Five El Dorado Middle School Sixth Grade Orchestra students performed in the beginners' orchestra at the 2024 Southern Plains Honor Orchestra  Festival on Saturday, February 10 at Andover Central High School.

The  students were Liam Austin, Benjamin Crane, and Sandra Keener, violin;  Laykin Erlich, viola; and Thomas Andrews, cello.  This orchestra was  conducted by El Dorado orchestra teacher Kevin Monroe.

Photo Credit: Lindsay Cooper

Nine El Dorado Middle School Seventh and Eighth Grade Orchestra students performed in the advanced orchestra at the 2024 Southern Plains Honor  Orchestra Festival on Saturday, February 10 at Andover Central High  School. 

The students were Blake Hopkins, Henry Diver, Dameon Griffith,  Sofia Nuñez, violin; Kolby Cooper, viola; Patrick Andrews, Emily Krob,  cello; and Christopher Thompson, bass.  This orchestra was conducted by  Beloit orchestra teacher Julia McMains, who completed her teaching  internship in El Dorado in 2021.


Photo Credit: Kevin Monroe

Several students participated in the honor bands.

6th Grade - Keeley Bice, Sophie Collette, Wyatt Davis, Camryn  Harris, Kloe Jordan, Alex Kimzey, Alia Light, Nikita Mitchell, Quinten Stanfield, Olivia Sterling, Jackson VanFossen

7th Grade - Landon Crutchfield, Ethan Dillner, Avery Remsberg, Corey Richardson, Bella Wight, Manuel Viveros

8th Grade - Daxton Farrar, Sebastian Lentz, Paul LIm, I'Yahna Warren, Britanee White, Brailin Wright