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Orchestra makes history!

Matthew Lopez, Online Editor • April 15, 2013

On Thursday, April 11, 2013 the Akins Orchestra competed and earned nothing but 1’s in the String UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Competition. The competition consisted of three judges sitting, listening and rating as the Akins Orchestra students performed in the concert portion. The students earned a 1 (superior rating) in this category and then for the first time, performed a piece of music that the judges yet again gave the group a ranking of a 1.

“I am proud beyond words,” orchestra director Cathy Bennett said. “Not many performing groups have the honor of receiving a perfect score.”

With Akins competing against many schools across the district including Bowie, McCallum, Anderson, and LASA, the orchestra group felt they left the competition with success.

“We did really good this year.” sophomore Robert Ott said. “Since last year we improved a bunch and Ms. Bennett is really proud of all our hard work.”

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Matthew Lopez, Online Editor

Grade : This year I'm currently a SENIOR ~ Academy : I am in the AHA Academy here at Akins. Year on staff : This will actually be my second year. Newspaper role : My role this year is the "Online Editor". Why on staff ? I am on staff because I was listening to Nothing Was The Same (NWTS) and then it hit me... I need to do something with my life. And... so yeah... that's how it happened. And also because I enjoy being apart of this staff and all the "inside scoop" we have about the school that most students don't know. What do you do for fun ? Well.. as weird as it sounds.. I make videos on the internet and no.. not those type of videos. Sadly. But yeah. My videos can go from me just talking about whatever is on my mind to my friends and i embarrassing ourselves in public. I also have a gangster rap alias by the name of "M-$LΔB" with the hopes and dreams of touring the world and having #1 hits. ok just kidding. But yeah, if you want to check out some of my videos.. just search my name and hopefully it won't be a big waste of your time. Plans after high school ? After high school I plan on getting famous and turning up with 2-CHAINZ... and if that doesn't happen.. I plan on attending college and majoring in a field along the lines of Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. Something like that.