K-State bringing 23 high school bands to campus for performances, clinics and critiques at Central States Marching Festival

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006

K-STATE BRINGING 23 HIGH SCHOOL BANDS TO CAMPUS FOR PERFORMANCES, CLINICS AND CRITIQUES AT CENTRAL STATES MARCHING FESTIVAL

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University is giving student musicians from across the state the chance to perform in a 50,000-seat stadium while picking up some pointers along the way.

The K-State Central States Marching Festival is Saturday, Oct. 21, at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. More than 20 high school bands will perform, receive ratings and attend clinics and critique sessions. Each band will perform before a panel of judges, which assigns ratings based on characteristics like showmanship, coordination and musicality.

The bands also will have mini clinics based on videos of their performances. Panel members will point out strengths and offer suggestions for improvement. Bands also have the opportunity to attend an hour-long clinic with K-State Marching Band members and staff and to see a special performance by the band that evening.

"The Central States Marching Festival has grown into the premier marching band festival in the state of Kansas and the region," said Frank Tracz, K-State's director of bands. "We are very proud to be able to bring the kind of innovative and educational concepts to our festival that make the day one of the truly enjoyable and instructional marching events in all of the participants' year."

The high school bands begin performing at 1:15 p.m., followed by the K-State Marching Band at 7:15 p.m. The event closes with an awards ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults; $3 for junior and senior high school students, and adults 60 and older; and free for children 10 and younger.

High school bands scheduled to attend and their performance times include:

Basehor-Linwood, 2 p.m.; Chapman, 2:30 p.m.; De Soto, 3 p.m.; Dodge City, 6:30 p.m.; Mission Valley, Eskridge, 2:15 p.m.; Independence, 1:45 p.m.; Junction City, 5:45 p.m.; Lansing, 2:45 p.m.; Leavenworth, 6:15 p.m.; Liberal, 3:30 p.m.; Louisburg, 3:15 p.m.; Maize, 5:15 p.m.; Manhattan, 5:30 p.m.; McPherson, 4:15 p.m.; Olathe North, 6 p.m.; Shawnee Mission East, Prairie Village, 5 p.m.; Salina South, 4 p.m.; and Scott Community, Scott City, 1:30 p.m.

From Topeka: Seaman, 4:30 p.m.; Shawnee Heights, 3:45 p.m.; and Washburn Rural, 4:45 p.m.

Udall, 1:15 p.m.; and Wichita High School North, 6:45 p.m.