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"Music in the Parks"

All spring, the band has been preparing for the "Music in the Parks" competition in Boston, MA. The band arrived in Boston on May 2nd, where they visited the famous Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall Marketplace. They then enjoyed a dinner at the HardRock Cafe. Friday, May 3rd, the band went on a Duck Tour of the city, watched a performance of the Boston symphony orchestra, got dinner at the restaurant FiRE+iCE, and saw a performance by the "Blue Man Group." Saturday, May 4th, the band drove to Holyoke High School where they competed in the "Music in the Parks" competition. The middle school band competed with the pieces Kentucky 1800 and Above the Clouds. The high school band competed with the pieces Reverberations and Hebrides Suite.

After a great performance, the band went to "Six Flags New England", and then to the awards ceremony for the results of the competition. The middle school band placed first with a score of “Excellent”. The high school band placed first with the highest score of “Superior”. The high school band also won for overall best performance. This victory was much appreciated and deserved. In Mr. Starr’s six years at HHRS, this is the first time the band was able to bring home a Superior Trophy. Mr. Starr says, “Both bands, despite being younger on average than recent years, had one of the strongest performances in a decade. I could not be more proud of this group,”.

Mr. Starr and the band are very happy to have brought home the first place trophies and hope there are many more trophies to come.

-Marlo Laura, freshman

HUDSON WINS THE ICE CREAM!

Local ice cream parlor, Nicolas Creamery in Atlantic Highlands, hosted an ice cream race at both of their shops (the one in Rumson as well). Schools in the area of the parlors would create a new flavor that the creamery would sell. The flavor with the most sales wins the ice cream race. The school that wins gets an ice cream party catered by the creamery.

HHRS created “Hudson Trail”, vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips and peanut butter cups. The Atlantic Highlands/Highlands community were very supportive for the competition. There were even some customers who bought the flavor and didn’t eat it, they just wanted to support HHRS.

Even having the Rumson creamery closer to the other school's competing, Hudson was still able to take home the victory. The multiple locations clearly made it a fair race. Hudson celebrated their win with an ice cream party on Friday, May 10th, and enjoyed their delicious flavor! Shout out to Mrs. Kingsmore for organizing the fundraiser for the middle school! She helped lead the idea and flavor. The entire school thanks you!

-Gavin Sapio, freshman

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