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First Place In Southington For Marching Band And Guard

Published: Oct 26, 2018 07:00 AM

The Newtown High School Marching Band & Guard performed at the USBands competition at Southington High School on Saturday, October 20.

The group scored 91.550 to place first in Group IV Open, narrowly outscoring Blackstone-Millville High School of Blackstone, Mass., by 0.025 points.

The NHS Marching Band & Guard received captions for best music, best effect, best color guard, and best percussion.

The USBands New England States Championships will be held on Saturday, October 27, at Veteran’s Memorial Stadium, New Britain. The Newtown band and guard will be one of more than 40 performance groups from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Adjudicators will score the ensembles on overall effect, color guard, percussion, music individual, music ensemble, and visual performance. Combined totals provide the final scores.

For more information about the NHS Marching Band & Guard and its events, visit its website, newtownbandandguard.weebly.com.

NHS guard member Madison Kistner performs with a flag during the Southington USBands competition on Saturday, October 20.

Bass drum players, pictured from left to right, James Malin, Sofia Sandy, Bec Remson, and Eric Franklin leave the field at Southington High School after performing “The Climb" on October 20. — Lynnae Rau photo

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