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Joliet District 86 Students to Perform at Music Festival

Gompers, Hufford, and Washington Junior High Band, Choir, and Orchestra Students Selected

Congratulations to the Joliet Public Schools District 86 Junior High Student Musicians for being selected to perform at the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) District 1 Junior Honors Festival. The event takes place at Lincoln-way Central High School on November 6.

The students include: Maria Avalos Angeles/alto saxophone, Washington Junior High; Meredith Diaz Sanchez/violin, Gompers Junior High; Aiden Hadley/clarinet, Hufford Junior High; Jeremy Lannan/trumpet, Hufford Junior High; Lailah Moore/alto voice, Washington Junior High; Jordan Shell/viola, Hufford Junior High; and Johannah Williams/alto voice, Washington Junior High.

The student’s directors include: R. Scott Barnas, Washington Junior High Band Director; Clifford Hunt, Hufford Junior High Orchestra Director; James Shaw, Hufford Junior High Band Director; Rachael Tatar, Gompers Junior High Orchestra Director; and Chloe Vassmer, Washington Junior High Choir Director.

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