The Culbreth Middle School Orchestra recently returned from a performing tour in Washington, D.C., on April 13 and 14. The orchestra was sponsored by Rep. David Price with a White House tour, concert at the Old Post Office Pavilion and a tour of the Smithsonian Museums. The orchestra also attended a National Symphony Orchestra concert, and in collaboration with the NSO, premiered the newly composed piece “Affirmations for a New World†by William C. Banfield.