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.
Guidelines for the festival as
well as further information can be found below in Adobe
Acrobat Reader format:
• 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!
• 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 2006 are:
| Adjudicator |
State |
Affiliation |
Sheet |
| Dr. John Stroube |
Kentucky |
Associate Exec. Dir. Kentucky Music Educators
Assoc. |
Music |
| Jim Hudson |
Arizona |
DCI/Arizona State University |
Music |
| John Campbell |
Michigan |
Michigan Judges Association |
Music |
| Craig Fuchs |
Kansas |
Dir. of Bands: Pitt State University |
Visual |
| Joey Orefice |
Michigan |
Michigan Judges Association |
Visual |
| Rusty Raymond |
Missouri |
Cavaliers/Missouri Southern University |
Visual |
| Rob Jett |
California |
DCI/WGI/Fantasia |
Color Guard |
| Murray Gussex |
Washington |
DCI/Professional Percussion Arranger |
Percussion--Field |
| Denise Hudson |
Arizona |
WGI/Arizona State University |
Color Guard--Indoor |
| Julie Davila |
Tennessee |
WGI |
Percussion--Indoor |
| Julia Gaines |
Missouri |
Professor of Percussion, University of Missouri |
Percussion—Indoor |
Participating Bands - 2006
(Tentative)
- Belleville East High School
- Bellevue West High School
- Blue Springs High School Golden Regiment - EXH
- Blue Springs South High School
- Blue Valley High School
- DeSoto High School
- Fort Osage High School
- Fort Zumwalt South
- Fort Zumwalt North
- Francis Howell North
- Jefferson City High School
- Lafayette County C-1 High School
- Lafayette High School
- Lebanon High School
- Lee's Summit High School
- Lee's Summit North High School
- Lincoln East High School
- Murphysboro High School
- Norris High School
- Odessa High School
- Papillion LaVista High School
- Parkway South High School
- Savannah High School
- St. Charles West
- Trenton High School
- University of Missouri Marching Mizzou - EXH
Results from past Invitationals:
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