Colfax qualifiers at district vocal event

Colfax state qualifiers, from the left, Kelsey Nails, Lindsay Webber, Kyle Largent, Wayne Sandell, Ben May, Hannah Higginson and Tarryn Anderson perform Jazz Gloria for adjudicator Dr. Sheila Converse at the District Solo & Ensemble Festival at Lincoln Middle School in Pullman on Saturday, Feb. 6. Performers are judged on interpretation, tone, intonation, technique and choice of literature. Among those receiving a superior rating in each category, the number one performer was declared the winner and qualifies for the State Festival at Central Washington University April 23-24.

Those who received a superior rating and qualified for state from Colfax High School include an ensemble of Sandell, May, Largent, Higginson, Anderson, Nails and Webber, a duet of May and Largent and soloist Webber. Also receiving excellent ratings in the high school soloist division were May, Largent, and Nails. Junior High division superior ratings went to solosits: Lizzy May, Hollis Higginson and Erica Eng, an ensemble of Dana Kincheloe, Kelly Ward, Johauna Koyama and Lizzy May. Director was Cary Cammack.