Our Okawville Prairie Honor Band Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary on Tuesday, November 26. Many schools participated in this festival, including Okawville, Nashville, Lebanon, Freeburg, New Athens, Carlyle, and Wesclin. The festival has occurred at Wesclin High School on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving for the past few years. Students receive the music to prepare on their own time. Students from all schools gathered together for the first time that Tuesday morning at Wesclin and rehearsed all day. Each year they have a guest conductor, and this year’s guest conductor was Dr. Ruben Gomez- Director of the bands at SIU-E. The students that are involved in the Prairie Honor Band at Okawville are John Schaller, Katheryn Forgy, Laura Cook, Nolan Frantz, Sarah Cook, Julia Helbig, Sophia Wood, Calvin Maynard, Alexis Jarden, Eva Tooley, and Laurie Mueth.
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Prairie Honor Band
Emmalyne Muniz, JH Editor
January 16, 2025
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