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Manhattan, KS 66506
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Source: Frank Tracz, 785-532-3818, ftracz@k-state.edu;
Web site: http://www.k-state.edu/music/tracz
News release prepared by: Katie Mayes, 785-532-6415, kmayes@k-state.edu

Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008

K-STATE'S PRIDE OF WILDCAT LAND TO HOST MARCHING BANDS FROM ACROSS THE MIDWEST AT CENTRAL STATES MARCHING FESTIVAL OCT. 18

MANHATTAN -- More than 30 high school marching bands from across the Midwest will descend on Kansas State University Oct. 18 to strut their stuff at the Central States Marching Festival.

During the festival, now in its 22nd year, judges consider aspects of the performance including repertoire, showmanship, coordination, musical and marching technique, musicianship, musical content, accuracy and definition of field drill and visual content. Each band is then rated as superior, excellent or good. Each band also receives a video of its performance and hears comments from the judges. One-hour clinics conducted by staff members of the K-State Marching Band are also available.

"The Central States Marching Festival is a chance for high school musicians from across the Midwest to learn the best techniques from a well-qualified panel of judges and one of the best marching bands in the Midwest -- K-State's Pride of Wildcat Land," said Frank Tracz, director of bands at K-State.

Performances start at noon on Wagner Field at Bill Snyder Family Stadium and wrap up around 8:30 p.m. with an exhibition by the K-State Marching Band. Awards will be presented afterward. Admission is $5 for adults; $3 for high school and middle school students and senior citizens; and free for children 12 and younger and K-State students with their K-State ID.

The judges are Larry Blocher, professor of music at Troy University in Alabama; Jeanne Copeland, color guard instructor at K-State; Emory Dease, drumline instructor at K-State; James Oliver, retired band director from Lee's Summit, Mo., public schools; James Saker, director of bands at the University of Nebraska-Omaha; and Gavin Smith, assistant director of bands at Vanderbilt University.

Bands taking part in the 2008 festival are:

Arkansas City High School; Basehor-Linwood High School; Buhler High School; Clay Center Community High School; Derby High School; Dodge City High School; Emporia High School; Mission Valley High School, Eskridge; Eudora High School; Goddard High School.

From Greater Kansas City: Olathe North High School; and Blue Valley North Senior High School, Blue Valley North Combo, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Shawnee Mission North High School and Shawnee Mission West High School, all of Overland Park.

Junction City High School; Lansing High School; Leavenworth High School; Louisburg High School; Maize High School; McPherson High School; Salina South High School; Scott Community High School, Scott City; Shawnee Heights High School, Tecumseh; Seaman High School and Washburn Rural High School, both of Topeka; and Bishop Carroll Catholic High School and Wichita High School North, both of Wichita.

From out of state: Charles Page High School, Sand Springs, Okla.; and Raymore-Peculiar High School, Peculiar, Mo.

A schedule of performances is available online at:
http://www.k-state.edu/band/clinics%20and%20camps/csmf/csmf.html