Northwest Elementary School helps needy students and their families every holiday season, just like many other schools in Pasco County. ...more

December 19, 2008

The room buzzed with nervous excitement as performers scrambled around, pinpointing their place on stage and in the music. ...more

December 17, 2008

The room buzzed with nervous excitement as performers scrambled around, pinpointing their place on stage and in the music. ...more

December 17, 2008

The experience of the Highlands County Concert Band joins forces with the enthusiasm of Sebring High School's top band students for a musical wonderland of holiday sounds at 7:30 p.m., Friday at the South Florida Community College Auditorium. ...more

December 11, 2008

The Avon Park and Sebring high school marching bands faced challenging conditions and formidable competition at Saturday's Florida Marching Band Coalition state semifinals. ...more

November 28, 2008

A number of years have passed since the Avon Park High School Marching Grenadier Band earned an invitation to the state band championships, but that wait is over. ...more

November 13, 2008

Last year was not a fluke for the Spirit of Sebring Marching Band. After earning a spot in the state band championships for the first time last year, the Sebring High band kicked it up a notch with a better score to return to the state competition this year. ...more

November 12, 2008

Sheik Island Farms, a 360-acre property in rural Pasco County, features a state-of-the-art equestrian facility, two houses and a two-story office building with a three-bedroom apartment. ...more

October 15, 2008

Robert C. Price wrote the score for Chamberlain's alma mater and served as the high school's band director for 24 years. Now the band boosters want to mark his contributions permanently. The boosters will present two commemorative bricks in Price's honor to his son, Bob Price Jr., at homecoming on Thursday. One includes the motto he always told his students: "Always Striving for Excellence in Education." Price died in 1995. He was Chamberlain's first band director, starting in 1956. He was inducted into the Florida Bandmasters Hall of Fame in 1996. The bricks will be installed in a wall at the school near the stadium. It includes names of current and past students and staff. ...more

October 14, 2008

Doesn't it make you feel good when someone expresses appreciation to you by saying "Thank you?" ...more

October 12, 2008