The Garretson High School Marching Band finished up its competition season last Friday with a second-place finish in Volga.
The band had an outstanding season, performing in five competitions and coming away with two first place wins in Arlington and Chester, along with the People's Choice award in Chester.
Under the direction of Director Nick Sittig, they played through sun, rain, heat, and cold to get ready. In Volga, the competition happened indoors due to the weather conditions.
"In Sioux Valley there were five other bands in our class," said Sittig. "We had to play inside, so we were not able to play like we were used to. But we placed 2nd in our class."
The week before, they placed first in Chester and won People's Choice, a huge accomplishment as that was out of all classes.
Sittig noted that the flag corps and the drumline worked extra hard this season. "I got to give a lot of props to the drumline and flag corps," he said. "They put in a lot more work. The flags/color guard learned the routine over the month of August. And the drumline has been working with me one day a week starting in June."
Sittig was full of praise for the band participants. "Marching with a band size of 37 total, and for us to perform as well as we did is huge. So, the entire band deserves praise on performing excellently this year!"
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