Central Michigan and Beyond

The BRJO is back from two long days of work! At the CMU Jazz Festival, they placed second in their division, with bassist Josiah Panning taking home a Best Soloist award. Everyone was tired after getting home at 12:45 Saturday morning, but they still had one more thing to do. Hope College Band Day was also on Saturday, and since every member is in another band, they went and did clinics along with a few performances. The next few weeks get hectic as the concert bands have a concert on the 24th, the Jazz Band leaves for New York on the 26, come back, and then have MSBOA District Festival, and then two more jazz festivals, one at Western Michigan University in March, and one at Michigan State. Very hectic but it should be a lot of fun!