GO BAND!!!

Yesterday the band went to festival in Effingham. We participated in festival and competition. It went great!!! The band was awesome and everything turned out pretty good. It was about 50-60 degrees all day and it looked like it was going to snow. I almost froze to death in my dress... but it was worth it!!

Festival grades: Band: Excellent*
Drums:Excellent*Drum Major: Excellent (that's me!!)*
Visual Effect: Excellent
Guard: Good
Dance: Good
Overall: Good
*we got three trophies for that!!*

Competition was later in the evening... and it was much colder. It warmed up just before we went on the field and the temperature dropped back down as soon as we got off.

Competition grades:
Band:Good
Drums: Excellent*
Drum Major: Excellent*
Visual Effect: Excellent
Guard: Excellent*
Dance: Good
Overall: Good
*we got three trophies for that, too!*

This is the best the band has done at festival in years and it is the first time we have done competition. Congratulations to all of my band, guard, and dance girls... I am proud of every single one of you! Your hard work paid off, and of course we couldn't have done it without our amazing director, Dr. Denton!

I would also like to congratulate the drum line one more time... John and Josh, you guys are amazing, I cannot believe you have only been playing for three months! Great job!! We're gonna miss you next year!

Oh, and great job guard! You guys stepped it up and took charge! Even though you lost two people this week, you did AMAZING!!!

Marching Band: a group of people walking with regular and steady steps of equal length, while making beautiful formations and playing exciting musical compositions. Webster gave it definition. Drum majors make it happen!