19 Students perform in district honor bands

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Riversprings Middle School band members

Members of the Wakulla Middle School band

Members of the Wakulla High School band perform in the FBA All District 3 Honor Bands.

On Jan. 28, 19 of our most talented students performed in the Florida Bandmasters Association All District 3 Honor Bands.

These bands, high school and middle school, are comprised of only those students who successfully passed rather difficult audition requirements. They also had only three rehearsals to learn and perform up to five tough selections of music for their group.

All the students handled themselves with dedication and hard work.

The FBA All District 3 Honor Band Concert was held in the Lawton Chiles High School Auditorium and in front of a “standing room only” crowd.

The music and performance was exceptional. 

Thanks are given to all the administrators, schools, families and friends who support the band programs in this county.

“It is moments like this that truly demonstrate the uniqueness of what we have here and the importance of education in our county,” said Carmen Williams, the band director at Riversprings Middle School.

Congratulations to the following students on a job well done:
Wakulla High School: Seth McManus and Toby Jordan; Wakulla Middle School: Tyler Westcott and Rafel Fortier; and Riversprings Middle School: Emma Chason, Mike King, Breana Sykes, Kyle Pearson, Nic Samlal, Robert Hogan, Jenna Franck, Whitle Kerce, Paige Pearson, Sheleen Burton, Kyra Townes, Mattias Gunnarsson, Coy White, Adrian Morris and Scott Curry.