Congratulations to BISD’s middle school band members that auditioned for placement in the Region 5 middle school region bands. Competing against students from the Mansfield and Arlington school districts, BISD placed almost 100 students in one of the two region bands. These students will perform on Dec. 5 at the Willie Pigg Auditorium in Mansfield ISD.

Region 5 Middle School Band 1

• Haltom MS:  Matthew Azua, Mateo Deleon, Julia Nguyen, Joseph Nguyen, John Pham, Perla Picon, Madison Sliavongsa and Leonardo Velasquez
• North Oaks MS:  Ayana Anaya, Alexis Halik, Kevin Le, Hayden Merriman, Chloe Jean Rey, Austin Sundara and Brandon Vu
• North Richland MS:  Tai Ha, Zoe Harris, Isaiah Knight, Morgan Layfield, Aiden Mata, Elizabeth Mey and Joshua Walz
• North Ridge MS:  Cole Brown, Ali Gleaves and Josue Martinez
• Richland MS:  Jacob Fritts, Matthew Fritts, Michelle Galan, Zach Hocker, Laisha Luna, Pedro Medrano, Imanol Ortiz, Gino Pellittieri, Tori Perrin, Mason Rushing, Darryn Salinas, Alyse Stiles, Ben Streeter, Davon Taylor, Catherine Tran and Jasmine Tuetkin
• Smithfield MS:  Abby Bouchelle, Parker Boyd, Kaylee Rademacher, Jonathan Schirmer, Parker Visage and Greg Ybarra
• Watauga MS:  Noah Strickland and Andru Wilson

Region 5 Middle School Band 2

• Haltom MS:  Angel Beltran, Eric Delgadillo, Obed Gonzalez, Travis Visounnaraj and Manuel Govea (alternate)
• North Oaks MS:  Alyson Grow, Hania Mirza, Sydney Seig and Briana Hacksisombath (alternate)
• North Richland MS: Michael Britt, Madeline Harris, Sarah Hill, Schuyler Moreno, Steven Nguyen and Julianna Thompson
• North Ridge MS:  David Beavers, Haley Compton, Cameron Fielding, Chanel Finnikin, Aaron Gieder, Joel Polk, Anthony Rodriguez, Lindsey Wheeler and Marisa Perez (alternate)
• Richland MS:   Isaiah Aponte, Ana Carranza, Ana Juarez, Damon Lewis, Diego Lozano, Jocelyn Renteria, Matthew Tolbert, Daisy Amaro (alternate) and Javier Cruz (alternate)
• Smithfield MS:  Cassidy Burris, Rhett Howe, Amie Johnson, Evan Pallanes; Alternates: Lauren Eastman and Lane Henyan
• Watauga MS:  Alaynna Barkley, Anthony Barrett, Patricia Roberts, Alexis Terrazas and Andrea Phillips (alternate)Bold denotes First chair

Congratulations to BISD seventh- and eighth-grade singers who recently competed at the Region 5 Middle School (MS) Choir auditions. With 29 schools from four different school districts participating, BISD schools dominated the competition by filling almost 50 percent of the coveted region choir chairs. These singers will perform at Martin High School in Arlington at 5 p.m. Nov. 14.  Thanks to the outstanding middle school choir directors and private lesson teachers that helped guide these talented singers.

Region 5 Middle School Concert Tenor Bass Choir

• North Oaks MS:  Gabe Murphy
• North Richland MS:  Deondre Fowler, Jarred Gracy, Brandon Johnson, Kingston Leota, Colt Lewellen, Jarod Miller, Alex Owens, Mikel Serpe and Chester Vitug
• North Ridge MS:  Aaron Jett, Gilbert Morales and Preston Robertson
• Richland MS: Trevor Mote
• Smithfield MS:  Michael Aguilera, Joshua Arendse, Nathaniel Blair, Parker Chapman, Keeton Charbonneau, Grayson Cram, Elijah Eastep, Jack Hembree, Cade Jankowski, Joshua Joe, Christian Jordan, Stephen Keil, Logan Lacey, Evan Pallanes, Ethan Robinson, Josue Sanchez, Will Thorne and Giovanni Valforte
• Watauga MS:  Christian Alcala, Mason Buck, Bobby Kilcrease, James Lyne, Destyn Medina, Noah Strickland, Joshua Vidal and Andru Wilson

