County Marching Bands Top Weekend Competitions

Both Bluffton and Norwell marching bands had plenty to shout about Saturday.

Competing at different competitions, both the Bengal Brigade and the Marching Knights (pictured above) took top honors in their respective classes.

Bluffton, competing in a Mid-States competition at Hamilton Southeastern in Fishers placed first, and also won “Best Music” and “Best Visual” caption awards in their class. Mid-States competitions are grouped according to the number of members in each band, as opposed to ISSMA’s grouping according to the number of students in each school, so Bluffton was competing in Class A in Fishers.

Crawfordsville placed second and won the caption award for “Best Effect”, while Connorsville placed third.

Competing at Penn High School in Mishawaka, Norwell made it four wins from four competitions for the year, winning Class C in their ISSMA competition, and also claiming the caption awards for “Best Music”, “Best Visual” and “Best General Effect.

Norwell beat out Leo, Fairfield and John Glenn in their division.

Thanks to the Norwell Music Boosters for the photo that went with this post. Photos of Bluffton will follow.

Both Bluffton and Norwell compete at Homestead Saturday. Bluffton will compete in Class D at 11:26 a.m., while Norwell competes in Class C at 1: 36 p.m.

2011 Street Fair -Show Choir Competition

Watch the Bluffton High School "Musical Entourage" start the evening and the Norwell Knight Moves defy the rain at the Street Fair Show Choir competition. Learn more in the Friday, September 23, News-Banner. Catch more performances on our "Street Fair" blog in our blog bank at www.news-banner.com. (Video by Frank Shanly)

County Bands Shine in Weekend Competition

It was a busy, and successful Saturday weekend for both Norwell and Bluffton marching bands after competitions at Dekalb and New Haven.

For Norwell’s Marching Knights, pictured above, the return was especially rewarding, as they attended both competitions, and placed first in Class C at both events. At Dekalb, the Marching Knights also picked up the caption awards for “Best Music” and “Best Visual,” while at New Haven, they collected “Best Music,” Best Visual” and “Best General Effect.”

Competing at Dekalb, Bluffton’s Bengal Brigade placed second in Class D, behind Woodlan. Bluffton won the caption award for “Best Music”, but were edged by Woodlan for “Best Visual” and “Best General Effect.”

Bluffton compete at 5:15 p.m. at Hamilton Southeastern this Saturday, in a Midstates competition.

Norwell will compete at 5:06 p.m. at Penn High School in Mishawaka on Saturday.

Weekend results from Dekalb and New Haven are as follows:

At Dekalb:
Class A: 1-Homestead, 2-Northrop, 3-Huntington North, 4-Warsaw; Music- Homestead, Visual-Homestead, General Effect- Homestead.
Class B: 1-North Side, 2-East Noble, 3-Columbia City, 4-Wayne, 5-Bishop Dwenger, 6-South Side; Music-North Side, Visual-North Side, General Effect-North Side.
Class C: 1-Norwell, 2-Concordia Lutheran, 3-Leo, 4-Heritage, 5-North Wood, 6-Garrett, 7-Bellmont; Music-Norwell, Visual-Norwell, General Effect-Concordia Lutheran.
Class D: 1-Woodlan, 2-Bluffton, 3-Eastside, 4-Hicksville, Ohio; Music-Bluffton, Visual-Woodlan, General Effect-Woodlan.

At New Haven:
Class A: 1-Carroll, 2-Huntington North; Music- Carroll, Visual-Carroll, General Effect-Carroll, Pit Crew-Huntington North.
Class B: 1-DeKalb, 2-East Noble, 3-Wayne, 4-South Side; Music-DeKalb, Visual-DeKalb, General Effect-DeKalb, Pit Crew-Wayne.
Class C: 1-Norwell, 2-Heritage; Music-Norwell; Visual-Norwell, General Effect-Norwell, Pit Crew-Heritage.

Thanks to the Norwell Music Boosters for the photo. Check their band web site at www.norwellbands.webs.com

Bluffton Performs "On The Banks Of The Wabash"

The Bengal Brigade on its NEW home turf!

Norwell Performs "On The Banks of the Wabash"

A few pics from Norwell's performance Saturday. Bluffton to follow......

Marching Knights "Parent Preview" - #2 of 2

Marching Knights "Parent Preview" - #1 of 2

Prior to their departure for "On The Banks Of The Wabash" Saturday, Norwell's Marching Knights showed their parents and other family members how they do what they do.

We have two sets of photos from this part of the afternoon, and also a brief video clip to follow.