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Wilmette Teen Will Play at International Blues Festival

New Trier student Will Tilson will be part of the largest gathering of blues acts.

A Wilmette teenager will deliver a solo performance at the International Blues Challenge, the world’s largest gathering of blues acts, on Beale Street in Memphis this week.

Will Tilson, a freshman at New Trier High School, earned the honor after winning the Chicago Blues Challenge/Youth Showcase at Columbia College in November, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

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