Lakes Area Bands Celebrate State Success

Three Tri-Lakes Schools celebrate successful weekends at a State Band Competition.

The event was the first of its kind according to the press release below from the Hollister School District: 

Three Tri-Lakes area schools took top State honors in the first-ever Missouri State Marching Association Championship held at South Callaway High School in Mokane, MO on October 29. 

Branson Public Schools, Reeds Spring Schools, and the Hollister R-V School District proudly represented the Tri-Lakes region.

Competing in the Class 3A field competition, the Hollister Tiger Band took first place with a score of 80.425 and was named class 3A State Champions. Hollister also swept the caption awards for outstanding music, outstanding visual, outstanding color guard, and outstanding percussion.

In the Class 4A field competition, the Reeds Spring Wolf Pride Band placed first, earning the title of class 4A State Champions, and took the caption awards for outstanding music, outstanding visual, and outstanding color guard. The Reeds Spring band also competed in the 4A parade competition and was named the 4A Parade State runner-up.

In the class 5A field competition, with a score of 80.95, the Pride of Branson Band was named the 5A State runner-up, with only a 0.80 point difference between Branson and first place (Rolla). The Branson band also took the caption awards for outstanding music and outstanding percussion. 

Band directors Daniel Jarrett (Branson), Nathan Spurling (Hollister), and Josh Garoutte (Reeds Spring) all agreed that it was an exciting night for the Tri-Lakes area and they couldn’t be more proud of all of the students and of each band’s determination and growth this fall. “I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the successful end of a season than with your Tri-Lakes band friends,” exclaimed Jarrett.