Farmington Tiger Marching Band Places First at Rhythm by the River Marching Band Festival

HUDSON, Wis -- The Farmington Tiger Marching Band (FTMB) traveled to Hudson, WI to compete in the Rhythm by the River Marching Band Festival on Saturday, September 28. The ensemble gave a strong and energetic performance winning the title of Grand Champion (1st out of 8 bands), Class AAA 1st Place, and receiving three caption awards: Best Color Guard, Best Music Performance, and Best Visual Performance. The band's overall score was 78.963.

The Hudson show was adjudicated by a panel of eight judges, who each focus on specific "captions" such as music execution, marching technique, color guard, percussion, and general artistic effect.

According to Director Erin Holmes, "The band has really worked hard these past two weeks to develop our show to the next level. Our philosophy is to 'Beat Farmington' from every rehearsal, to game, to festival, and we sure did that these weeks. Each festival has a different panel of judges that see the show for the first time. Each judge provides live commentary which is shared with the directors. After the Rosemount Marching Band Festival, we took our comments from the judges and implemented a lot of change with all entities of the band. I was very pleased that we had a myriad of detailed comments to help our growth but also comments with praise."

UP NEXT
The band's next festival is Saturday, October 12 at US Bank Stadium for the Youth In Music State Championships. The Tigers will take the field in Class AAA. The festival begins at 7:00 am, with the Farmington Tiger Marching Band performing at 2:00pm. The competition is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.youthinmusic.org.

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