SME Blue Knights

Hailing from Shawnee Mission East High School, the Blue Knights are the top of two jazz bands at the local public school. The school is located in Prairie Village, Kansas. The Blue Knights are a nationally known jazz ensemble. Every year, the Blue Knights record a tape of 3 Duke Ellington songs to send in to the national Essentially Ellington Festival. The top 15 bands in the nation are invited to New York City to play at Lincoln Center. The Blue Knights have made the Top 15 and been invited to play in New York twice