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Memorial Jazz Band awarded top prize at university music competition

Adriana DominguezFebruary 27, 2013February 27, 2013

The Memorial Middle School seventh and eighth grade Jazz band had an outstanding performance at the University of Houston jazz competition on Feb. 23. The MMS Jazz I and...

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HHSS Speech, Drama and Debate earn top spots during district meet

Adriana DominguezFebruary 7, 2013

The Harlingen High School South's Speech Drama and Debate teams had an outstanding performance at the University Interscholastic League (UIL) 32-5A CX Debate District Meet on Jan. 31. Seniors Luana...

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Classical violinist performs for Wilson and Rodriguez students

Adriana DominguezFebruary 1, 2013

The sounds of classical music captivated students at Wilson and Rodriguez Elementary School on Jan. 31. Ann Fontanella, a solo violinist, and pianist Jo Jiang treated Wilson and Rodriguez...

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HHSS Speech, Drama and Debate Team finds success at national tournament

Adriana DominguezJanuary 31, 2013January 31, 2013

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate Team soared above the competition at the 2013 Columbia High School Invitational on Jan. 25 – Jan. 27. Angel Yanez,...

Music Department gears up to host faculty concert for scholarship fund

Adriana DominguezJanuary 28, 2013

The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District is getting ready to treat the senses on Feb. 9. The HCISD Music Department will present its 12th annual Faculty Concert to...

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Choir and band students qualify for TMEA All State ensembles

Adriana DominguezJanuary 15, 2013January 25, 2013

[caption id="attachment_4128" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Band students from Harlingen High School South prepare for the All Area Auditions on Jan. 12.[/caption] The choir and band students at Harlingen High School and...

Abrams Brothers perform for HCISD students

Adriana DominguezJanuary 11, 2013January 16, 2013

[youtube height="315" width="560"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx9-WJM87ew[/youtube] Students at Gutierrez Middle School and Dishman Elementary School opened their ears to a bluegrass experience on Jan. 11. The Abrams Brothers, a bluegrass trio from...

Choir and band students prepare for All Area Auditions

Adriana DominguezJanuary 10, 2013January 10, 2013

[caption id="attachment_4126" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Choir students from Harlingen High School South prepare for the All Area Auditions on Jan. 12.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_4127" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Choir students from Harlingen High School...

Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate Team ranked first in state

Adriana DominguezJanuary 8, 2013January 8, 2013

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate Team continue its tradition for excellence during the 2012 – 2013 school year. The team is currently ranked first in the...

Music workshop encourages boys’ choirs to keep singing

Adriana DominguezDecember 18, 2012

The Harlingen High School boy’s choir used their voices to show students the power of music on Dec. 18. HHS hosted their Boyz2Men workshop for the boys involved in the...

KEYS students take top honors at RGV Birding Festival

Adriana DominguezDecember 13, 2012December 13, 2012

The students at KEYS Academy took home top honors for their artistic abilities at the 2012 Valley Morning Star/Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival. Adrian Sanchez received first place and...

Coakley orchestra performs at elementary schools

Adriana DominguezDecember 13, 2012December 13, 2012

The Coakley Middle School’s Orchestra showed off their talents to the elementary school students of the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District on Dec. 13. Thirty students from the Honors...

HHS and Zavala choirs perform for Harlingen Community

Adriana DominguezDecember 12, 2012

Choir students at Zavala Elementary School and Harlingen High School used their talents to spread holiday cheer across Harlingen on Dec. 12. The choirs performed at Valley Baptist Medical...

HCISD Concert Schedule 2012

Adriana DominguezDecember 7, 2012December 10, 2012

The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District will be hosting musical events throughout the month of December. HCISD invites the community to come out and support its fine arts programs....

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HHSS Speech, Drama and Debate Team soars above competition

Adriana DominguezDecember 4, 2012

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate Team took home the prestigious awards at not one but two tournaments on Dec. 1. At the UT Longhorn Classic,...

Orchestra program finds its place in HCISD middle schools

Adriana DominguezNovember 30, 2012November 30, 2012

On any weekday, hundreds of middle school students can be heard playing anything from Mozart to Coldplay on something that isn’t their iPod. In place of their musical devices, students...

