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ABOUT THE BAND

THE BAND

The Rancho-Maze Band is made up of advanced band students from Rancho San Justo and Marguerite Maze Middle Schools in Hollister, California.

The advanced band class meets for an hour every day in their respective schools and also meet as a combined group one Saturday per month. In addition, band members may audition for and play in the Jazz band and the Percussion Team (Drum Line). Participation in these groups requires many extra hours of practice and a dedication to the team.

The 2007-2008 Rancho-Maze Band and Color Guard

The 2007-2008 Rancho-Maze Jazz Band

The 2007-2008 Percussion Squad

There are over 140 members in the 2007-2008 band and they will participate in numerous performances as well as 3 band reviews in the spring where they compete against bands from all over California.

The officials judge the Marching Band, the Concert band, the Jazz Band and the Drum Line. In addition to the musical competition, the tall flags, rifles and ID unit are judged as a unit called "Auxillary". The Drum Major is also judged individually.

The 2007-2008 school year band competition results are:

 OUR DIRECTOR

Joe Ostenson, or “"Mr. O"” as he is known, has been teaching music in Hollister for over 40 years. He was described by the local paper as “Hollister’s version of Mr. Holland’s opus”. Over the years he has had students in his classes whose parents used to be his students 20 and 30 years ago. He is well known in the community for his musical contribution and encourages his band members to give back to the community by participating in local parades and celebrations.

Joe and Francie Ostenson