 Trade it and upgrade it now at Appalachian Wireless and receive up to $700 off when you trade your old, eligible device in and upgrade to a new iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro or 14 Pro Max on an unlimited Appalachian Advantage plan because we are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. Recently, two students from Pike County Central High School performed at the KMEA All-State Band at the Kentucky Arts Center in Louisville. Junior Will Burchett played in the Symphonic Band and Senior Ryan Price played in the Concert Band. Pike Central Director of Bands Jason Johnson has nothing but praise for his students. It was a real rewarding to see two of our students perform in the KMEA All-State Bands. We had Will Burchett who made the Symphonic Band and Ryan Price who made the Concert Band. They were two excellent musicians who auditioned from District 9 and then made that ensemble. I'm really proud of the work that they have put forward. Ryan being the first trombone player from Pike Central to make the ensemble and Will was the first student to make not only the Symphonic Band but he also made the All-State Jazz Band. It was an amazing performance. We were in Louisville, Kentucky and they played in the Kentucky Arts Center. The concert was well done this past Saturday and the music literature was very high quality. Each of these students has given it their all and they are not only an example for our rest of our music students but all students can learn how to work hard that they can achieve their goals. Burchett and Price have put in many hours of work to achieve this goal. Now both will be remembered on Pike Central's All-State Band plaque. It was really surreal. I started coming to Pike Central in the marching band when I was in seventh grade. I came up here after school and so I looked at this plaque basically almost every day since then and I won't say I never thought I could be in the All-State Band but to do it was just fulfilling a dream and it was surreal. It was good to work with such high quality musicians. So mature and so respectful of the art. I think it's a very unique experience with our district having so little people go to that high of a level. You bring that home with you and you share it with other people and it's like you level up everybody at home just by attending an event like that. Just thank you to the people that helped me get here, Matt Moon, my mom. That's really it, Jay, for pushing me to do this thing and I'm excited to put my name here. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.