Perfect Scores!
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Du Quoin Middle School Band Picks Up Perfect Scores Enroute
to First Superior Rating-- The 71-member Du Quoin Middle School Band
competed in the Illinois Grade School Music Association¹s District 3
organization contest held at the Marion Jr. High School on Saturday, March
27. The middle school band under the direction of Jon Montgomery received
three perfect scores for an overall First Superior rating. The band will
advance to the state competition on Saturday, April 24, at Casey Middle
School in Mt. Vernon. Eighth grade flutist, Heather McKinzie points to the
perfect score on one of the three comment sheets.