Bird follows in family’s musical tradition

There was never a doubt Lydia Bird would be a musician.

After all her father Michael Bird led choral programs at Tallassee High School and worked with the school’s bands. Then all six of her siblings are involved in music. As a sophomore, Lydia is close to doing something her father and siblings never did — win both all state choir and all state band in the same year. Three have been all state choir and one has been all state band, but never in the same year. This year Lydia was all state choir and just short of being named all state band. At eighth place in the state she was named to the Alabama Bandmasters Association High School All-District Honor Band.