Last weekend the Bellevue High School band program hosted the Bellevue Jazz Festival in the school’s new theater. An annual fundraising event for Bellevue’s band program, the festival featured more than 50 bands from throughout Washington and Oregon. The following Bellevue School District Bands placed in their division: Chinook Middle School (1st place, Junior High, Dir. Todd Mahaffey), Sammamish (1st place, AA, Dir. Mark Wilbert), Interlake Jazz 2 (3rd place, AA, Dir. Paul Gillespie), Interlake Jazz 1 (1st place, AAA, Dir. David Kim) and Newport (1st place, AAAA, Dir. Cory Edwards)