Verdugo Hills High School
Applause 2018-2019
- 2018-2019 APPLAUSE:
- A Capella won first place at Music in the Parks as well as Outstanding School
- Jayla Jones won outstanding soloist at Music in the Parks
- Rock Band, Verdugo 6, performed at the Roxy in Hollywood
- Emma Weber received a scholarship from DTASC and CETA
- Congratulations to all performers, musicians, visual artists and technicians who worked on Cinderella!
- Sixty students attended the LA Holocaust Museum while exploring our VAPA theme
- Dance Team placed first at the Sharp Nationals in Las Vegas
- A Capella singers received a scholarship from the Verdugo Council
- Winter Guard placed 1st at the southern CA Championships
- Drum Line advanced to finals
- Cheer won 3rd place at the LAUSD Championships
- 150 students attended the Alvin Ailey Dance recital at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
- 90 students attended: LA Philharmonic @ the Disney Concert Hall for the role of music in story-telling
- 14 VAPA students participated in the LAUSD Honor Band marching in the Rose Parade
- LAUSD Marching Band Championships - 2nd Place for Band, 1st Place for Color Guard
- Winter Music Extravaganza was a success for all musicians and community
- 50 VAPA Students attended Come From Away @ the Ahmanson Theatre
- Kudos to all of the students involved with the successful fall play, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
- Varsity DTASC (Drama Teachers Association of S. CA) received semi-finals ranking,
- kudos to Finalists Like Dreaming Backwards
- English Classes attended the meaningful production of Children of Wilsden Lane @ the Music Center
- Junior Varsity DTASC - all participants received honorable mention status
- Centennial HS Marching Band Competition - Band & Drumline - 3rd place, Color Guard - 1st place
- Drama Teachers Association of Southern CA Varsity and JV Theatre Festivals - Finalists
- Savannah HS Field Tournament - Drumline & Color Guard - 3rd place
- Balwin Park HS Marching Competition - 3rd place
- VAPA Magnet Middle School Tour
- 50 VAPA Students attended the classic musical Man of La Mancha at A Noise Within
- Jayla Jones won the vocal competition at the Folklorico Festival
- Jayla Jones and Emma Weber were selected by the CA State Thespians to perform and advocate for the arts in Sacramento at the capitol in March!
- VAPA Music Students performed in Hawaii this past summer
- VAPA Students worked on a music video this summer regarding anti-bullying
