9:20pm Update – Results Announced:
Class AA – Placements:
1st Place – 72.85 - DGS Marching Mustangs - Best In Class AA
2nd Place – 72.63 – Wheeling
3rd Place – 70.83 - Victor J. Andrew
Class AA - Caption Awards:
Best Visual – DGS Marching Mustangs
Best Music – DGS Marching Mustangs
Best Percussion – Victor J. Andrew
Best Auxiliary (Color Guard) – Victor J. Andrew
Best General Effect – Wheeling
Overall Competition –
Grand Champion –78.65 - Morton
2nd Place – 72.85 - DGS Marching Mustangs
3rd Place (tie) – 72.63 – Hersey (AAA)
– 72.63 – Wheeling (AA)
All Caption Awards – Morton
The Band has boarded the buses and is now on the way home. Current ETA is 10:15pm. Any change to ETA will be posted here as soon as available.
Congratulations to our Marching Mustangs on another terrific outing – 2nd Place Overall and Best in Class AA!
Original Article Starts Here:
Congratulations once again to our Marching Mustangs, Grand Champions of the 2010 Morton Invitational. After a week off for Homecoming, the STORM rolls into Mt. Prospect Saturday for the Prospect Knight of Champions.
The competition will be held at Prospect High School, located at 801 W. Kensington Road in Mt. Prospect. Tickets for this competition are $10 for adults, $7 for students/seniors (60+), and $25 for a family consisting of two adults and 2 children.
The competition provides an excellent opportunity to view several of the bands expected to make Finals this year at ISU – DGS competes at 5:45pm and is expected to return home at 10pm.
-- THE BLOG WILL BE UPDATED WITH COMPETITION RESULTS WHEN ANNOUNCED (after 9pm) --
Links & Downloads
Prospect Itinerary with DGS schedule and Driving Directions
Map to Prospect High School
Prospect Knight of Champions Website
Prospect KOC Schedule of Competing Bands
Students are to bring a Sack Lunch and cash for Dinner at Prospect’s Concession Stand.
11:00 am – Rehearsal begins at DGS
2:45 pm – Buses depart for Mt. Prospect
5:45 pm – DGS Competes
8:45 pm – Awards Announced
10:00 pm – Expected Return to DGS
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