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Montezuma-Cortez Middle School Band in the News!
6/5/5022 - banddirector.com/advocacy-leadership/heres-how-music-classes-help-improve-grades/
12/2021 - www.umainealumni.com/classnews/class-of-1994-winter-2021-class-note/
11/11/2021 - ​https://www.the-journal.com/articles/veterans-day-parade-sees-large-crowd-iin-cortez/
​4/9/2021 - the-journal.com/articles/207983-montezumacortez-middle-school-again-wins-national-music-award
​11/2/2020 - www.k12dive.com/news/as-budget-cuts-loom-sustaining-the-arts-is-among-k-12-challenges/584415/
​4/15/2020 - the-journal.com/articles/173763-mcms-music-program-receives-national-award
​​3/6/2020 - the-journal.com/articles/170486-mcms-concert-and-symphonic-bands-score-well-at-evaluations
1/21/2020 - www.studyinternational.com/news/music-education-schools/
11/11/2019 - the-journal.com/articles/158236-cortez-residents-line-montezuma-avenue-for-veterans-parade
4/14/2019 - the-journal.com/articles/135202-cortez-high-school-will-host-alldistrict-band-night
11/2/2018 - the-journal.com/articles/115790-cms-band-says-thank-you-to-community
10/24/2018 - www.k12dive.com/news/music-education-can-have-tremendous-payoff-despite-high-costs/540249/
9/26/2018 - the-journal.com/articles/111453-homecoming-features-parade-games-and-dance
9/21/2018 - the-journal.com/articles/110956-cms-band-seeks-musical-instrument-donations
3/7/2018 - the-journal.com/articles/87753-cms-bands-receive-superior-scores
11/11/2017 - the-journal.com/articles/73737-cortez-turns-out-for-veterans-day-parade
5/5/2017 - the-journal.com/articles/45161-ritthaler-retiring-after-28-years-as-cortez-band-director
2/14/2017 - the-journal.com/articles/31756-dallas-brass-strikes-up-the-band-with-cortez-students
2/10/2017 - the-journal.com/articles/31757-photo-students-perform-with-dallas-brass
1/28/2017 - the-journal.com/articles/982-dallas-brass-to-perform-in-cortez
12/7/2016 - the-journal.com/articles/31381-cortez-middle-school-showcases-students-elective-achievements
12/4/2016 - the-journal.com/articles/979-parade-lights-up-and-warms-up-downtown-cortez
10/7/2016 - the-journal.com/articles/1416-barbary-coast-dixieland-showband-performs-in-cortez
5/5/2016 - the-journal.com/articles/1417-brassfire-lights-two-audiences-in-cortez-concerts
3/20/2016 - the-journal.com/articles/1446-cortez-middle-school-band-director-settles-in
3/12/2016 - the-journal.com/articles/1445-cortez-middle-school-bands-earn-high-marks-in-farmington
2/10/2016 - the-journal.com/articles/1447-j2b2-rocks-mchs-auditorium-day-and-night
12/6/2015 - the-journal.com/articles/28491-hundreds-line-main-street-for-parade-of-lights
4/27/2015 - the-journal.com/articles/24977-music-fills-mchs-during-state-fest
12/9/2014 - the-journal.com/articles/22752-thousands-line-main-street-for-parade
11/13/2014 - the-journal.com/articles/22331-salute-to-veterans
11/8/2013 - the-journal.com/articles/16384-veterans-day-parade-to-be-held-monday
10/31/2013 - the-journal.com/articles/16287-marching-band-finishes-2nd-in-state
5/27/2013 - the-journal.com/articles/13942-thanks-from-the-cms-band
4/29/2013 - the-journal.com/articles/13510-beautiful-music-at-mchs
3/15/2013 - the-journal.com/articles/12661-thanks-for-the-band-instruments
12/7/2012 - the-journal.com/articles/10720-70-floats-participants-made-up-a-great-parade-of-lights
12/3/2012 - the-journal.com/articles/10643-parade-of-lights
10/16/2012 - the-journal.com/articles/9428-cortez-middle-school-bandsannual-instrument-drive
5/5/2012 - the-journal.com/articles/6771-mchs-band-festival-is-monday
2/28/2012 - the-journal.com/articles/5827-big-band-thank-you
12/1/2011 - the-journal.com/articles/4961-cms-band-seeks-instrument-donations

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As you may know, City Market has been a great supporter of our band for the last several years. They donated almost $1000 to our band this past year alone through their Loyalty Card Campaign. If you are interested in associating your card with our band simply go to www.citymarket.com and click on “Register”. Create an account (which will include clicking on a link they email you) and when prompted for an organization to support, type in Cortez Middle School Band in the search box and our group will pop up. Simply click on our group and you are done! This takes about two minutes to complete and helps us so much. Thanks for your suppor