On Monday, May 12th, Housel Middle School hosted the Central Washington 2nd Year Band Festival. 280 students from 8 schools practiced together on 5 songs they had been working on during the Spring and then performed a mass-band concert together that evening. Mr. Ed Cunnington, a recently retired band director from the Yakima area, led the students in practice and the concert. Participating in the festival were the second-year band students from Housel Middle School, Toppenish Middle School, Harrison Middle School, Grandview Middle School, Sunnyside Christian School, Union Gap Middle School, Selah Middle School, and Wahluke Junior High. This was the 25th year of the festival, which is sponsored by Ted Brown Music.
Thank you to Mr. Norris for making this exciting event happen for our HMS students!