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Free State High earns superior at Heart of America Band Festival
Stormy weather limits crowds as Free State High School and 15 other bands from Kansas and Missouri perform at Memorial Stadium. Free State received a I rating the highest on the scale. Lawrence High and DeSoto also posted high marks while rain caused seven bands to cancel. Judges rated bands on sound, technique, timing, coordination, and showmanship, with total attendance under 1,000.
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Free State High School
Heart of America
Memorial Stadium
Tom Stidham
Kansas University
Kansas Music
Assa
FSHS
V. Lawrence High School
Bob Foster
Kansas
Missouri
DeSoto High School
Foster
Free State
Firebirds
Raymore- Peculiar
Louisburg
Lansing
Ill
Topeka West
McPherson
Maize
Blue Valley North
Washburn Rural
Olathe North
Shawnee Mission South
Olathe South
Shawnee Mission West
Olathe East
Rituary Gwin/JourNaL-Womp
Tara TJ
Walker
Marching Firebirds