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1ether they were marching or dancing, ban a color guard students paraded their talents.

With icy ea rl y morning practi ces, band and "We did four different performan ces this
color guard students felt fatigued and chilled to yea r. Th ey each had different sets and shows
the bone. However th ey had plenty of occas ions and were all different styles. Th e music was
to share the good times with eac h oth er. hard er beca use there were mor notes," se ni or
"The drum line is like a family within a family. Jon Nelson sa id .
We're all rea lly good fri ends and spent almo t 18 For color guard , fini hing a double butterfl y
hours a wee k together, " junior Anna Bute sa id . success fully, while rewarding, was not th e best
After all the hard work at practices, students part of be in g on th e tea m. Hav in g gua ls lu meet
received perso nal rewa rd s during performance s. was w hat motivi'ltt"' I so ph omore Le. h W es t Ll)
"When you're marching, it's exhilarating be- parti cipate.
ca use you're the star and get to show everyone "Color guard giv s kid something to do and
how hard you worked to get there," se ni or Sara all ows u to have fun . And if you hav some-
Holley sa id . thing to work towards, it's fun to try and om-
New and chall enging melodies only added to pete," W st sa id .
th e fun and helped students grow musica lly. And As month of October ended, marching sea -
while the so ngs may have bee n difficult, the ba nd so n was drawn to a lose . The Mustang Mar h-
had a success ful yea r. Th ey were able to win the in g Band was one of seven Cla ss AA band to
Swee pstakes Trophy at Columbus and place third rece ive a superi or rating for their show. With th e
at both th e Lin coln and Omaha competitions. numerous trophies ca me numerous fri endships.

Band and Color Guard