High School Bands were Rockin’ at the 2nd Annual Indian Nation Marching Invitational

September 20, 2012 |

Cunningham, TN – On Saturday, September 15th, 14 area High School Marching Bands made their way to Montgomery Central High School Stadium for the 2nd Annual Indian Nation Marching Invitational. The weather was perfect as the bands strutted their stuff in front of the filled stadium.

“There was a lot of work done by our Band Boosters to prepare a quality competition.” stated Montgomery Central High School Principal Christy R. Houston. “We hope everyone enjoyed the experience.”

Clarksville High School Marching Wildcats were the Grand Champions of the 2nd Annual Indian Nation Marching Invitational.

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The competition was broken down into three groups; Small Class, Medium Class and Large Class. The band score is based on the average of the three band judges’ scores. The scoring for Grand Champion was 70% Band Score, 15% Percussion Score, 10% Color Guard Score and 5% Field Commander Score.

After the competing bands were done, Montgomery Central’s Marching Indians put on an exhibition for the crowd. The evening was capped off by Austin Peay State University’s Governors Own Marching Band.

The Grand Champion of the 2nd Annual Indian Nation Marching Invitational with a score of 88.6 was the Clarksville High School Marching Wildcats. The results by class and other awards are listed below.

Competing Bands in Order of Appearance

Scotts Hill High School
Northwest High School
Stewart County High School
Kenwood High School
Sycamore High School
Northeast High School
Lebanon High School
West Creek High School
Rossview High School
Creekwood High School
Clarksville High School

Judges for the Competition

Judges
Music	Gary Merrits
Visual	Jeff Beckman
General Effect	LaVar Jernigan
Percussion	Bart Dixon
Color Guard	Kara Smith
Field Commander	Kelly Medford
Critique	Tom Tapscott
Critique	John Schnettler

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2012 Indian Nation Marching Invitational Results

Small Class
#	Band	Band Score	Rating	Overall Score
1	Northwest	63.0	(2) Excellent	65.950
2	Scotts Hill	64.7	(2) Excellent	64.650
Medium Class
#	Band	Band Score	Rating	Overall Score
1	Sycamore	90.0	(1) Superior	87.150
2	Stewart County	86.0	(1) Superior	82.350
3	Northeast	84.3	(2) Excellent	80.700
4	Kenwood	80.7	(2) Excellent	77.950
Large Class
#	Band	Band Score	Rating	Overall Score
1	Clarksville	91.7	(1) Superior	88.600
2	Lebanon	87.2	(1) Superior	87.925
3	Creekwood	85.3	(1) Superior	84.550
4	Rossview	83.5	(2) Excellent	82.175
5	West Creek	76.7	(2) Exellent	75.150

Awards

Awards
Best percussion Small Class	Northwest
Best percussion Medium Class	Sycamore
Best percussion Large Class	Lebanon

Best color guard Small Class	Northwest
Best color guard Medium Class	Sycamore
Best color guard Large Class	Lebanon

Best field commander Small Class	Northwest
Best field commander Medium Class	Kenwood
Best field commander Large Class	Rossview

Overall Percussion	Lebanon
Overall Color Guard	Lebanon
Overall Field Commander	Rossview