Eight accomplished Washougal High School musicians joined the Northwest High School Honor Band at Pacific Lutheran University Jan. 5-6, in Tacoma.
The honors band features 250 top band students from Idaho, Oregon and Washington, and places them with renowned conductors and musicians to challenge themselves with new music, learn about their instruments and have the experience of performing with a large band.
Kelly Ritter, WHS band teacher of 14 years, said eight is the highest number of students to be accepted into the band.
Washougal has taken part in this honors band since at least 1995, when Ritter was a student at the school.
The WHS students included seniors Tessa Anderson, Katie Boon, Emma Hein, Bridgette McCarthy, Sydney Mederos and Phoebe Walker; as well as juniors Emily Johnson and Chloe Seymour.