumental music programs strive to impart.

    Each band director may recognize one student from the Middle School Level (Grades 6-9) and one from the Senior High School Level (Grades 9-12) from the school(s) he/she teaches in.

  • Participating Schools

    The award luncheon took place on Friday, June 13th in the Commons room at the Holiday Inn Select. Approximately 50 people joined together to honour award winners from 19 schools.

    Auburn Drive High School - Adrian Downey & John de Rosenroll Hebbville Academy - Josh Fahey
    Bedford Junior High School - Kate Aske Lunenburg Jr-Sr High School - Katherine Glen
    Bridgeport Junior High School - Claire Locke Madeline Symonds Middle School - Kealin Lamb
    Coldbrook & District School - Jennifer Poirier Morrison Junior High School - Taylor Burke
    Eastern Passage Education Centre - Courtney Gullickson Musquodoboit Rural High School - Dayna Bell
    Georges P Vanier Junior High - Katie McGuigan Sackville Heights Junior High School - Ashley Tingley
    Glace Bay High School - Matthew Lawrence St. Michael Junior High School - Cole Ferguson
    G R Saunders Elementary School - Natalie MacQueen West Hants Middle School - Jamie Kelland
    Graham Creighton Junior High - Mickaela Jahncke West Kings District High School - Andrew Johnson

    Special thanks to our guest speaker Ardith Haley - who got the room moving and thinking.

    Plan to attend next year's event as the NSBA grows this celebration of student musicians to be as large as the NSSAF celebration of student athletes.