The music department at Kamiakin Junior High has, for the third year in a row, set a record for the number of students accepted to participate in Washington's most prestigious honor group for middle-school students: Junior All-State.
early 20 audition tapes were sent to the state screening committee and an all-time school record of nine musicians will participate based on their expertise, technical facility and musicality.
The musicians listed below will join other state members as eighth-graders next October in Olympia as part of the Washington Music Educators Junior All-State Band, Orchestra or Choir.
Nathan Harger, trumpet
Josh Reyes, tenor saxophone
Erik Wictor, trombone
Marie Shannon, clarinet
Sam Schwabacher, percussion
Sarah Smith, viola
Seth Retzlaff, cello
Krista Webb, alto
Jordan Rackley, alto
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