Three local high school band students will be participating in the Kentucky Music Educators Association All-State Band in Louisville this February.

Band parent and band alumni Andrew Gray says Christian County High School band members Michael Ralstad and Andrea Gray and Hopkinsville High School band member Brady Hinton successfully auditioned for the event over the weekend at John Hardin in Elizabethtown.

Ralstad plays the trumpet; Ms. Gray plays the trumpet and Hinton the tuba.

The three local students competed against approximately 900 others from across Kentucky and emerged among only 200 to be named “All-State.”

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