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Band places first at conference festival
By Rongi Yost

The Sisters High School Band took top honors at the Capital Conference Band Festival for the second year running.

The competition took place at Central High School on Wednesday, April 3.

The band has participated in the festival, under the directorship of Jody Henderson, for the past six years. The first four years the band placed second. Now for two years in a row they have proved they're the best band in the conference by placing first.

Henderson explained that the Festival has two requirements. First, bands are required to play one piece of music from the state required 3A list. Second, they must play a total of 18 minutes or more of music.

"The students scored high enough they received an automatic berth to the State Band Championships on May 9 at Oregon State University," said Henderson. "This will be our third year we've attended the State Championships.

"The kids played the best they've played all year," Henderson said. "Even if we hadn't won I would have been totally satisfied. The highlight wasn't that they got first place but that they played their best."

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