{"id":29169,"date":"2024-02-15T00:30:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T07:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/former-mancos-band-teacher-janey-silver-inducted-into-chsaa-hall-of-fame\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:50:05","slug":"former-mancos-band-teacher-janey-silver-inducted-into-chsaa-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/former-mancos-band-teacher-janey-silver-inducted-into-chsaa-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Mancos band teacher Janey Silver inducted into CHSAA Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Janey Silver with former Mancos alumnus Luther Elliss, who went on to play football at the University of Utah and the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos.. (Erika Holm\/Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

At an awards ceremony on Jan. 30, former Mancos band teacher Janey Silver was inducted into the Colorado High School Activities Association Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Mancos High School alumni accepted the award on her behalf, as she is in a local nursing home and unable to accept the award herself.<\/p>\n

Erica Holm, a Mancos alumni who graduated in 2000, helped put together a video<\/a> slideshow that was played at the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Holm said that since Silver has no family, former students came together to provide pictures and commentary for the video. Holm said she was overwhelmed by the outpouring of love from Silver\u2019s former students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just floored with how many people reached out to me and even if they didn\u2019t contribute, just saying thank you. I\u2019m so glad that she\u2019s getting her moment,\u201d Holm said.<\/p>\n

CHSAA provided Silver a plaque that Holm said would probably be hung in her room at the nursing home. She added that the nursing home was going to do a small celebration to present it to her, but there hasn\u2019t been a date set.<\/p>\n

Silver began teaching at Mancos High School in 1967, after graduating from Fort Lewis College.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was one of the few women teachers and the first woman band and choir teacher for Mancos,\u201d the district said. \u201cShe helped bring women\u2019s sports to Mancos with Title 9 and was a coach and mentor to many students.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe build an amazing marching band program and lead Mancos to three Colorado state championships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silver commuted from Durango to Mancos every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe drove every single day, early mornings for practice, summertime, you name it,\u201d Holm said. \u201cShe dedicated her life to the kids at that school.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEach of us as band members felt noticed and encouraged. Ms. Silver took us from wherever we were, not only as musicians but as human beings too. She made us better,\u201d said Melissa Johnson of the Class of 1989.<\/p>\n

The Mancos band won the state championship in 1995, 1996 and 1997. She retired in 2000.<\/p>\n

Holm and the others who were students under Silver spoke about her dedication, passion and impact on the students in Mancos.<\/p>\n

At the time, Holm said that there were around 150 students in the Mancos schools, but there were about 90 participating in band, allowing students to travel as part of the band.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe fostered this early interest and kind of old school love of band,\u201d Holm said. \u201cIt was a really cool way for us small town kids to take these big trips and see some different things \u2026 she is a truly wonderful woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe made us believe that we had done something really big together when we stayed in the race against bigger bands like Durango,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt\u2019s just such a wonderful testament to what teaching and being a band director are really all about. There are so many live that she touched.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCongrats, Ms. Silver,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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