Recently 23 Mid-Prairie middle school and home school assistance program students participated in the 20th annual Mount Pleasant Honor Band. The students were selected based on recommendations from their directors Ross Schumaker and Norman Brooks. Students who participated took part in rehearsals, clinics and a workshop with the Dallas Brass. The band members were also treated to a special performance by the Dallas Brass. The Sixth grade band performed a program entitled “The Legacy of Heroes” and the seventh and eighth grade program was “The Adventure Begins”.

Students who participated in the event include Amanda Krueger, Ana Nafziger and Sarena Gerber on flute, Gracie Lucas, Zebi Kimani and Natali Miller on clarinet, Terra Richardson on oboe, Ivana Ebersole, Noah Miller, Gideon Sim and Aiden Yoder on saxophone, Olivia Caskey, Eryk Hovde, Kennedy Roth and Megan Lucas on trumpet, Zoe Fisher and Marina Richardson on french horn, Mason Brady and Kyra Helmuth on trombone, Erica McDowell on baritone, Kaylee Shirkey and Dominic McCain on tuba and Tyler Helmuth on percussion.