Bands Win Marching Festival Titles Across States

Bands across several communities earned top honors at recent marching competitions. Belton won the overall championship at Cameron MarchFest based on combined parade and field-show scores, while Macon took four Class 3 event titles. At the Missouri Days Marching Festival in Trenton, Kirksville claimed the Hannaford Sweepstakes Award after winning both Class 4 parade and field-show judging; other schools topped field-show categories across the five classes. Parkersburg South won the Class A and B grand championship at the Riverside Review, also placing first in auxiliary and drumline. Murphysboro High School was reported to have reached three grand-championship wins.