John P. Hagon will conduct the Cape Cod Conservatory Concert Band in ?Sousa Lives,? an authentic Sousa Band concert on Sunday, May 18, at 3 PM at the East Horace Mann Charter School auditorium, 760 Osterville-West Barnstable Road, Marstons Mills. Best known as the composer of ?Stars and Stripes,? ?The Washington Post March,? and other march favorites, John Philip Sousa was also a famed conductor.

For its final performance of the 2007-08 school year, the Port Clinton High School Band is preparing a tribute to the "March King" himself, John Philip Sousa.

The Marcus High School band will wrap up the school year by receiving a select award. The band announced this week that it has been chosen as a 2008 Sudler Shield Recipient, presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

The White Pine High School band went on a trip to Las Vegas for the Heritage Festival and on to Elko for the regional festival. In the concert they preformed the following, In the Forest of the King by Pierre LaPlante and Fairest of the Fair by John Philip Sousa.

Folks had been fretting for months about whether Jeffery "J.R." Richardson, who led the Broughton High School marching band to the prestigious Tournament of Roses parade in January, would retire at the end of the school year as expected.

The Dixon High School Art Show will be 1-4 p.m. Sunday in the school library. About 500 works from nearly 150 students will be on display. The featured exhibit will be student's murals, painted this year. Visitors will be given a map of the 15 or so around the school.

TR is the subject of a two-act play, The Bully Pulpit, to be performed by the South Ark Stage in a limited engagement. You may recognize the name of the director, Byam Stevens, whose father was the mayor of Muttontown for 25 years, and now lives in Cove Neck.

Rapid City Stevens High School band director Don Downs was presented the Outstanding Bandmaster of the Year award in March by Phi Beta Mu, the honorary bandmaster's fraternity, at the South Dakota All State Band Concert.

MANSFIELD - The Mansfield High baseball team kept its hopes alive for a return trip to the MIAA Tournament by overcoming arch-rival Foxboro High, 5-2, Wednesday in a Hockomock League game.

Several band students were honored Wednesday evening at Gary Dickinson Performing Arts Center during the spring concert presented by Chillicothe High School's instrumental music department.