A local group of high school students took the stage at ACL.

Members of the Austin High School band are used to being in the spotlight. Director of bands, Brian Frock, said his students perform throughout the year.

"They are used to performing at half times at football games and competitions," Frock said.

Sunday about 20 members of the band got to perform on a different stage. They were selected to perform at Austin City Limits Festival.

Adam Hartman is one of those band members. He said students at Austin High, located near Zilker park, are very familiar with ACL.

"Being at Austin High we hear it every year. You can go out at lunch on Friday and hear it," Hartman said.

Local band Octopus Project decided to give these students a chance to not just hear it, but be apart of it. Josh Lambert is a member of the band who always wanted to try something like this.

"We have songs with horns in them and we've never been able to play those songs live and get the full impact so we thought we'd ask some high school kids to come play with us," Lambert said.

Students were selected based on seniority and the needs of the Octopus Project.

	Octopus Project talk about the Austin High band.

A few minutes before showtime, those selected tuned up and got ready for the show.

"There's always a bit of nervousness but I can't think of a better way to experience ACL," Hartman said.

At 1:30 p.m. students hit the Dell Stage and did not disappoint the band director, Octopus Project or the audience. Their performance had the crowd cheering and left an impression on the students.

Frock said he hoped his students walked away with a new appreciation for another segment of the music population.

"We try to provide many opportunities for our kids to do different kinds of music and you can't do anything more different than this," Frock said.

Matt Keenon said he'll remember this day every year ACL comes back into town.

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	Octopus Project Local band Octopus Project decided to give students at Austin High School a chance at ACL.

"It's just a big deal for a kid in high school to playing on the Dell stage at ACL," he said.