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Regional high notes

Regional high notes

Thu, 04/01/2021 - 12:00am

On March 6 members of the Rockdale High School band competed in the UIL Region 26/18 Solo and Ensemble contest at Smithville High School. The students and their placings are (L-R) McKade Casas, Division 2 on a class 1 trumpet solo; Alyssa Thompson, Division 1 on a class 1 baritone saxophone solo; Alex Rubio, Division 1 on a class 2 snare drum solo; Abel Aguirre, Division 1 on a class 2 clarinet solo; and Clarissa Herrera, Division 2 on a class 1 flute solo. Submitted photo

Eyes of the Tigers on gradation

Eyes of the Tigers on gradation

Thu, 04/01/2021 - 12:00am

Graduation will return to normal at Rockdale High School this year with the ceremony planned for May 28 in Tiger Stadium beginning at 7:30 p.m. Seniors picked up their caps and gown March 24. Graduates will receive 10 tickets for guests to the event with seven of those tickets for home side seating and three on the visitors’ side. Should the weather be bad, the ceremony will switch to the high school gym and seniors will be limited to three tickets. Submitted photo

Joyful noises

Joyful noises

Thu, 04/01/2021 - 12:00am

Sam Ray sings lead on a do-wop gospel song Sunday as the other trio members, Brenda and Curtis, sing the do-wop part at San Gabriel Christian Church in Thorndale during a concert at the church’s daylong rededication ceremony celebrating the building revival from tornado damages of two years ago. Reporter/David Money

Egg scramble
Egg scramble

Egg scramble

Thu, 04/01/2021 - 12:00am

A helicopter dropped eggs at Memorial Park in Lexington on Saturday morning. Hundreds of people gathered in the park to watch a helicopter fly high in circles around the park before dropping two loads of “eggs” onto the field at the park. Inside the eggs that some of the children were able to gather in the rush were candy, trinkets, tickets for prizes and cash. The tickets were redeemed at the prize table in a pavilion at the park. The Easter bunny was there, too. Children stood with the holiday symbol to have their pictures made. After the egg drop, there was an assortment of games the kids could play during the threehour event. In the photo above, Matt Yarbrough of Lexington unravels a prize one of his sons got, while the two boys, Jaxen, 7, center, and Zeke, 5, “crack” open some of their eggs. Reporter photos/David Money

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