Two Trion High students participated in Honor Band earlier this month.

Jake Reeves and Mason Pike participated in the Georgia All-State Band in Savannah. At Honor Band, the most advanced musicians in the state gather on these dates to rehearse music they have never seen with students they have never played alongside. After only four rehearsals, they perform a program of very advanced band literature at a very high level of achievement.

Members of All-State Band were selected from the thousands of band students who auditioned from across the state. 

Reeves, who is a veteran three-year member of the prestigious group of musicians, commented, “"It’s sad that this was my last year of All-State, but it will be an experience I carry with me forever."  Reeves held first chair for the trombone section.

It was was sophomore Mason Pike’s first opportunity to attend. 

"It was an experience I couldn’t have gotten anywhere else. It taught me how to play in a professional orchestra,"  commented Pike, who sat third chair in the baritone section of the band.

Trion band director Andy Cox joined the two for the weekend concert and said, "I couldn't be prouder of how these students represented our school and community in the name of music.  They worked so very hard to achieve this great honor!"