Seattle Times
For the second consecutive year, Seattle high schools claimed the top two spots at this weekend’s Essentially Ellington Festival in New York, the nation’s premier high-school jazz-band contest. Seattle’s Garfield High School placed first and Roosevelt High School was second. The 1-2 order was reversed last year, with Roosevelt on top.”We are enjoying the moment,” said Clarence Acox, reaching by phone in New York Sunday night, just after the announcement of Garfield’s win.”We’re standing right in front of Jazz at Lincoln Center taking pictures with the trophy,” said the longtime band director. “It never gets old.”