Region 5 Middle School Concert Treble Choir

• North Richland MS:  Maddi Bazuldua, Annalise Esposito, Madeline Harris, Hailey Joseph, Savannah McDonald, Yamileth Mena-Rios, Samantha Orman and Annie Zamora
• North Ridge MS:  Jaclyn Denson, Maddilin Howell and Sophia Miller
• Richland MS:  Jocelyn Renteria
• Smithfield MS:  Abbie Aswad, Ellen Ayers, Rainey Bailey, Amanda Blackburn, Lauren Cram, Emma Dixon, Janelle Henley, Claire Hollingsworth, Katie Loe, Lilly Melson, Bella Patricio, Alyssa Perrin, Lexi Rios, Christi Risenhoover, Lily Tolleson and Sarah Watkins
• Watauga MS:  Alaynna Barkley, Abigayle Cox, Cristina Del Cristo, Emelina Diaz, Tran Le, Anastasia Lee and Kayla Meyers

Region 5 Middle School Honor Treble Choir

• Haltom MS:  Catherine Wilson
• North Oaks MS:  Missy Hawes, Mandi Inthalangsy and AnnaBelle OtwellNorth
• Richland MS:  Adle Andrade and Simara Peyton
• North Ridge MS:  Alexis Martinez and Audrey Smith
• Smithfield MS:  Ellissa Abdo, Arianna Carrasco, Sophie Connolly, Madison Falzett, Abby Fambrough, Maddy Hodges, Jessica Horn, McKenzie Hurst, Mackenzie Patterson, Daisy Robeson, Audrey Roof, Maddie Russell, Mattie Vaughan and Kaitlin Weast
• Watauga MS:  Renathe Apomolia, Avery Collins, Kaelina Dunn, Aisha Hassan, Bianca Molina, Carolina Portillo and Isabella Suazo

More than 400 seventh- and eighth-grade members of BISD’s middle school band programs recently competed in the All-Birdville Middle School Honor Band auditions. Congratulations to the 118 students that were selected as members of this highly competitive organization.

Haltom Middle: Jesus Azua, Cynthia Beattie, Mateo Deleon, Ricardo Garcia, Jocelyn Gonzalez, Obed Gonzalez Hurtado, Joseph Nguyen, Julia Nguyen, John Pham, Perla Picon Sanchez, Ashley Razo, Alfredo Reina Corona, Thomas Sacks, Anthony Sacks, Madison Silavongsa, Leonardo Velasquez, Travis Visounnaraj;  Alternates:  Manuel Govea, Tristyn Martin and Gabriela Salas

North Oaks Middle:  Ayana Anaya, Samantha Cator, Alexis Halik, Kevin Le, Abel Ledesma, Hayden Merriman, Hania Mirza, Anthony Nguyen, Chloe Jean Rey, Ashlynn Rios, Hannah Faith Rodriguez, Sydney Seig, Austin Sundara, Steven Vo, Brandon Vu, Mason Waters;  Alternates: Hunter Bowden, Alexandra Brown, Brian Doan, Alyson Grow, Briana Hacksisombath and Jaden Muller
 
North Richland Middle: Michael Britt, Jr., Tai Ha, Zoe Harris, Emma Harris, Madeline Harris, Isaiah Knight, Morgan Layfield, Aidan Mata, Elizabeth Mey, Natalie Morter, Steven Nguyen, Julianna Thompson, Joshua Walz, Mariam Zenhom;  Alternates: Gianni Dugulescu, Brianna Fagan and Nikolas Garcia
 
North Ridge Middle:  David Beavers, Cole Benson, Cole Brown, Emma Carrasco, Cameron Fielding, Jimena Garcia, Ali Gleaves, Josue Martinez, Robert Taylor;  Alternates: Haley Compton and Aaron Gieder

Richland Middle:  Isaiah Aponte, Harley Bolles, Ana Carranza, Javier Cruz, Matthew Fritts, Jacob Fritts, Michelle Galan, Zach Hocker, Lila King, Diego Lozano, Laisha Luna, Pedro Medrano, John Omodi, Imanol Ortiz, Gino Pellittieri, Tori Perrin, Jocelyn Renteria, Mason Rushing, Alyse Stiles, Ben Streeter, Davon Taylor, Matthew Tolbert, Catherine Tran, Jasmine Tuetkin and Damon Lewis (Alternate)

Smithfield Middle:  Robbie Baum, Abby Bouchelle, Parker Boyd, Chris Cantrell, Sophie Connolly, Lauren Cram, Matthew Dages, Evan Pallanes, Keegan Pierce, Jonathan Schirmer, Cole Vickers, Parker Visage, Greg Ybarra;  Alternates: Jacob Castaneda, Cody Dupuy, Laura Franco, Luke Sederberg and Cade Vickers

Watauga Middle:  Hannah Albright, Anthony Barrett, Andrea Phillips, Noah Strickland and Angel Robles Flores (Alternate)

(Bold represents first chair)