Ben Atkinson, 8th grade percussion at LMPS (Lakeland Middle Preparatory School), earned the honor of first chair in the percussion section of the 2018 All West Tennessee Middle Schools Band, according to Anneliese Land, LMPS band director.
The competition was last weekend at the Cannon Center in downtown Memphis and four other LMPS students participated: Caroline Floyd, 7th grade, clarinet; Issac Amar, 8th grade, horn; and Eli Roy, 8th grade, clarinet. Ella McLaughlin, 8th grade clarinet, was an alternate. Ben was in the red band, the other students in the blue band.
Mrs. Land said the one-week annual event brought students from across the West Tennessee region. There were also sessions and exhibitor booths for teachers while students were in rehearsals.
There were two junior high bands and four senior high bands. Mrs. Land was the co-chair of the junior high blue band. She said over 1,000 students audition at All West each year.
Link to students accepted into the bands: https://www.wtsboa.website/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018_AW_Middle_School_Band_Unofficial.pdf
LMPS opened to grades 5-8 in August 2017 and is located at 5020 Lions Crest Drive.
… Photos courtesy of LMPS.
