Today, the District 3 Alabama bandmasters association met today to judge the many audition videos submitted by student applicants in District 3. Mr. Daniel Seay, the district chairman, held a meeting where he trained the 50+ judges then collected the results after some 5-6 hours of judging.
Muscle Shoals students once again proved that hard work pays off and that a pandemic would not interfere with their individual success at all state.
All state honor band is the single highest individual honor an instrumental student musician can receive in our state.
Here are the entire results from today’s judging.
Students selected a for the All State Middle School Band:
Dahlia Lamas, clarinet 8th grade
Noelia Lamas, clarinet 8th grade
Izabella Cox, bass clarinet 8th grade
Helen Liota, alto sax 8th grade
Anna Kate Everitt, trumpet 8th grade
Brandi Thompson, trumpet 8th grade
Tristan Ruano, tuba 8th grade
HIGH SCHOOL UNASSIGNED (Will find out band placement at a later date)
Brett Stafford, oboe 12th grade
Mary Cole Kinney, oboe 9th grade
HIGH SCHOOL RED BAND (top honor band)
Chandler Myhan, clarinet 10th grade
Josh Banister, trumpet 10th grade
Aubrey Clay, french horn 12th grade
Connor Baggette, trombone 12th grade
Eli Colston, percussion 11th grade
HIGH SCHOOL WHITE BAND (2nd honors band)
Harris Tomlinson, percussion 11th grade
Janelle Parks, clarinet 9th grade
HIGH SCHOOL BLUE BAND (3rd honors band)
Linda Zheng, flute 9th grade
Abby McAfee, clarinet 10th grade
Lindsey Conner, clarinet 10th grade
Anna Neal, clarinet 10th grade
Will Phillips, alto sax 10th grade
At this point, the students now await to find out their chair results to be judged at a later by a separate panel of judges at the state level.
We could not be more proud of ALL the students who practiced and submitted their auditions. Never stop practicing!!!!!
