Five LHS Jazz Band members place at state competition

  • erick mitchell | dispatch record Band members, from left, Sasa Soki, Maddi Griffin, Jacob Whaley, Alexander Thorne and Charlie Pekins pose with their instruments. All five placed in the top 12 for the state jazz band competition with their respective instruments.
    erick mitchell | dispatch record Band members, from left, Sasa Soki, Maddi Griffin, Jacob Whaley, Alexander Thorne and Charlie Pekins pose with their instruments. All five placed in the top 12 for the state jazz band competition with their respective instruments.

    Lampasas High School’s Jazz Band saw five students place in the top 12 with their respective instruments at the Association of Texas Small School Bands All-State jazz band competition.

    Although none of the students who placed made the state jazz ensemble, it was the first time that all LHS students who competed placed in the top 12 at state.

    Seniors Jacob Whaley and Maddi Griffin earned eighth and 1…