Last Saturday, the Atlantic Jazz band competed for state up on stage here at home. They received a two rating for their performance. Jazz band director Jarrod O’Donnell commented on their hard work, “I thought they did very well, it was the best performance we had all year and overall we are moving in a positive direction.” One of the judge’s comments was to make sure they work on being in tune as a group and the rhythm group pushes them.”
The jazz band will compete in two more competitions and if they qualify for jazz championships the number will be three. They will travel to Indianola on Feb. 18 for the next contest and then go to Glenwood for the district jazz festival on Feb 20.