King Philip Band Special Performance

Sunday, the King Philip Regional High School Marching Band, The Pride and the Passion completed a perfect competitive season , in the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association (MICCA) State Finals at Framingham, with straight superior ratings in every MICCA show. The band performed "Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, " to win its 16th straight MICCA gold medal, a string that began in 1987.

On Saturday, the King Philip Band received the top score, 94.8, from the United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) judges at the Windjammer Invitational, US Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT. The band, which was participating in the Windjammer Invitational for the first time, competed in Group III, a division for medium-sized bands, but swept the competition against larger bands from Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.

The marching band season will conclude with a celebration performance of "Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5" at 7 PM Tuesday, October 29, at Marciano Field in Brockton, which will be videotaped. The public is invited to attend at no charge.

11/26/2002

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