DAYTON, OHIO — Norwell’s drumline might not have achieved its goal of a high placing at the WGI World Finals in Dayton, Ohio over the weekend, but the Knights still had plenty to cheer about as 2006 Norwell Graduate, Aaron Barrientos (pictured above with his parents) performed as part of the “Rythm X” group which won the “Independent World” Class title Saturday.
Norwell traveled to Dayton, on April 17 and 18 to participate in their first WGI World Finals, and was the only Indiana drum line competing in the “Scholastic Open” Class - their opposition coming from all over the United States, from California to Boston, Mass.
Norwell was unable to progress to the competition finals on Saturday, but stayed in Dayton to watch the “Independent World” Class Finals, and support Barrientos, who is also a percussion instructor at Norwell. The “Independent World” Class is the highest category of competition at the WGI competitions.
“Rythm X” captured the Independent World Class Championship, scoring higher than any “Independent World” group ever has at this event.
Norwell drum line has now concluded its 2009 competition season, but will resume activities with the “Marching Knights” in the new school year, with marching band competitions scheduled to start in September.
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