Salukis sponsor high school band competition

The seventh annual Music & Motion Marching Band Field Competition will take place all day Saturday at McAndrew Stadium. The competition, hosted by the Saluki Marching Band, features high school marching bands from all over the state.

The first performance will begin at 10:30 a.m. Four bands will compete every hour until 2:30 p.m., when the Marching Salukis will take the field. Bands from as far north as Mattoon will compete before a panel of judges, who will assess each band's performance in the areas of music, visual, percussion and color guard. Bret Kuhn, percussion arranger for the three-time national champions, the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, will judge the percussion portion of the competition.

Trophies will be awarded following the Marching Salukis' performance. The event is $4 for all college students with I.D., $5 for ages 14 and older and $3 for ages 6 to 13 or for groups of 10 or more.

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