Selma Band Review

Amazing - how Monache High School wins the Grand Sweepstakes again and again.

This year was no exception. They did it again - winning the award for the 24th time and I loved that I was there to see it again.

Competition was tough too -- with only a half of a point separating the top three bands.

Granite Hills High School shined too and brought home a few awards, including first place for their majorettes.

Here is the story that I wrote for the Porterville Recorder:

SELMA — It was icing on the cake Saturday for Monache High School when for the 24th year, the Marauder Marching Band proved nothing could stop them from winning Grand Sweepstakes during the 44th annual Selma Marching Band Festival at Staley Stadium in Selma.

The competition was tougher than previous years — only one half of a point separating the top four bands — so the young Monache musicians wondered what the final results might be.

“I had no idea we were going to win,”Amanda Allen, head field drum major, said. “We thought we had it figured out, so when [the announcer] said ‘For the 24th year,’ — the band didn’t wait for the rest, they jumped up and started screaming. I had not even gotten to the salute yet to receive the trophy. They rushed the field and beat me to the trophy.”

.....read the rest of the story here.

2008 Band Festival Winners:

GRAND SWEEPSTAKES: Monache High School

PARADE SWEEPSTAKES: Fowler High School

FIELD SHOW SWEEPSTAKES: Sanger High School

GRAND MARSHAL'S TROPHY: Mt. Whitney High School

PARADE HIGH MUSIC: Monache High School

FIELD SHOW HIGH MUSIC: Reedley High School

FIELD SHOW GENERAL EFFECT: Reedley High School

DIVISIONAL AWARDSPARADE PLACINGDIVISION A - 1. Monache; 2. Reedley; 3. Redwood

DIVISION B - 1. Washington Union; 2. Mt. Whitney; 3. Kingsburg

DIVISION C - 1. Granite Hills; 2. Edison; 3. Exeter

DIVISION D - 1. Roosevelt; 2. Fresno Christian; 3. Sunnyside

JUNIOR HIGH

DIVISION A - 1. La Joya; 2. Barlett; 3. Rafer Johnson

DIVISION B - 1. Washington Intermediate; 2. El Monte; 3. Burton

FIELD SHOW PLACING

DIVISION A - 1. Reedley; 2. Monache; 3. Stockdale

DIVISION B - 1. Kingsburg; 2. Paso Robles; 3. Mt. Whitney

DIVISION C - 1. Exeter; 2. Selma; 3. Atascadero

DIVISION D - 1. Templeton; 2. Orange Cove; 3. Farmersville

AUXILIARY AWARDS

PARADE HIGH SCHOOL

DRUM MAJOR, MILITARY: 1. Fowler; 2. Reedley; 3. Kerman

DRUM MAJOR, MACE: 1. Hanford West; 2. Sunnyside; 3. Roosevelt.

DRUM MAJOR, OPEN: 1. Redwood; 2. Farmersville

SOLO TWIRLER: 1. Fresno Christian; 2. Mt. Whitney;

MAJORETTE TEAMS: 1. Granite Hills; 2. Monache

IDENTIFICATION UNITS/LETTER CARRIERS: 1. Monache; 2. Washington Union; 3. Reedley

FLAG TEAMS: 1. Dinuba; 2. Washington Union; 3. Fowler

PERCUSSION: 1. Kingsburg; 2. Hanford West; 3. Sanger

PARADE JUNIOR HIGHDRUM MAJOR: 1. La Joya; 2. El Monte; 3. Burton

SOLO TWIRLER: N/A

IDENTIFICATION UNITS/LETTER CARRIERS: 1. Washington Intermediate;2. Burton; 3. Abraham Lincoln

FLAG TEAMS: 1. Burton; 2. Washington Intermediate; 3. La Joya

PERCUSSION: 1. Washington Intermediate; 2. Burton; 3. La Joya

FIELD SHOWSPERCUSSION: 1. Sanger; 2. Kingsburg; 3. Mt. Whitney

ATTACHED UNITS: 1. Sanger; 2. Kingsburg; 3. Paso Robles

DRUM MAJORS: 1. Paso Robles; 2. Hanford West; 3. Stockdale

NON-BAND AWARDSSCHOOLS: 1. Selma FFA; 2. Jackson Elem. School; 3. Indianola

COMMUNITY: 1. Selma Lioness; 2. American Legion; 3. Maravillas

COMMERCIAL: 1. EECU; 2. Quinn Co.; 3. Selma Auto Mall

JUNIOR DRILL/MAJORETTE TEAMS: 1. Dynamic Twirlers

AUTOS - 1935 & NEWER: 1. Elwin W Peak; 2. Selma Masonic Lodge #277

AUTOS - CUSTOM/MODIFIED: 1. Marvin Raven; 2. Great American Hay Rake;3. Latin Angel Car Club

THEME TROPHY: Jackson Elementary School