Best of the West Honor Music Festival Oct. 27

Monday, October 13, 2025

High school and college students will join for a public concert as part of the Best of the West Honor Music Festival at North Platte Community College.

The performance will take place at 6 p.m., Monday, October 27 at the McDonald-Belton Theater on the North Platte Community College South Campus, 601 W State Farm Rd. Admission is free.

Area high school students were teacher nominated for the opportunity to participate. This year, the following musicians from 13 area schools were selected:

Gibbon – Darian Hernandez, Valerie Simenttal, Erika Rivera, Korby Smallcomb

Grand Island – Isabella Bramble, Lydia Hostler, Gavin Jelinek, Anna Jessop, Gabi Meier, Mack Ramierz, Michael Westerby

Hastings – Gracyn Bartos, Lilah Bryant, Hadley Buschow, Darcy Davis, Caylen Donner, Maddyson Gordon, Aubrey Krueger, Miguel Lagunas, Brynn Lemke, Gabriella Lind, Aaliyah Medina, Mylee Mick, Nataly Morales Rubalcava, Jaina Muth, Zara Osgood, Samantha Pittsey, Lyla Russell, Samuel Tunks

Hershey – Christian Allen, Lindsay Blomstedt, Abby Hiatt, Livia Jones, Amelia Lake, Alexis Read, Adysen Ruppert

Homeschool – Rachel Haines, Ruby Show

Maxwell – Kycin Bayne, Cayden Haynes, Conrad Kros, Malaya Lesmes, Kiejjon Martyszenko, Maci Ningen, Xavier Starr, Aliah Venegas

McCook – Nathan Barger, Psalm Frank, Bronson Frazier, Izabella Longberry, Alani Neal, Embree Sonneburg, Payvn Terry, Berkley Wolcott

McPherson County – Kamilla Johnston

North Platte – Carter Barnason, Ezri Bay, Camie Bertschinger, Henry Cline, Amaya Dittmer, Derek Ebmeier, Joselynn Eyten, Charlie Fonseca, Kierra Forden, Jericho Franson, Isabella Frazier, Mindy Gertsch, Lydia Jenny, Rebecca Keneipp, Quintin Lawson, Sam Macias, Jacob Martinez, Katelynn McNeel, Blaise Moerke, Diego Moreno, Olivia Parshall, Hailee Raffaeli, Asher Strecker, Jake Thompson

North Platte St. Patrick’s – Lane Citta, Finnley Eickhoff, Weston Hammond, Kenny Johnson, Bennett Korensky, Nicholas Krondak, Dimitri Pettit

Perkins County Rodolfo Aragon, Jennifer Bic, Ethan Gonzalez, Miles Knapp, Kaylynn Macke, Jesus Marquez, Cecilia Putnam, Aaron Stryker

Stapleton – Jaxon McEntee, Madilynn McEntee, Zeydin Palmer, Chloe Spangler

Wauneta-Palisade – Evan Bryner, Mariah Peterson, Annaly Ramirez, Cadence Sandoval, Kiley Scott, Kasey Ward