All that Jazz
51st Annual Clark College Jazz Festival
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Meadowdale High School student plays a solo in the AAA finalist performance.
Three full days of exhilarating big-band jazz culminated with the announcement of final awards when the 51st Annual Clark College Jazz Festival came to a close in late January.
For 2013, the Dale Beacock Memorial Sweepstakes trophy was awarded to Roosevelt High School from Seattle, Wash.
Middle school jazz ensemble final results:
1st place – Chief Umtuch Middle School, Battle Ground, Wash.; 2nd place – Hamilton International Middle School, Seattle, Wash.; 3rd place – Eckstine Middle School, Seattle, Wash.
Special recognition went to Beaumont Middle School from Portland, Ore., for being asked to perform in the evening finals.
Mountlake High School musicians
A Division
1st place – Ridgefield High School Jazz, Ridgefield, Wash.; 2nd place – Northwinds Homeschool, Port Angeles, Wash.; 3rd place – Astoria High School, Astoria, Ore.
Special recognition went to Woodland High School for being asked to perform in the evening finals.
Outstanding high school musician awards for the A Division were presented to: Randall Olson, Astoria High School, Astoria, Ore.; Jameson Pasko, Rochester High School, Rochester, Wash.; David Kennedy, Northwinds Homeschool, Port Angeles, Wash.; Alice Hiemstra, Zillah High School, Zillah, Wash.; David Padawer, James Corbett, Patrick Rector, Overlake High School, Redmond, Wash.; Micah Ritchie, Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, Wash.
AA Division
1st place – Hockinson High School, Brush Prairie, Wash.; 2nd place – Milwaukie High School, Milwaukie, Ore.; 3rd place – Fife High School, Tacoma, Wash.
Outstanding high school musician awards for the AA Division were presented to: Adrian Eldridge, Nathan Hale High School, Seattle, Wash.; Bruce Kirkpatrick, Mark Morris High School, Longview, Wash.; Tristian Gallegos and Daniel Blowdahl, W.F West High School, Chehalis, Wash.; Hannah Murray, Mt. View High School II, Mead High School, Spokane, Wash.; Julien Phillips, Duncan Mayer, Nate Asbury, Fife High School, Tacoma, Wash.; Aaron Garner, Hockinson High School,Brush Prairie, Wash.; Lee Burlingame, Alec Parr, Milwaukie High School, Milwaukie, Ore.
AAA Division
1st place – Roosevelt High School, Seattle, Wash.; 2nd place – West Linn High School, West Linn, Ore.; 3rd place – Meadowdale High School, Lynnwood, Wash.
Outstanding high school musician awards for the AAA Division were presented to: Tim Miller, Mead High School Jazz, Spokane, Wash.; Jesse Beckett-Herbert and Santosh Sharma, Roosevelt High School, Seattle, Wash.
AAAA Division
1st place – Roosevelt High School, Seattle, Wash.; 2nd place – Mountlake Terrace High School, Mountlake Terrace, Wash.; 3rd place – Garfield High School, Seattle, Wash.
Outstanding high school musician awards for the AAAA Division were presented to:
Taylor Griffin and Ryan Leppich, Mountlake Terrace High School, Mountlake Terrace, Wash.; John Otten, Daniel Arthur, Quinn Anex-Ries, Roosevelt High School, Seattle, Wash.; Connor Hargus, Ariel Loud, Jack Swigget, Garfield High School, Seattle, Wash.; Stephen Reid, Union High School Jazz, Camas, Wash.