DuWayne Dale, Director of Bands and Orchestra, Grant County Schools
JoAnn Owens, Director of Bands, Grant County Middle School

 

 

 

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  • Scenes from Nippon comes to and end
    November 1, 2008

On November 1, 2008 Grant County Marching Band earned the opportunity to compete in KMEA Semi-final Competition.  Grant County competed along side of 15 other great 4A bands, all aiming for those final four slots to advance to Finals Competition that evening. 

Taking the field at 11:45am, Grant County entertained the crowd with its show, “Scenes from Nippon” for the last time this season.  Grant County ended another great season finishing 8th in State.  Four bands advanced to KMEA Finals: Calloway Co., Mercer Co., Boyle Co. and Madisonville NH.  “We are so proud of the band, they came today with the intention of being the best band that they could be today, and they made themselves proud out there,” one band parent said in reaction to their semi-final performance.

Although Grant County did not advance to finals, the band boarded the bus and headed to the University of Louisville’s Papa John’s Stadium to show their support for the bands that did advance.  Congratulations to Grant County Marching Band on a great season.

  • Grant County brings home distinguished rating
    October 4, 2008

    • After several close calls, Grant County earned their well deserved distinguished rating.  "We already knew that Grant County was a distinguished band, now everyone else knows it too", Director Dale said after Saturday's competition. 

    Grant County competed in Preliminary Competition along with three other 4A bands, Rowan County, Harrison County and Western Brown High School.  Grant County won 1st in its class bringing home all captions including Best Guard, despite guard member Danielle Draper spraining her ankle during the performance.

    Eighteen bands and 10 finalist positions, Grant County knew it was going to be a tough competition.  Everyone held their breath as the 10 finalists were called.  Lloyd, Highlands, Nicholas Co., Corbin, Montgomery Co., Campbell Co., Dixie Heights, Grant Co., Henry Clay and Bourbon County we all going to perform one more time that night.  And perform they did.  Grant County finished third with a score of 81.34 behind Bourbon County and Henry Clay.

    On Saturday, October 11, 2008 Grant County Marching Band will be hosting Competition at Grant County High School.  If you have not yet had the opportunity to see Grant County’s 2008 show, “Scenes from Nippon”, the band will perform in exihibition at 9:00pm.  Twelve bands will be competing at Grant County’s show including Williamstown, Dayton, Beechwood, Raceland-Worthington, Lloyd Memorial, Highlands, Rockcastle County, Perry County Central, East Jessamine, Paul G. Blazer, Montgomery County and Lafayette.

  • Grant County wins 1st in its class at Campbell County and finishes the Competition 3rd Runner up
    September 20, 2008

Grant County Marching Band competed at the Northern Kentucky Festival of Bands Competition at Campbell County High School along with 14 other bands on September 20, 2008. 

Competing against one other 4A band in preliminary competition, Grant County won 1st in its class.  They won Best Percussion, Best Overall Music, Best Overall Effect, Best Visual in their class as well.

  • Grant County takes Reserve Grand Champion at Lloyd Memorial
    September 13, 2008

    On September 13, 2008, Grant County Marching Band traveled to Lloyd Memorial High School in Erlanger, Kentucky for their first Marching Band Competition of the season where they won Reserve Grand Champions, Best Guard and Best Visual.

    With a Marching Band consisting of 1 Field Commander, 11 Color Guard and 43 playing members, Grant County made us proud. 

    Winning doesn't come without a hefty price though.  The Grant County Marching Band has put in over 270 hours of practice since the first week in July.  These members give up almost their entire summer to be a part of this winning team, and it doesn't end until November.  Practicing out on the parking lot of Grant County High School and now on the practice football field to make these kids the Champions that they are.

    If you haven't attended a Grant County Band Competition, you should.  These kids work very hard and are deserving of your support.  On September 20, 2008, they travel to Campbell County for competition.

    CONGRATULATIONS GRANT COUNTY MARCHING BAND!!!

    For more pictures from Saturdays competition, click here.

  • Bus Pass for Middle School Students
    Effective August 25, 2008
    Middle School Band students will have a bus pass to ride bus 073 from the Middle School to the High School.  In the event the bus becomes overcrowded we will concentrate our efforts on our regular take home routes and cancel the bus passes.

 

 

 

Drum Major and Senior Taylor Nicholson lead Grant County Marching Band onto the field for the last time on November 1, 2008.  She did an excellent job all season long in commanding the field. 

Grant County earns a well deserved distinguished at Mason County on October 4, 2008.