LUSELAND — A band’s jam session is an informal practice of music involving all members of a band, or just a fun session to play music for enjoyment. Luseland has an extracurricular music group known as Jam Club and they recently held a public performance of their work.
The high school music club includes students from Grades 7-12. They have four rock groups and each group learns songs to play on stage for their big show. Teacher and instructor, Chris Williamson, said there are 30 students in the club this year.
“The concert this year featured 24 mostly band songs,” Williamson says.
“Some duos and some trios also performed. We did some hard rock, heavy metal, country, ‘80s pop, ‘50s rock and modern pop. We put out 260 chairs in the gym and they were full with more standing in the back.”
The club starts up in October or November once volleyball season is over. Groups are picked and start learning songs and then commit to practising once a week.
Student participants use club time to practise their pieces as well as learn their parts and practise at home so when together, they can make it all work together in a fun and creative process.
“This was a great year for the Jam Club. First performance in years because of the COVID singing restrictions put on schools. All groups did amazing, and we have a lot of young, talented musicians and singers. The community loved the gig,” says Williamson.
Luseland School’s jam club got an added surprise as the organizers of the Tralapa Summer Festival saw the performance streamed online by the division and asked the group to play on the Saturday of their event.
“The kids are super excited for this opportunity to play on a big stage for this event.”
