Marching Band Competes In First Competition

Sammi Springer 

Staff Reporter 

Students compete in intense band
competitions, hoping to come out on
top. Photo Credit Sammi Springer. 

 A large group of students gathered at the high school to travel to Johnston high school, where the marching band’s first competition was held on Saturday morning.

One of the many performers from Southeast Polk was sophomore flute player Katie Krob, who explained how the competition worked.

“We performed and then had a clinic where a guy watched and recorded our show. This one wasn't a ranked competition so mostly they looked at what we had done so far this season and then critiqued us on it,” said Krob.

There was a lot of stress put on all the players.

“There were judges on the field with us that would watch the marching aspect and then there were others on the bleachers in the box who kind of judged the music part,” said Krob.

Even though the band wasn't given a place or score in comparison to the other teams, Krob thinks they did pretty good. “One major thing [we were critiqued on] was we died out at the end or something but Gerth and Meunier told us it was our best performance all year,” said Krob.

This competition prepared the band for more difficult and bigger competitions in the future, like ones at Waukee, Urbandale, and the widely anticipated Valleyfest, their biggest competition held on October 10.