Midwest Marching

Francis Howell Viking Invitational
St. Charles, Missouri

October 25, 2014

Come join us for the 34th Annual Francis Howell Invitational. This has always been a wonderful competition for every classification of Marching Band! Our Invitational will use the prelims/finals format and be held at Francis Howell High School in our Viking Stadium. Come join us and enjoy the shows!!

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Admission Prices

$8.00 for Adults
$5.00 for 60+ Seniors
$5.00 for Students
Children 5 and under are Free

Participating Bands

Russellville

11:15

Parkway West 11:30
Raymore-Peculiar 11:45
LUNCH BREAK 12:00
Hazelwood West 12:45
Hazelwood East 1:00
Living Word Christian 1:15
Francis Howell Central 1:30
St. Charles 1:45
BREAK 2:00
St. Charles West 2:15
Lafayette 2:30
Alton 2:45
Marquette 3:00
Ozark 3:15
BREAK 3:30
Nixa 3:45
Rolla 4:00
Seckman 4:15
Cape Central 4:30
Francis Howell (EXH) 4:45
PRELIM AWARDS 5:00
FINALS BEGIN 6:45
FINALS AWARDS 9:45


Results

Recap

PRELIMS
BLUE DIVISION
1ST Francis Howell Central (Music, Visual, GE) 86.90
2ND Alton 78.40
3RD Raymore Peculiar 77.65
4TH Seckman 77.55

SILVER DIVISION
1ST Lafayette (Music, Visual, GE) 85.55
2ND St. Charles High 77.75
3RD Cape Central 76.40
4TH Hazelwood West 69.55

WHITE DIVISION
1ST Parkway West (Music, Visual, GE) 82.25
2ND Marquette 77.90
3RD Living World Christian 77.40
4TH St. Charles West 72.80
5TH Hazelwood East 62.85
6TH Russellville 59.20

GOLD DIVISION
1ST Rolla (Visual, GE) 87.60
2ND Nixa 87.35
3RD Ozark (Music) 84.25

FINALS

1ST Francis Howell Central 91.30
2ND Rolla 89.35
3RD Nixa 88.90
4TH Lafayette 88.15
5TH Parkway West 86.95
6TH Ozark 85.20
7TH Marquette 81.15
8TH Raymore-Peculiar 79.75
9TH (tie) Alton 79.40
St. Charles 79.40

CAPTION AWARDS
Music Francis Howell Central
Visual (tie) Francis Howell Central, Nixa
Gen Effect Francis Howell Central

Judging Panel

Judging Panel (Team Pageantry, Inc.)
 
Visual Sandra Bertelle began her pageantry experience in Kenosha, WI. as a colorguard member in her high school band. She went on to receive a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. in Theater from USC in Los Angeles, California. She trained with some of the top dance, vocal, and acting teachers in Los Angeles, as well as the renowned John Housmann from the Juilliard School in New York. She has directed and acted in theatrical productions both in the United States and at Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She also has guest starred on several prime time television series. She returned to her roots in recent years and began judging for Drumcorps International, Fall Marching Bands and Winterguards around the nation.

Music Effect MILES THRELKELD (Newport, KY)
Miles Threlkeld received his Bachelors of Music Education from Morehead State University, and his Masters of Music Education from Eastern Kentucky University. He spent eleven years as an instrumental music teacher in the Boyle County (Ky), and Fayette County (Ky), School Districts. He has been adjudicating for twenty one years and has judged contests and festivals in twenty states and provinces. Miles has been involved in the drum corps activity as a marching member, instructor, caption head, program coordinator, and judge for 25 years. He has been associated with groups that have made Drum Corps International Finals eleven times. He is a former member of the Bridgemen of Bayonne, NJ and the Pride of Cincinnati.

Visual Performance BRANDON SPIDEL (Carmel, IN)
Brandon Spidel is a Junior High Band Director in Fishers, IN. He has been teaching high school and middle school band since 1998. A graduate of East Noble High School in Kendallville, IN, Brandon received his Bachelor's Degree from Indiana State University where he served as the principal euphonium player in the ISU Wind Ensemble for four years.

His teaching experience as a band director has included Clay City Jr./Sr. High School, Owen Valley High School, and Fishers Junior High School. He was also a member of the 1996 Phantom Regiment. Brandon works with several band programs in the state of Indiana and is also very active in the winter guard circuit as a judge and instructor.

Brandon was a member of the Central State Judges Association from 2008 – 2011. He is also a current member of the Mid East Judges Association, Indiana Band Masters Association, The National Association for Music Education, and the Tri State Judge’s Association.

Visual Performance MARK CULP (Cold Spring, KY)
Mark Culp is from Cold Spring, Kentucky and has worked as a visual and color guard designer for marching bands and winter guards throughout the Midwest. He is a former marching member of both the Golden Knights Drum & Bugle Corps and the Pride of Cincinnati Winter Guard. He is currently a member of the Tri-State Judges Association and Team Pageantry, Inc., and was previously the assistant director of the Central States Judges Association. He has received additional training through the WGI Academy. He is an active adjudicator of marching band and winter guard throughout the United States and has judged state and circuit championship events in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Florida.

Music Performance - TRAVIS BOND (Mt. Sterling, KY)
Travis is currently in his eleventh year of teaching in the Montgomery County school district, serving as director of bands at the high school, and Montgomery County Intermediate school. Prior to that, he was director of bands at Mason County High School in Maysville, KY.

He graduated from The University of Kentucky in the fall of 2000 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education. While at UK he studied saxophone with Professor Miles Osland and performed in several ensembles including the Jazz Bands, Concert Bands, and the Wildcat Marching Band. In the summer of 2006 he finished his Masters in Music with an emphasis in Conducting from Southern Oregon University in Ashland, OR. In the spring of 2010 he finished his Rank I in educational administration from Morehead State University. Travis currently has professional affiliations with MENC, WASBE, and KMEA.

Music Performance - JEF FURR (Indianapolis, IN)
Jef Furr has been involved in music his whole life. 16 years as a High School Band Director and Music Department Chair. A trombone player at Noblesville (IN) Middle School, Jef honed his talents and graduated from Ball State University with a B.S. in Music Education.
After stints at North Miami (IN) and Alexandria-Monroe (IN) high schools, Jef moved to Southport High School in Indianapolis as Band Director and, later, Music Department Chair. Following 1986's featured performance by Jef and the Southport Band in the classic film, "Hoosiers," Jef realized a life-long dream as the band won the coveted 1987 Indiana State Fair Band Day Competition.His concert bands placed within the top eight in Indiana four times. In 1994 he joined Music Travel Consultants full-time. Although he travels frequently, Jef still finds time to appear regularly as a trombonist at his church and in local theatre productions.

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Email: FHHSMB@fhhsmb.org 

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