CAHS band plays at Disney World
The Carmichaels Area High School Choral Ensembles, Concert and Marching band from Carmichaels, PA took to the Walt Disney World Resort stage on April 17 and 18, during the fourth annual “Festival Disney.” During the event, the performers participated in performances, personalized feedback clinics and a high-energy awards ceremony.
Ensembles from as far away as Japan, have packed their sheet music, instruments, flags and dance shoes to travel to the Walt Disney World and take part in the largest single site Disney-produced music festival each weekend until May 10.
The festival series schedule includes two days of adjudicated performances, where band, choral, dance, auxiliary, jazz and concert ensembles receive valuable written and recorded feedback from nationally recognized music educators.
To conclude the event, groups are invited to the Festival Disney Awards Ceremony. All ensembles receive an exclusive Festival Disney Award, and every participant receives a Festival Disney Medal to commemorate their participation. Competing groups will vie for Best in Class and Festival Disney Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards.
Each director selects the group’s classification and one of three adjudication categories when they register. The categories include Competition, where groups are rated and ranked for the top awards; Ratings Only, where the ensemble is awarded a rating but not a ranking; and Comments Only, where the group receives only written and verbal feedback. Immediately following their performance, concert ensembles will participate in a feedback clinic with one of the adjudicator