There is much excitement in the art and music departments about the forty-eight foot mural that is being used for band, hopefully to help carry them to state.

The mural is a blend of four different natural scenes; desert, ocean, jungle, and forest. This creative and unique idea was the idea of band teacher, Brandon Kiesgen. He gave art teacher Nicole McCaigue pictures and designs to base the mural off.

McCaigue set high standards for her club members and they have met them with boldness and uncontained vigor. Though the artistic view is coming from Art Club, band will bring the piece to life by tying in animal sounds for each scene.

Along with the teachers, students around school helped bring this entire project together through volunteer hours. While many students are contributing to the project, most have little art experience prior to becoming involved.

“[Most] have very little or no painting experience and they have done an amazing job,” McCaigue said, praising the talented students who give their spare time and skills to add to the band performance.

McCaigue is not only excited for the art to be finished, but is looking forward for it to enhance the band’s performance.

“The large mural will help project the sound, the music will bounce off the mural and back towards the crowd, and the animal sounds will make a great effect,” McCaigue said. The audience will be awed by the mural and just as much amazed by the bands amazing performance.

Along with practicing for band, the members are pitching in with the painting and design of the mural.

The sounds of the animals will bring life and reality to the band performance. The sound of the elephant echoing through the air will bring an awakening to the audience and will bring the wildlife to the people. The sound of waves is familiar to most people and leaves a peaceful affect. There are many aspects working with, not only the mural, but the band performance as well.

The beautiful mural takes a lot of time and thought.

“We have to blend the different scenes into each other, so this vine will have to connect to this tree and the colors have to fade into one another,” McCaigue

mentioned.

The mural takes more thought and experience than one would expect, but the young artists and teachers have brought forth a masterpiece of giant proportions.