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The Mentor

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The student news site of Manhattan High School

The Mentor

Artist of the Week

Katya Tarabrina, Blue M Organizations Editor October 7, 2019

Drum Majors Conduct the band and make sure everybody stays on time Senior Jayna Schwartz How do you express yourself artistically while doing music?  “So [Scott Freeby] really emphasized...

Marching band performs at homecoming during halftime

Sophia Comas, Online Editor-in-Chief September 23, 2019

The student section in Bishop Stadium is eerily quiet. Typically, kids are shouting along to the cheers, but not now. Now, student after student rests their aching feet and all sit down. The sea of red,...

Band camp practices for upcoming football season

Rachel Edie, Business Manager August 12, 2019

While most of the school was sleeping and getting ready for a new school year, the marching band was busy practicing to perfect their routines.  Band camp took place from July 29 to Aug. 2 and...

Members of the pit perform in the rain during the band festival. The Manhattan High School Big Blue Marching Band participated in the annual band festival, there, they were judged and awarded a score for their performance.

Music department has success in weekend festivals

Sophia Comas, Sports Editor October 29, 2018

The Manhattan High music department had a jam-packed weekend full of events as the Marching Band participated in the Central States Marching Festival at Kansas State University on Oct. 6 along with...

Big Blue Marching band Drum Majors (left to right) Tess Garvin, senior; Maggie Fontanini, junior; and Chris Carter, senior, in uniform at Bishop Stadium.

Artist of the Week

Makenna Wollenberg, Staff Photographer October 29, 2018

Chris Carter Senior What made you want to be a Drum Major? “They asked that in the interview. My answer was that to me growing up I knew of drum majors and kind of what they did but it wasn’t...

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