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Marching Invitational - Oct. 1, 2011

Invitational Results:

- Preliminary Awards
- Finals Recap

 The Festival includes a prelims/finals format for class 5A/6A and the 1st place band from the morning show as well as an indoor Color Guard/Drumline competition. Any band may enter at a larger classification. Finals selection process:

  • High Score from the morning show [1A-4A]
     
  • High Score 5A Band
     
  • High Score 6A Band
     
  • Next 6 highest scores from 5A/6A

The day competition will conclude around 5:00 p.m. with finals beginning around 6:30 p.m. under the lights.
 

  • located right off of I-70, 15 miles east of Kansas City, the Blue Springs Invitational Marching Festival has been host to some of the finest high school marching bands in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois and Iowa.
     
  • As has been tradition in Blue Springs, a highly competitive indoor Drumline and Color Guard festival is also run in conjunction with the Marching Band festival. Many schools participate in all three events.
     
  • 4000 seat stadium with artificial field turf for the marching bands and a 2-level, 1000 seat gymnasium for Drumlines and Color Guard!

Participating Bands (not listed in order of appearance):

  • Belleville East High School [Illinois]
  • Bellevue East High School [Nebraska]
  • Bellevue West High School [Nebraska]
  • Blue Springs South High School [Missouri]
  • Blue Valley High School [Kansas]
  • Blue Valley SW High School [Kansas]
  • Blue Valley West High School [Kansas]
  • Camdenton High School [Missouri]
  • Center High School [Missouri]
  • Enid High School [Oklahoma]
  • Fort Osage High School [Missouri]
  • Fort Zumwalt North High School [Missouri]
  • Francis Howell North High School [Missouri]
  • Harrisonville High School [Missouri]
  • Lafayette High School [Missouri]
  • Lawrence High School [Kansas]
  • Lee's Summit High School [Missouri]
  • Lee's Summit North High School [Missouri]
  • Lone Jack High School [Missouri]
  • Mt. Pleasant High School [Iowa]
  • Neosho [Missouri]
  • Odessa High School [Missouri]
  • Olathe Northwest High School [Kansas]
  • Park Hill High School [Missouri]
  • Platte County High School [Missouri]
  • Ray-Pec High School [Missouri]
  • Savannah High School [Missouri]
  • Topeka West High School [Kansas]
  • Trenton High School [Missouri]
  • Truman High School [Missouri]
  • Valley Center [Kansas]
  • Warsaw High School [Missouri]
Invitational Information
Guidelines Adjudicators Past Shows

The adjudicating panel consists of some of the most qualified personnel in the profession including representation from DCI, WGI, the Michigan Judges Association and college band directors. Adjudicators for past festivals have included the following.  Adjudicators for the 2011 Festival are listed below.

L. Kevin Kastens - Iowa
University of Iowa: Director: Marching Hawkeyes

Martin Dunlap - Kansas
Kansas Judges Assoc./Consultant/Drill Writer

Matt Kleopfer - Nevada
The Phantom Regiment

Byron Braasch - Nebraska
Nebraska Judges Association

Jeff Hinton - Missouri
Missouri Western State College

Steve Vento - Oklahoma
Blue Devils/Tulsa University

Joey Orefice - Michigan
Michigan Judges Association

Alexandria Wilson - Kansas

Nick Petrella - Kansas
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Brandon Graves - Kansas
Wichita State University

Jeff Moore - Florida
University of Central Florida

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