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Newtown Guard And Percussion Groups Perform At Weekend Events

Published: Feb 22, 2019 07:15 AM

Newtown’s guard and percussion groups participated in regional events February 16, and more competitions are scheduled for this upcoming weekend.

On Saturday, February 16, Newtown Junior Varsity Guard competed at New Milford High School in the Musical Arts Conference (MAC) competition with their show “It’s Coming.” The show is about a battle between good and evil and includes voice overs from the 2017 horror film It. They received a score of 66.95 and placed first in the Scholastic Middle School division.

Newtown Percussion performed in a non-judged exhibition along with three other local percussion groups at the New Milford MAC competition on February 16. Its show “Look Up,” explores how the moon is a uniting element for people everywhere. Saturday’s performance included the first three movements. The group is rehearsing movement four.

Newtown Varsity Guard performed its show “Hypnosis” at the World Guard International (WGI) competition in Salem, Mass., on Saturday, February 16. The regional competition included schools from New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Newtown competed in the Scholastic A division. Preliminaries were held in the morning and early afternoon, followed by the finals in the evening. Newtown received a score of 66.83 in the preliminaries and a score of 68.06 in the finals, placing eleventh in the competition.

All three Newtown teams (sub-groups of Newtown High School Marching Band & Guard) will compete at the MAC competition at Bunnell High School in Stratford on Saturday, February 23. Currently, 17 guard groups and 12 percussion groups are slated to perform at that event.

Newtown Percussion is seeking donations in order to offset travel expenses to the WGI World Championship Competition in Dayton, Ohio, in April. To donate online, visit nhsbandguard.com/donate, or mail donations to NHSBPC, c/o NHSWP 2019 Dayton Fundraiser, Box 3333, Newtown CT 06470. NHSBPC (Newtown High School Band Parent Corporation) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

For more information about winter guard and winter percussion, visit newtownbandandguard.weebly.com.

Front Ensemble Instructor David Romano, left, oversees Newtown Percussion members warming up in a hallway before the group’s performance on February 16. —Pia Ledina photo

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