Band Day Brings 17 High School Bands To Kearney And The UNK Campus For Annual Competition

Dr. Neal Schnoor
UNK director of Bands, 308.865.88631

 

 UNK- The sights and sounds of marching bands will fill the air Saturday morning (Sept. 27) in downtown Kearney and along 27th Street to the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus as 17 high school bands compete in UNK Band Day.

       
Beginning at 9 a.m., the UNK Pride of the Plains Marching Band will lead the bands and their more than 1,000 band members in a parade from Central Avenue and Railroad Street to the UNK campus.

Competing bands are judged in the following categories: pre-parade uniform/instrument/personal appearance inspection,
marching execution, music performance, drum majors, drumline, colorguard/auxiliary unit.

Trophies are awarded for highest point totals by class and overall and special awards for outstanding drum major(s), drumline, and colorguard/auxiliary unit.

“We are excited to welcome the 17 bands and more than 1,000 band members and directors to the Kearney community for the 2008 Band Day competition,” said Dr. Neal Schnoor, director of the UNK Pride of the Plains marching band.

“Band Day is truly a community effort and would not be possible without collaboration with the Kearney Visitors Bureau, Jaycees, UNK Athletic Department, UNK Parking Services, KGFW Radio, “Kearney Hub” and Kearney Police Department,” he said.

Participating bands, listed in marching order, include: 

UNK

Ravenna

Elm Creek

Wilcox-Hildreth

Gibbon

Kearney Catholic

G.I. Central Catholic

Southwest

Axtell

Kenesaw

SEM

Overton

Red Cloud

South Platte

Kearney 8th Grade

Ogallala

Grand Island Northwest

Kearney H.S.