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Members of the Clarendon Hills Middle School Jazz Band performed Saturday morning at the Hinsdale Middle School in the Illinois Grade School Music Association Jazz Contest. Both HMS and CHMS jazz bands received Division 1 ratings from all three judges and Division 1 ratings overall en route to qualifying for the state competition. Eric Morong conducts the CHMS jazz band during one of their numbers. Jack Ordway and Jack Gerrard both on alto saxophones, and Emily Richardson on trombone perform. (Jim Slonoff photos)