Adair – Casey / Guthrie Center High School hosted the Class 1A State Solo and Small Ensemble contest on April 12th.

Band Director Kyra Babcock says that they had a fun time hosting, as well as competing. She mentions that in duets and small ensembles, there were three Division I ratings and four Division II ratings, while in solo performances students received four Division I ratings and two Division II ratings. A list of each performance and their rating can be found in this story online.

Duet and Small Ensemble Ratings (Division I = 36-40, Division II = 30-35)
Woodwind Choir: Div. I – 36/40
Saxophone Choir: Div. II – 35/40
Brass Choir: Div. II – 33/40
Percussion Choir: Div. I – 37/40
Shyann Young & Nora Langgaard, flute duet: Div. I – 39/40
Wendell Hunt & Rohnin Grasty, snare drum duet: Div. II – 35/40
Megan Underwood & Kiera Boals, xylophone duet: Div. II – 33/40

Solo Ratings (Division I = 32-35, Division II = 26-31, Division III = 18-25)
Shyann Young, flute solo: Div. I – 34/35
Emmarae Ellis, flute solo: Div. 1 – 34/35
Allie DeWitt, clarinet solo: Div. I – 32/35
Emma Brown, clarinet solo: Div. III – 24/35
Laurin Davis, alto sax solo: Div. II – 31/35
Mackenzie Erickson, trumpet solo: Div. I – 32/35
Blakely Buttler, snare drum solo: Div. II – 31/35