South Carolina 4A State Championships

A week ago, on Saturday October 22nd Robyn's Marching Band attended the South Carolina Upper State Championships.  This included 13 bands from the upper half of South Carolina in the 4A class.  There were several really good bands there and it was a ton of fun.  The top 6 bands from this competition would go to the state finals on the 29th of October and compete against the top bands from the south  half of the state.  Robyn's band, Nation Ford High School, ended up placing 1st in upper state.  Beating 2nd place by almost 4 points, which is a lot in marching band, and qualifying for the state competition.

Saturday October 29th, 2016 was the South Carolina 4A State Championships.  They played next to last and when they did, they played the best we have ever seen them.  It was absolutely fantastic.   But all the other bands also played really well, most out performing any of the other times that we had seen them.  We knew it was going to be a tight fit, but figured we were in the top 3 bands.  It ended up that Blythewood got High Music award and 3rd place, with a score of 91.15.  Then River Bluff got High Overall General Effect and 2nd place, with a score of 93.3.  And Nation Ford High Visual award and barely won 1st place in South Carolina State with a score of 93.6!  It was really amazing.

Here is a video of the state competition performance.  It does go in and out of focus for some reason, but it is still really fun to watch.  Now their next and last competition is November 10-12 in Indianapolis for Grand Nationals!