Skyline High School takes second place
in Reno Jazz Festival

By Globe Staff

The Skyline High School Jazz Band took home top honors at the 45th annual Reno Jazz Festival last month.

    It was the first time since the mid 1960s that the band, which took second place in its division, was recognized.
    The Skyline band competed against 17 other bands from four states to tie for second place in its division. It was one of more than 330 middle, high school and college groups participating in the University of Nevada-sponsored event, one of the oldest and largest educational jazz festivals in the Western United States.
    The band is directed by Ted Allen, and the group’s success is an indication of the revival of music education in the Oakland Public Schools.
    World-class jazz artists, music educators and thousands of jazz students spend three days immersed in live-jazz performance, competitions and clinics.