Sheldon, Iowa — The Sheldon Marching Orabs had a good day Saturday when they made their appearance at the StarFest Marching Band Festival in Sioux City.
The Sheldon group was one of just two bands in Class 2A at the festival, the other 2A band being from Cherokee. Sheldon High School Band Director Cliff St. Clair tells KIWA that the Marching Orabs managed to take 1st Place in the 2A class.
Following the initial performances from all sixteen bands at the festival, the “Top 10” were selected to compete in the finals Saturday evening. When we talked to St. Clair last week he said it would be very difficult for the Marching Orabs to make it into that elite field of ten bands.
St. Clair says the Marching Orabs proved to be up to the challenge, being selected for the field of finalists. He says that after all ten of the finalist bands performed, the Marching Orabs received 9th place in the competition.
There’s no rest for the Marching Orabs, however, since they’ll be back in action this Saturday when they host the State Marching Band Festival at Orab Field.
Congratulations to Cliff St. Clair and the Sheldon Marching Orabs on their accomplishments this past Saturday at StarFest in Sioux City.
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Original story posted at 2:30pm, 9/28/2018
Sioux City, Iowa — The Sheldon Marching Orabs will be one of sixteen high school marching bands from three states that will compete at the 2018 StarFest in Sioux City Saturday.
Sheldon High School Band Director Cliff St. Clair says this will be the first time the Marching Orabs have gone to StarFest.
St. Clair tells us about the StarFest competition.
In addition to the Marching Orabs, area marching bands taking part in Saturday’s StarFest include: Gehlen Catholic; Cherokee; Spirit Lake; Sioux Center; Le Mars; and MOC-Floyd Valley.
CLICK HERE for the schedule for Saturday’s StarFest, at Olsen Memorial Field, on the campus of Morningside College in Sioux City.
The organizers of StarFest have notified KIWA that there is a change to their schedule. The band from Lawton-Bronson High School will not be attending.
