Mackey makes All-State Band

"Making All-State Band is the highest recognition a Montanan musician can make," Malta High School band teacher Erik Engebretson said. "You're competing with all classifications, AA, A, B and C. It's mostly AA students. It's a display of the best musicians in Montana and Bella was a part of that."

Malta junior Bella Mackey, earned All-State Band honors as a flute player and attended the 2016 All-State Band, Chorus and Orchestra Festival held at the Mansfield Theater at the Civic Center in Great Falls on October 19-21.

Mackey qualified for state after auditioning for the honors last June. Sh...