Four students from Warm Springs Middle School band were selected to participate in the Region IX Honor Band. The students were Ellie Rosensteel, Melissa Carr, Elias Lyda, and Zebadiah Didawick. There were a total of 77 student musicians from Morgan, Berkeley, Jefferson, Hampshire, Grant, Mineral, Hardy, and Pendleton Counties.

The event was held on Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25 with the concert held at Musselman Middle School on April 25. This event was rescheduled from January due to snow.

“This was a wonderful experience where top middle school musicians from the eight counties in the panhandle came together for two days to rehearse and perform a concert,” said band teacher Ian Helmick.

The guest conductor was composer was Adrian Sims.

The band performed “Clutch” by Brian Balmages, “As Twilight Falls” by Robert Sheldon, “Into the Blizzard” by Aridan Sims, “Rhino Ruckus” by Erin Keeton-Howard, “Abundant Joy” by Adrian Sims, and “The Avengers March” by Alan Silvestri.