BAND MUSINGS

As many of you know, both Jessica and Ryan are in the Liberty High School marching band. This is Jessica's last year. When she started...the band was real BAD! Her sophomore year, we got a new instructor and things changed DRAMATICALLY! Before last year, the band NEVER placed in ANY competition! Last year, they were given the "Most Improved Band" award. Their goal was to make it to Quarter Finals. They reached that goal and went on into the Semi-Finals. They did not, however, make the Finals. They were real happy with their placement overall. They had come a LONG way.

The band has GROWN!! From 2 years ago...there were 70 members. This year we have increased to 140. The guard only had 8 members now I believe their are 16 or 17??. Anyhow, their goal this year was to SKIP Quarter Finals (in order to do that, you must be in the top 6 bands IN THE STATE). They performed in the Regional competition on Wednesday...that was the performance to decide whether they would reach that goal. We got a call Thursday night after ALL the band had performed...they placed #6. We are so proud of them!!!

Here is a link to their performance .... I wish I knew how to just put it in here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOncmU-Eg38

This afternoon they will compete in the the Douglas County Marching Invitational. Next weekend is the Semi-Final and Final competitions. Wish us luck!!