Record number of MLWGS students accepted to District Band

Fourteen MLWGS Band students participated in district band from February 2-4. Students worked with master conductors Dr. Terry Austin and David Kauffman to prepare a concert over the three-day event. 2023 marks a record for the number of students accepted to district band from MLWGS. Four students will continue on to audition for All-Virginia Band at the end of February. Go band!

Participating Students:

Bilal Ahmad*

Sydney Brewer

Connor Cloe

Grace Crislip

Andrew Eaton

Jessica Hendricks

Michael Lusk*

Eric Hu

Heer Patel

Liam Reed

Audrey Tang

Michael “Trip” Taylor*

Peize Wang*

Lucy Whealton

*=All-Virginia eligible

Congratulations to these students and their teacher Mr. Nicholas Merillat.

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