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In preparation for the district festival both Roberts and concert orchestra teacher DarylClark chose their music carefully and pushed their students. “It’s a lot of hard work,”Roberts said.As the statewide competition approaches, Roberts and Clark expect students to maintainthe same level of performance in class but will take extra steps to prepare. “We’ll get othersto be guest adjudicators for practice adjudications before the state level,” Roberts said.From April 15 to April 17, the music department will also sponsor a trip to the NationalFreedom Festival at the College of Staten Island, New York. Students from all of the musicensembles will combine to form a singular orchestra, band and jazz band. "It will be acombined effort," Roberts said.The music department has traveled to competitions in the past but this will be its first timein several years participating in the Maryland Orchestra Festival and its first time evercompeting in the National Freedom Festival. Clark expressed how important it will be forstudents to participate in such festivals. "It's a good way to motivate students and showcaseour talent on a larger scale," Clark said.Page 17 of 179