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Simley Students Selected For 2020 All-Conference Honor Band Festival
Each year, band directors from the nine Metro East schools nominate students to perform in the annual All-Conference Honor Band Festival.
Posted on 01/14/2020
Each year, band directors from the nine Metro East schools nominate students to perform in the annual All-Conference Honor Band Festival. This year, 12 Simley High School band students were selected for the All-Conference Jazz Band and the All-Conference Concert Band:
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Concert Band
- Carter Bollmann
- Emma Deyo
- Curtis Hance
- Cecelia Jorde
- Eryn McVay
- Maya Merritt
- Marisa Modica
- Jesiah Sanchez
- Daniel Williams
- Phil Workman
- Will Hackerson
- Taylor Riess
Students rehearsed challenging pieces alongside the rest of the best musicians in the conference for seven hours. Then on January 13, Simley students performed with Hastings, Henry Sibley, Hill-Murray, Mahtomedi, North St. Paul, South St. Paul, St. Thomas Academy, and Tartan high school students for the festival.
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