A couple weeks ago (24 September), Chelsea hosted its first Marching Band Exhibition. The event featured nine high school bands (Stockbridge, Concord, Quincy, Edsel Ford, Williamson, Tecumseh, Jackson Northwest, Saline, Chelsea); each band had fifteen minutes to perform, and several (highly qualified) judges made notes on the performances in order to help the bands improve.
Photographs of each band are available on my site; here’s a sampling of Chelsea’s performance.
The exhibition concluded with an incredible treat: the Michigan Marching Band. The MMB put on quite a show, and I enjoyed every last second of it; while it was a little surreal to see and hear the same Saturday gameday routine being performed on Chelsea’s field, I got goosebumps when the band started playing The Victors as it marched down the field in the M formation. Of course, I also continued to take pictures.