Vernon Band grows to set standard on campus

Adriana DominguezNovember 29, 2012November 29, 2012

The Vernon Middle School Band has grown tremendously in the last couple of years, and with growth has come the successes. The band recently made their mark in Vernon history...

Middle school bands earn top marks at All City Band Audition

Adriana DominguezNovember 15, 2012

The middle school band students of Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District left their mark at the middle school All City Band Auditions. A total of 94 chairs were awarded to...

HHS and HHSS Marching Bands finish up successful competition season

Adriana DominguezNovember 7, 2012November 7, 2012

The Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South had strong showing at their final competition of the season on Nov. 6. The bands competed at the UIL State...

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Marching bands receive spirited send off to state competition

Adriana DominguezNovember 5, 2012November 5, 2012

The Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Marching Bands left to their final competition with the sight of encouraging signs and the sounds of cheers all round on...

HHS and HHSS Marching Bands get ready for state competition

Adriana DominguezNovember 1, 2012

The Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Marching Bands are continuing the tradition for excellence by moving forward to the University Interscholastic League (UIL) State Marching Contest on...

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HHSS Speech, Drama and Debate team makes their mark at national tournament

Adriana DominguezOctober 30, 2012

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate team had a strong performance at the The Tournament of Champions (TOC) qualifier at the ST. Marks Heart of Texas Invitational...

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HHS and HHSS Marching Bands qualify for UIL State Marching Competition

Adriana DominguezOctober 29, 2012October 29, 2012

The Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Marching Bands left their mark at the UIL Area Marching Contest on Oct. 27. Over 30,000 parents, administrators, students and community...

HHS and HHSS Marching Bands compete in UIL Area Marching Contest

Adriana DominguezOctober 25, 2012

The Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Marching Bands continue their quest for the state title at the UIL Area Marching Contest on Oct. 27. The Bill Johnson...

Middle and high school students awarded positions in Region Orchestra

Adriana DominguezOctober 25, 2012

Orchestra students from the middle and high school campuses had a strong showing at the Region Orchestra Auditions on Oct. 20 and Oct. 22. Students across the Rio Grande Valley...

Middle School Choirs receive top marks at Solo and Ensemble Competition

Adriana DominguezOctober 24, 2012

The HCISD middle school choirs earned top marks at the Solo and Ensemble Competition on Oct. 20. Coakley Middle School had a total of 18 soloists receive a First Division...

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HHS and HHSS Marching Bands awarded top marks at Pigskin Jubilee

Adriana DominguezOctober 22, 2012October 22, 2012

The Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Marching Bands received top ratings at the Pigskin Jubilee on Oct. 20. Both bands received a Division 1 rating and have...

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ValleyCentral.com to live stream 70th Annual Pigskin Jubilee

Adriana DominguezOctober 19, 2012October 19, 2012

Action 4 News will be live streaming the 70th annual Pigskin Jubilee on Oct. 20. The Marching Bands from Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South will be competing...

Harlingen High School Fall Concert

Content ProvidedOctober 18, 2012November 6, 2012

[youtube height="315" width="560"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVwVSBGBOjw&feature=share&list=UUCKT71npg-bteBHOHbzwU5Q[/youtube] Harlingen High performs at First United Methodist Church.

Rodriguez Elementary student selected to have artwork published

Adriana DominguezOctober 18, 2012October 22, 2012

By the age of six, Christina Ruiz can say she is a master at simple arithmetic and a published illustrator. Ruiz, a first grade student at Rodriguez Elementary School, was...

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HHS and HHSS Marching Bands awarded at Pre-Pigskin Jubilee

Adriana DominguezOctober 16, 2012October 16, 2012

The Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Marching Bands were awarded for their strong performance at the Pre-Pigskin Jubilee contest on Oct. 13. HHS was named Grand Champion....

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HHS and HHSS girls’ choirs awarded chairs in the District Treble Choir

Adriana DominguezOctober 16, 2012October 16, 2012

The girl’s choir at Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South were awarded a total of 12 chairs at the Region 28 High School Vocal Division District Treble Auditions...

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HHS Glee Club to host Kids Camp, raffle

Adriana DominguezOctober 12, 2012October 16, 2012

The Harlingen High School Glee Clubwill be hosting a Kids Camp on Saturday, October 27 starting at 9 a.m. The cost is $25 and its for 6th and 8th Grade...

