NewsOctober 5, 1993
JACKSON BAND FESTIVAL IS TODAY
JACKSON - The 49th annual Jackson Marching Band Festival, including a parade through downtown Jackson and a field show, will be held today. The parade begins at 1:30 p.m., and the field show is at 6:30 at Jackson High School. The cost for the field show is $2 for adults and $1 for students...
JACKSON - The 49th annual Jackson Marching Band Festival, including a parade through downtown Jackson and a field show, will be held today.
The parade begins at 1:30 p.m., and the field show is at 6:30 at Jackson High School.
The cost for the field show is $2 for adults and $1 for students.
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Schools participating at the Jackson festival include Cape Girardeau, Scott City, Oak Ridge, Woodland, Kelly, Bell City, Puxico, East Prairie, Bloomfield, Chaffee, Greenville, Delta, Scott County Central, Charleston, Sikeston, Advance, and Jackson. Special guest band is Southeast Missouri State University's Golden Eagle Marching Band.
The mass band portion of the program will honor Harold Lichtenegger, long-time band director at Puxico.
The marching festival was started in the 1940s by Jackson Band director Leroy Mason, who wanted to establish a non-competitive marching event for Southeast Missouri bands.
Today, the festival has grown so large that there are four sites. Perryville, Kennett and Jackson are hosting festivals on Oct. 5 and Poplar Bluff will host a festival Oct. 15.
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