Norwell’s Marching Knights will once again carry the flag for Wells County at this weekend’s State Marching Band Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Norwell, along with Bluffton’s Bengal Brigade, both contested their respective classes Semi-State competitions over the weekend. Norwell managed to emerge as one of the 10 bands selected from Class C at Plainfield, however Bluffton’s season came to an end when they were unable to progress in the Class D event, held at Franklin High School.
Saturday’s Semi-State events saw 20 bands in each of the four classes compete at Ben Davis (Class A) and Pike (Class B) in Indianapolis, Plainfield (Class C) and Franklin (Class D). To progress to the State Championships, bands had to record a top-10 finish in their class.
In all, six area bands qualified for competition at Lucas Oil Field. In Class A, Homestead will represent north-east Indiana. In Class B, DeKalb and North Side both qualified. In Class C, Norwell will be joined by Concordia and Heritage, while the region has no qualifiers in Class D.
Performance times for Class C competition are as follows:
1:15 p.m. - Scottsburg
1:28 p.m. - Concordia Lutheran
1:41 p.m. - Norwell
1:54 p.m. - Beech Grove
2:07 p.m. - Fairfield
2:20 p.m. - Edgewood
2:33 p.m. - Western
2:46 p.m. - Gibson Southern
2:59 p.m. - Plymouth
3:12 p.m. - Heritage
Tickets for the State Championships will be on sale at Norwell in the commons during the lunch period (approximately 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) on Wednesday and Thursday at the lunch periods times. Tickets will also be available at the Tuesday evening band practice, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the school.
Tickets can also be purchased at the Lucas Oil Stadium ticket windows located at the Northeast corner, or Southeast corner of the stadium close to Capitol Avenue. The windows are on street level across from the Post Office. No tickets are sold at the entrances.
Tickets are good for the whole event day.
Admission will be $20.00 for adults and $18.00 for students and pre-schoolers. Babies under two years of age, carried in arms and not occupying a seat, will be admitted free.
Entry into the stadium will be through the North and West entrance only. Spectators who leave the stadium must receive a hand stamp only if they plan to return to the stadium later in the day. For readmission, fans will need their original ticket and a hand stamp. Fans who leave with the intention to return, and fail to get their hand stamped, will need to purchase another ticket to regain admission. Hand Stamp pass outs will only be available at the north entrance.
The Marching Knights will be doing an exhibition performance at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Lancaster Elementary School, and at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Ossian Elementary School. They will also perform a Community Performance at Norwell on the football field in full dress uniform at approximately 8:30 p.m. Thursday, which will be open to the public.
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