“I have a lot of friends who play in the band at school and in their own bands. They mostly all play rock music.”

— Jake Henley, freshman, SWJHS

“I have some who are in the junior high and high school bands. Some of the ones in high school play with their own bands at the Bottleneck sometimes.”

— Khadijah Lane, eighth-grader, SWJHS

“A lot of my friends and I are in the school band. There are some guys in my class who are in their own band, but I don't know them all that well.”

— Kelsey Consolver, seventh-grader, SWJHS

“Yeah. My older brother has a band that plays kind of alternative jazz, but none of my friends here at school have a band that I know of.”

— Bryce Minter, freshman, SWJHS

“I know several who are in band at school, but none who play out of school.”

— Kristen Bell, freshman, SWJHS

“Yeah. They have their own band with a guitarist, drummer and a singer. Some of them also play in the school band.”

— Beverly Liang, freshman, SWJHS

“No, I don't. I know some who are musicians, but they don't have their own band.”

— Jordan Gaches, eighth-grader, SWJHS

“Yes. I know a few people who are in three different bands, and one of them plays for two of them.”

— Trevor Leslie, freshman, Southwest Junior High School