PEARCY – Four members of the Mount Ida High School Band qualified for the Junior High All Region Band and performed at a concert December 12.
The quartet of performers auditioned December 5 at Lake Hamilton High School with each of them qualifying for first band with their respective instrument.
Two Mount Ida band members qualified first band first chair.
Ninth grader Delainey Brown qualified first band first chair in the oboe section, while fellow ninth grader Hunter Martin qualified first band first chair in the trombone section.
Joining Hunter in the trombone section was seventh grader Will Cole who finished just behind his band mate with first band second chair in the trombone section.
Ninth grader Jacob Stover also qualified for first band and was seated 25th in a crowded section of clarinet players.
Justin Martin, Band Director at Mount Ida High School, attended the tryouts and workshop with the students.