The North Rowan High School Marching Band opened it’s competitive marching season Oct. 4 by winning the Class 3A Marching Band Division of the “Lord Salisbury Marching Band Contest” at Catawba College.
This is North’s third consecutive year as a class champion. Awards included first places in band, drum line, colorguard, music and marching maneuvering, third place in general effect and a top rating of Superior.
This year’s show features the jazz and lyrical music of American composer George Gershwin. The band was to compete next at the Oct. 11 East Rowan Food Lion Classic Band Contest.
The band is directed by Keith and Andrew Howe.
Cannon hires Hoffman
Anne Cote Hoffman of Salisbury recently joined the faculty of Cannon School in Concord as upper school counselor.
The school is an independent college preparatory institution with more than 900 students in junior kindergarten through 12th grade.
Hoffman most recently was head of guidance for East Rowan High School, where she worked for four years as the intervention specialist.
She received a master of arts degree in counseling from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2004 and a bachelor of arts degree in communications from Catawba College in 1990. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor and is currently working on her Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) credential.
She and husband, Marc, have a daughter, August Ruth, 2.