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It's a highlight of the year!! Nova bands, including those formed in Nova Band Class, perform for all ages!  Nova Band Showcase and Benefit Sunday, June 10; 6:30pm at  the Vera Project ; Warren Ave/Republican Ave N (Seattle Center) All Ages!! $7.00 Featuring: El Mago Pink Pajamas The Specifics Robot Mermaids Wolves in the Walls & Street Logic! The Nova Project is a democratically run public alternative high school that has its philosophical roots in the arts and social and environmental justice. We strive to create a safe place for students of all races, genders, and sexual orientations. Classes are thematically and inquiry based and non-graded. The staff and students work very hard to help each other find our voices to express ourselves through a variety of mediums. And, we ROCK! The Nova Band Show is a benefit for The Nova Project’s band program. It is the only way that our music program can earn money to buy and repair our instruments and equipment. Most of ...

The Roosevelt High School Jazz Band took second place at this year's Essentially Ellington competition in NYC.  They also were awarded prizes for many individual and ensemble awards.    (Dillard High in Fort Lauderdale, FL took first place.)  Details in the Times' article. The article also explained why Garfield wasn't there (and I hadn't heard this before).  According to Massey, Garfield inadvertently failed to renew its membership in Essentially Ellington on time, so the school's sheet music arrived only a week before the due date for an audition CD.