Eighteen Haines student musicians have been selected to perform at the 2014 Southeast Alaska Honor Festival.

That’s up from 11 who qualified last year, said music teacher Kristy Totten. “We had more kids try out and more of our kids who auditioned, made it,” Totten said.

“We had a lot more guys try out this year. There are 32 boys in the honor choir and 10 of them are ours,” Totten said. The popularity of…