The students will be taking part in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Music Festival this weekend.  Band Instructor Kim Jones says they sent in a recording and audition last year for the school band and choir in Hapnot Collegiate and Creighton School.  She explains they did end up getting into the Festival and there’s some of the top bands and choirs from all over Canada performing at the Festival and then they also wanted to bring some of their younger students along so they have their grades 8 to 10 students also doing a retreat in Banff so they’ll work with some high level conductors under the direction of Anna Harrison and just get better on their instruments and working as a group.

Jones says all together they have 93 students looking forward to the trip to Banff where along with the Festival they will do some tourist activities and some team building on what will be a very positive trip for everyone.