This past weekend, McKinney Christian Academy band students, freshman, Silas Urban, junior, Ella Downey, and seventh grader, Isabella Fog, participated in the TPSMEA All-Region band contest. Urban served as the Principal Clarinet, Downey placed 13th out of X saxophones, and Fog placed 12th highest in the North Region for Middle School Honor Band playing the flute. They also participated in the ATSSB All-Region band. Urban earned Principal Clarinet, Concert Master, and 1st in Area. Downey placed 15th out of  X saxophones.  Urban, Fog, and Downey participated in TPSMEA Solo + Ensemble and  received Division ratings on Grade 1 solos, with Urban and Downey continuing to State in May. When asked how the competition went, Downey said, “The Solo contest went great. All of us received a first division, which is the highest score you can achieve. I think that I did pretty well, I achieved my goal of getting a one on my solo!”