NCHS Music Department Newsletter


Sept 29, 2006  Keeping you up-to-date every month!

Welcome to the Fifth edition of the newsletter

Competition season is begining this weekend for the Marching Ironmen. Several area schools have already started their seasons. I thought you might like to see some scores from some competitions in our area:

Pontiac Indian Showdown Pontiac, Illinois September 16, 2006

CLASS AAA
1 Marian Catholic
2 Joliet West
3 Naperville Central
4 Lockport

CLASS AA
1 Normal West
2 Illinois Valley Central
3 Herscher
4 Prairie Central

CLASS A
68.0 Monticello
60.0 Tri-Valley
60.0 Streator
56.7 Richmond Burton

Winds - Monticello
Percussion - Monticello
Auxiliary - Richmond-Burton
Drum Major - Streator

Morton Pumpkin Festival Marching Invitational Morton, Illinois September 16, 2006

FIELD
CLASS AAA
74.1 United
72.9 Downers Grove South
67.8 Galesburg

Winds - United
Percussion - United
Auxiliary - United
Drum Major - Downers Grove South

CLASS AA
68.2 Geneseo
62.8 Normal University
60.7 Champaign Central
56.8 Danville

Winds - Danville
Percussion - Danville
Auxiliary - Geneseo
Drum Major - Normal University

CLASS A
63.1 Pekin
57.1 Watseka
55.5 Olympia

Winds - Watseka
Percussion - Pekin
Auxiliary - Watseka
Drum Major - Olympia

PARADE
CLASS AAA
75.1 Galesburg

Winds - Galesburg
Percussion - Galesburg
Auxiliary - Galesburg
Drum Major - Galesburg

CLASS AA
70.4 Normal University
68.6 Geneseo
68.0 Champaign Central

Winds - Geneseo
Percussion - Geneseo
Auxiliary - Geneseo
Drum Major - Normal University

CLASS A
63.4 Olympia
62.2 Watseka

Winds - Wateska
Percussion - Olympia
Auxiliary - Olympia
Drum Major - Watseka

Overall Captions
GRAND CHAMPION - Galesburg
WINDS - Galesburg
PERCUSSION - Geneseo
AUXILIARY - Geneseo
DRUM MAJOR - Watseka



Pekin Dragon Classic Pekin, Illinois September 23, 2006

GRAND CHAMPION - Morton

CLASS AAA
75.25 Morton

Winds - Morton
Percussion - Morton
Auxiliary - Morton
Drum Major - Morton

CLASS AA
68.60 Mt. Zion
67.55 Olympia
63.45 Limestone
60.60 Farmington

Winds - Mt. Zion
Percussion - Olympia
Auxiliary - Limestone
Drum Major - Olympia

CLASS A
59.70 Thorton

Winds - Thorton
Percussion - Thorton
Auxiliary - Thorton
Drum Major - Thorton

Music Department Website

http://www.unit5.org/nchs/music/MarchingIronmen.htm - Lots of changes and updates again this month.




http://www.unit5.org/nchs/music/Itnerary%20Page.htm - The Itinerary page will be changing most every week so keep a close eye on it for information about band events.




Make sure you watch the blog's for announcements and other information.

Upcoming Dates to remember!

Geneseo Maple Leaf Classic September 30th




October 1st - Orlando Trip payment





October 7th - Downers Grove Marching Mustangs Music Bowl





October 13th - Homecoming football game





October 16th - NCHS Music Parents Board meeting





October 21st - ISU State of Illinois Invitational Championships





October 28th - Greater St. Louis Marching Competition





October 30th - Auditions





November 1st - Orlando Trip payment





Mark

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