The Mathews High School Music Department held its second annual Coffee Shop Jazz program last Wednesday. Community members filled the school’s cafeteria to hear the MHS Jazz Band and the Mathews Community Jazz Combo perform to enjoy some music and support the school’s music program. Above, director Mark Givens, at right, leads the MHS Jazz Band, from left, Ethan White, Hunter Owens, Evelyn Welsh, Charlotte Bailey, Cate Christopher, Bethany Davis, and not pictured, drummer Hayden Owens and (obscured, in back) Tristan Barnes on the piano. Below, the crowd applauds in approval. Spectators enjoyed coffee, tea and cocoa, and bought raffle tickets and baked goods.

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