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Jamestown High School Marching Band To Play In Syracuse Sunday

The Jamestown High School Red Raider Marching Band will be at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse on Sunday to participate in the New York State Field Band Conference’s 45th Championship Show. Submitted photo

Jamestown High School’s Red Raider Marching Band will be heading to the Carrier Dome in Syracuse on Sunday to participate in the New York State Field Band Conference’s 45th Championship Show.

Jamestown will perform in the Large School Class at 3:29 p.m. The marching band will offer a free performance of the show to the community on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Strider Field, weather permitting.

The championship competition will bring together more than 50 high school marching bands from the northeastern United States. The New York State Field Band Conference Championship show is the culmination of an eight-week season which features more than 60 bands in 33 regional competitions throughout the state.

“This is a special year,” said Meghan Murray, Jamestown High School Marching Band director. “The kids have worked extremely hard to prepare what many of us consider to be our best show in many years. Our students have reached a new level of performance. They are a mentally tough group who has proven they can handle the pressure of competition. I look forward to seeing what they can accomplish in their final performance of the season!”

Bands are divided into six different classifications based on school size and past competitive experience. Each marching band will perform a musical and visual show lasting about ten minutes for a panel of ten judges. The judges will score and rank each band within its class. Each band will receive a plaque and the highest-scoring New York state band in each class will take home the coveted Governor’s Cup.

The bands in the championship show will represent nearly every region of the state along with two bands from Pennsylvania and one from New Jersey. During the day, there will also be exhibition performances by the University of Buffalo Thunder of The East Marching Band as well as the Syracuse University Marching Band.

Tickets for the New York State Field Band Conference Championships may be purchased on the day of the event at the Carrier Dome ticket booths. The admission price for adults is $19 and for students and seniors the price is $13. The tickets are good for the entire day of the competition. For more information, visit nysfbc.org .

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