HHSS culinary arts teacher enters baking competition to donate prizes to campus

Adriana DominguezOctober 12, 2012October 16, 2012

Cher’rie Yoss, the culinary arts teacher at Harlingen High School South, has a knack for baking, and she is using her culinary abilities for a good cause. Yoss is one...

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Person of the week: Garza brings national guitar competition win to HCISD

Adriana DominguezOctober 11, 2012February 14, 2013

If you give David Garza a guitar, he is going to play it. Whether it’s in the classroom or at home, Garza plays to share his passion for music. Garza,...

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HHSS Speech Drama and Debate team takes home top prize

Adriana DominguezOctober 10, 2012October 16, 2012

The Harlingen High School South Speech Drama and Debate team took home first place sweepstakes at the Texas Forensics Tournament hosted by Bishop High School on Oct. 6. A total...

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HHS and HHSS Jazz Bands awarded at Region 28 Jazz Band auditions

Adriana DominguezOctober 10, 2012October 16, 2012

The Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Jazz Bands had a strong performance at the Region 28 Jazz Band auditions hosted by HHS. A total of 26 students...

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HHS marching band earns top prize at two competitions

Adriana DominguezOctober 2, 2012

The Harlingen High School earned top awards 3at two separate marching band competitions on Sept. 29. The band earned first place at both competitions hosted by Valley View High School...

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Vela Middle School drumline named Grand Champion at competition

Adriana DominguezSeptember 26, 2012September 26, 2012

The Vela Middle School drumline knows how to win a crowd over with their multi-dimensional percussion arrangements. The 12 percussion students banned together for an epic performance that earned them...

Quartet performs for HCISD students

Adriana DominguezSeptember 24, 2012September 25, 2012

The eyes and ears of orchestra students fixated for an hour on the stage featuring four professional musicians drawing their bows across taut strings and creating a captivating sound. “It was...

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Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate team sweeps competition

Adriana DominguezSeptember 19, 2012September 19, 2012

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate team took home the overall top spot at the Texas Forensic Association Qualifying Tournament in Sugar Land, Texas, earlier this month....

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Vernon band director selected to be featured at festival

Adriana DominguezSeptember 5, 2012September 7, 2012

Saxophonist Keith DiSantis has performed in restaurants, concert halls, airplanes, and he will add the Al Sears Jazz Festival to that list later this month. Di Santis, the band director...

Marching bands get ready for football and competition

Adriana DominguezAugust 24, 2012

Braving the hot summer days, the Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South marching bands committed to honing their routines as both programs pursue a state championship, both band...

Hawks bring five medals home from UIL academic competition

Adriana DominguezJuly 3, 2012

The Harlingen High School South University Interscholastic League (UIL) academic competition team won five medals earlier this week in Austin. Bianca Quintanilla and Jessica Young won fifth place in their...

Scribes named as state finalists for national literature competition

Adriana DominguezJuly 2, 2012

Christine Nott and Stephanie Lugo like to read and write because it provides the juniors from Harlingen High School South with a creative outlet, they said. Nott and Lugo were...

Ambitious senior prepares for career in video editing

Adriana DominguezJune 30, 2012

Behind her dark rimmed glasses and her glimmering smile, Cassandra Treviño oozes ambition and passion. The senior from Harlingen High School South wants to work on music videos some day, she...

Hawk soars to all state jazz band

Adriana DominguezJune 18, 2012

When Harlingen High School South senior Thomas Gonzales stepped out for his solo “Round Midnight” during a jazz competition at Texas A&M Kingsville last year, he couldn’t help but notice...

Musicians take gold at UIL state

Adriana DominguezJune 6, 2012

Less than 24 hours after stepping off the graduation stage, three Harlingen High School South graduates joined two underclassmen and won gold at the Texas University Interscholastic League music competition....

Cardette set to strut at Texas State

Adriana DominguezMay 17, 2012

The cowgirl boots and hat won't be coming off anytime soon for Arika Barajas, who was recently selected as a member of the Strutters, the Texas State University drill team....

HHS Best in Show SkillsUSA

Adriana DominguezMay 6, 2012October 9, 2012

Congratulations to Kassandra Carbajal, HHS Graphic Design student, and Daniel Mares, HHS Architectural Design student, who were awarded Best in Show at the District Skills USA competition. Kassandra competed in...