NCKMEA Honor Band Participants

Front: Garrett Staggs, Mckenzie Holle, Kate Frese
Back: Tyler Ungerer, Kayden Crawford, Ashlyn Freidrichs, Karleigh Throm, Elianna Sevilla, Ty Moser

Saturday, November 6 Marysville Junior High Band had 9 students participate in the North Central Kansas Music Educators Association's Middle Level Honor Band at Junction City High School.  Students rehearsed at these beautiful new facilities from 8:15-2:30, when the concert began with the NCKMEA High School Jazz Band, followed by the Middle Level Band and Choir.  The band students worked with retired Blue Valley director and Hall of Famer, Avian Bear.  She and the students presented an excellent concert consisting of Wade in the Water arranged by Story, Hawkeye Overture by Sheldon, What a Wonderful World arranged by Sebesky and La Brava by Shaffer.  Tyler Ungerer, trumpet, was selected as a soloist featured in Wade in the Water.