2018-19 BHS music award winners
Bluffton High School music department presented 2018-19 awards to seniors during a music banquet on Tuesday, May 21.
For an historic list of BHS music awards, click here.
Here are this year's award winners:
Semper Fi Award - Jesse Montel
Marching Band Award - Noah Adams and Alexis Lehman
Director's Award for Band - Autumn Gesler and Derek Swartzlander
Director's Award for Choir - Mason Ault and Tanner Pinks
Robert Shaw Award for Choir - Hannah Yost
John Philip Sousa Award for Band - Hannah Yost
Show Choir Award - Ashley Eachus
Drama Award - Hannah Yost and Tanner Pinks
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award - Hannah Yost and Jesse Montel
Mullenhour Award - Jordan Siefer
Eloise Caskey Award - Amanda Speicher
Nelson M. Hauenstein Award - Caleb Mikesell
Director's Award for Orchestra - Amanda Speicher and Lily Shadle
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