TERRIFIC TRUMPETER
May 26, 2009
By Greg Farrar
Natalie Dungey (left), a fourth-grader at Grand Ridge Elementary, smiles with her new $2,000 silver-plated brass trumpet, the grand prize for her age division in the National Trumpet Competition held earlier this month in Fairfax, Va. Garry Nakayama, the Mills Music educational rep servicing the Issaquah School 
District, and Steve Wilson, the district sales manager for Jupiter Band Instruments, came to the school to present the prize, a Jupiter XO professional trumpet. In the 15-and-under division, the 10-year-old is the youngest winner in the 17-year history of the competition. Dungey’s winning performance can be seen on YouTube. Dungey is performing in competition this week at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Harrisburg, Pa. Photo s By Greg Farrar
