WOHS band leaders honored with Otto J. Kraushaar Award

West Orange High School was the only Florida school to receive Straight Superior ratings in marching, jazz, concert and orchestra.

By Annabelle Sikes
| 10:48 p.m. May 8, 2024

The West Orange High School band performed at the 2023 Florida Bandmasters Association District 8 MPA.

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The West Orange High School band leaders have received a special award recognizing the band's achievements throughout the year.

Kenneth Boyd, director of bands, and Robert Krahn and Garth Steger, associate directors, received recently the Otto J. Kraushaar Award from the Florida Bandmasters Association.

The award is presented to high school band programs which receive Straight Superior ratings at all marching and concert assessments at both district and state levels for the year.

West Orange High School was the only Florida school to receive straight superior ratings in marching, jazz, concert and orchestra.

To learn more about the band program, click here.

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.