Highlander Band Wins First Place at 5A Area Competition - Advances to State Competition
The Highlander Band was named Area Champion at the 5A UIL Area C Marching Contest on Saturday, Oct. 26, earning a spot in the State Marching Band Contest on November 4 and 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. This will be the band's second trip to state following a tenth-place finish in the 2017 State Marching Band Contest.
Twenty-three qualifying 5A bands from UIL Regions 3, 4, 20 and 21 performed in preliminaries at the Area contest, with the ten highest-ranking bands advancing to finals. The Highlander Band was ranked first after prelims and held on to their position in finals with unanimous first-place rankings from all five judges.
The band will travel to San Antonio this Sunday for the state contest and will perform in preliminary competition at 3:15 p.m. on Monday. Finalists will be announced at 8:15 p.m. Monday evening and will perform in random draw order between 2:15 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
The community is invited to help send off the band in style at 8 a.m. at the entrance to the new band hall on Douglas.
