EDUCATION: Seattle Times: Seattle Schools Continue Decade of Dominance at Essentially Ellington

Another year at Essentially Ellington, another triumph for Seattle bands. Garfield High School won here and Roosevelt placed second in the 2009 festival, the top high-school jazz-band contest in the country, which wrapped up here last Sunday. “We kind of chuckle that people are going to get tired of seeing Garfield and Roosevelt all the time,” said Scott Brown, the band director at Roosevelt High School, which is located within five miles of Garfield...

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