Rock Port Junior High students who participated in the Junior High Solo Music Festival, from left to right, are: front row – Stevie Pritt, Hadleigh Jones, and Jayme McEnaney; and back row – Jakobie Hays, Jaymes Herron, Ryan Lucas, Brentyn Herron, Mariah Lawrence, and Arianna Shimmel. Avery Meyerkorth is not pictured.

Ten Rock Port Junior High students traveled to Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri, for the Solo Music Festival. Students prepare a solo and perform it in front of a judge. They are critiqued and then scored on a I-III scale, with I being the best. “All 10 students did a great job! I am so proud of these musicians!” said Abby Palmer, Band & Choir Director.

Results for the Rock Port musicians are: Hadleigh Jones, vocal, I; Jakobie Hays, snare, I; Ryan Lucas, trumpet, I; Arianna Shimmel, vocal, I; Stevie Pritt, vocal, I; Jayme McEnaney, vocal, I; Mariah Lawrence, clarinet, I; Avery Meyerkorth, clarinet, I; Jaymes Herron, alto sax, II; and Brentyn Herron, tuba, III.