Wells County's two marching bands both qualified for semi-state Saturday.
A last-minute venue change failed to break the stride of the Norwell Marching Knight’s as they qualified for next weekend’s Class C semi-state competition in Plainfield with another golden performance at Chesterton on Saturday. A mix of rain, snow and sleet made the scheduled field at Chesterton unusable, and competition was moved to the section of the school parking lot normally used for practice, with a one-hour delay in the start of the competition.
The weather held off just long enough for the competition to take place, before the rain once more came down in torrents, forcing the awards ceremony indoors to the cafeteria.
All 13 bands achieved a gold rating on the day, despite the difficulties. With only 10 bands able to proceed to semi-state however, the run of Knox, John Glenn and Northwood came to an end. Joining Norwell at Plainfield next weekend from the Chesterton regional competition are Angola, Concordia, Fairfield, Heritage, Leo, Monconaquah, Northwestern, Twin Lakes and Western.
In Class D, Bluffton’s Bengal Brigade also advanced. 11 bands from Bluffton’s Class D regional qualifier achieved gold rating, but again, only 10 could advance. Taylor was the band that missed out, while Bluffton were joined by Adams Central, Blue River Valley, East Side, Eastern (Greentown), Elwood, Lewis Cass, Morristown, Triton Central and Woodlan.
Thanks once again to Tomi Harrison for the above pictures from Norwell's big adventure!
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