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CHS took 3rd in the state finals in Indianapolis. More info to come as our correspondent, Krista Mevis twitters us the info.

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The regional marching competition is the most important event of the marching band’s season, aside from state finals. Only the top five bands will proceed on to state finals in
Indianapolis, so performing the show with confidence is the band’s key to success.
“If you have no confidence, then you make lots of mistakes like stepping off […]

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The first ISSMA competition of the season took place last Saturday atPenn
High School. So far, the Marching Minutemen have competed at 3 school invitationals, which get the band ready for state competition.
“We did our best, which is all the directors ask of us,” Kelsey Beabout (12) said. “I think we improved a lot from last week.”
As with […]

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Preparation is an important part of any competitive activity, including marching band. The Concord Marching Minutemen will be performing at the Penn High School invitational on Saturday, September 22 and they have been preparing for it all week.
“Compared to this time last year, we are definitely a lot more prepared,” Erika Field (10) said. “We have […]

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After their performance at the Goshen High School Marching Band Invitational, the Concord Marching Minutemen are getting ready to host their own 26th annual invitational on Saturday, September 15. With 20 bands coming to compete and Concord marching last as an exhibition performance, the Concord invitational is an even that band members look forward to as […]

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From t-shirts to jackets, men’s styles to women’s styles, and online orders to up-front payment, the Concord Band Gear Shop has it all. Short-sleeve t-shirts, long-sleeve t-shirts, jackets, and hoodies, all sporting the Concord Band logo, are all available for purchasing online by going to http://www.concordmusic.info/ and clicking on the link to “Minuteman Merchandise”. Short-sleeve t-shirts are available to […]

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The high expectations that lead the Concord Marching Minutemen in their performance at the CHS-Northwood Football game last Friday is again present while preparing for their first competition in the Goshen High School Invitational on Saturday, September 8th. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors are all preparing for the event with goals to focus on during […]

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Teachers all have different ways of motivating their students to do their best, and Scott Spradling (Associate band director) has his own unique way of making his students enthusiastic: telling stories. 23 years has been enough experience for this director to know that humorous, but real, stories are a great way to keep students interested.
“Most of my stories […]

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The Concord Marching Minutemen begin their 2007 season with high expectations and hopes of success by setting goals and anticipating perfection.”My goal for the band is that, at the end of the season, everyone did everything they could to be successful.  I expect to be extremely successful, I just want to make sure we take care […]

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The Concord Marching Mintueman Band took their annual trip to Indianapolis to perform in the Indiana State Fair Band Day competition.
There were 48 Indiana bands who competed in the State Fair competition with Concord ranking 15th in the preliminary competition with a score of 60.30.  The bands that ranked in the top sixteen during prelims went on to compete […]

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