Garfield/Palouse performs at jazz fest

—Mike Milano photo

Garfield/Palouse Jazz Band, under the direction of Ruth Vertrees, performed Thursday at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow. In front, from the left, are Mason Bates, Tuli O’Neill, David Milano, Dash Estes and Isaac Nelson. In back, from the left, are Alex Keeney, Paul Davis, Emily Keeney, Bethany Loomis, Kent Nelson and Sarah Bailey. The GP band played in the junior high combo division. Alex Keeney, a GP grad, and Davis, WSU student, were allowed to provide a rhythm section for the young band under rules for junior high entries....