Our apologies for the delay in the bands updates. We will give all updates up to this week. On 3/14/2014 the band traveled to  Lower Merion High School and received a rating of Superior and also won best Trumpets and Trombone section awards.  Junior Michael Spearman received one of the nights best soloists awards. Junior Trumpeter Jamal Dickerson II won a honorable mention soloist award.

On Saturday 3/15/2014 Creative Arts Jazz Band traveled to Fairless Hills PA to compete at the Pennsbury High School Jazz Festival where they scored a rating of Superior and the Trumpet and Trombone Section won best sections awards. Senior drummer Charles Davis and Junior Trombonist Michael Spearman each received outstanding soloist awards. The band was also named Best Overall Band for the evening. Awesome job guys!!!!

On 3/21/2014 The Little Jazz Giants traveled with the High School band to Shalick High School Jazz Festival down in Pittsgrove Twp.  NJ. The Little Jazz Giants received a rating of OUTSTANDING!!!!!!! Nice Job!!!!!
The Creative Arts Jazz Band received a rating of Superior and won best section awards for both the Saxophone and Rhythm Sections.  Dominique Baugh  won a outstanding soloist award for her vocal performance  the bands arrangement of All of Me.

On Saturday The Little Jazz Giants and Creative Arts Jazz Band were at the Kingsway High School Jazz Festival where in the middle school portion of the competition, The Little Jazz Giants received a rating of Excellent and 4th grader Hakiee Pratt II won a outstanding solo award on his Trumpet. NICE JOB!!!!!!!!

The Creative Arts Jazz Band in the High School Division  received a rating of Superior and the Trumpet and Trombone Sections won best section awards. Senior Dominique Baugh won a Outstanding soloist award for Vocals/Bari Saxophone. Juniors Michael Spearman and Jamal Dickerson II also won outstanding solo awards on Trombone and Trumpet  respectively. 

This week the Band will be at the Cavalcade of Bands New Jersey Regional Championships at the Lakeside Performing Arts Center in Millville NJ located at  
2 North Sharpe Street Millville NJ 08332. The band is schedule to perform at about 9:45pm. Come out and support the bands efforts at the Championships.
  
 

On Wednesday March 12th the Creative Arts Jazz Band  traveled to Marlton NJ to  compete with 8 other schools for a spot in Divisions 1 for the NJAJE State Championships.  the Creative Arts Jazz Band received a GOLD rating for their performance and won best section awards for the trumpet and trombone sections.  Junior Trumpet player Jamal Dickerson II and junior Trombonist Michael Spearman won Outstanding soloist awards. Awesome Job!!!!!

The 9 bands to make the NJAJE Division 1 Finals are:

Camden Creative Arts
Bridgewater High School Tuesday
Cherokee High School
Edison High School
Elizabeth High School 1
JP Stevens High School
JP Stevens High School Lab
Randolph High School 1
West Orange High School 1

NJAJE Division 1 State Championship will be held Saturday April 26, 2014.
at JP Stevens High School starting at 5pm.

It was a very busy weekend for the Camden Creative Arts  Jazz band starting on Friday night with  a last minute addition to their competition schedule. They were in “Jazz @  The   Brook” at Overbrook High School in Pine Hill N.J. The band  received a rating of Superior for their performance with the Trombones and  Trumpets winning Best Section Awards.  Junior Trombonist Michael Spearman  received a outstanding soloist award along with being named the Tracey Scardia Honor for being best Musician  of the night.   $150 Rutgers  Scholarship Awards were given to  Junior Trumpet player Jamal Dickerson  II,  Junior Saxophonist Richard Williams,  Senior Trombonist Ronald  Torres, senior Bass player  Dan Andrews and senior  on the  Drum set, Charles Davis. The band was named Best Overall Band for the Festival.

On Saturday night  the band traveled over to the Cheltenham Jazz festival with The Little Jazz  Giants.   It was the first festival outing for The Little Jazz Giants  and they received a rating of Excellent for their performance. GREAT JOB!!!

 The CAMVA Jazz band received a  Superior rating while  winning the nights Best Section Awards for the Trombone and Rhythm sections and  Junior Trombonist  Michael Spearman received a Honorable Mention Soloist Award.

 Sunday morning   we held our Annual Fundraiser Jazz Brunch at Adelphia’s in Deptford NJ. It  was a great affair. From the parents of the Jazz Band students, we would like to
say Thank You to all those who came out and supported  our children. We  hope you had a great time listening to our students as well as our featured  guest Mr. Bootsie Barnes and his quartet.   They were great. 

This week will be just as busy as the band prepares for the  NJAJE preliminaries at Cherokee High School located at 130 Tomlinson Mill  Road  Marlton NJ 08053. The band is scheduled to go on stage at around  7:00pm. This event is to qualify for the NJAJE State
Finals.  

On  Friday will   be at the Lower Merion High School Jazz Festival at 315 East Montgomery  Avenue Ardmore PA 19003. Show starts at 6pm with Creative  Arts Jazz Band scheduled to be on stage at 8:05pm. On  Saturday the CAMVA Jazz Band will be at Pennsbury Jazz Festival at  Pennsbury High School located at  located at 705 Hood Blvd Fairless  Hills  PA 19030. Festival starts at 6:00pm with the band  on stage at around 8:00pm.  Good luck.

Last night the Creative Arts Jazz Band made their first appearance at the Upper Moreland High School Jazz Festival and were in competition with 12 other schools from around the region. The band received a rating of Superior for their performance and a best section award for the Trombone section. Senior drummer Charles Davis received a Honorable Mention soloist award while Junior trombonist Michael Spearman received a outstanding soloist award. Great job guys.   

Next week the band will be traveling along with The Little Jazz Giants to the Cheltenham High School Jazz Festival at 500 Rices Mill Road in Wyncote PA  19095. The festival starts at 5pm with The Little Jazz Giants performing at 8:20pm and the CAMVA Creative Arts Jazz Band performing at 9:35pm. Please come out and support the bands.