Sheldon, Iowa — Sixteen Iowa high school marching bands took part in the 2018 Iowa State Marching Band Festival which was held at Orab Field in Sheldon Saturday.
Sheldon High School Band Director Cliff St. Clair tells KIWA that the Marching Orabs received a Division I rating in Saturday’s festival, the highest rating available.
In addition to the Marching Orabs, here are the other bands from around the area that competed in Sheldon Saturday, along with the ratings they earned:
Class 1A
Gehlen Catholic of Le Mars received a Division I rating.
Class 2A
Washington High School of Cherokee, Division II rating
Sheldon, Division I
Sibley-Ocheyedan, Division I
West Lyon, Division I
Class 3A
Le Mars Community High School, Division I
Sioux Center, Division I
Spencer, Division I
Spirit Lake, Division I
MOC-Floyd Valley performed in the Class 3A field, but performed for notes, rather than a rating, to allow them to reach another festival in Sioux Falls Saturday.
The next outing for the Sheldon Marching Orabs will be this coming Saturday, October 13th, when they’ll take part in the Dutch Field Competition at MOC-Floyd Valley High school in Orange City.
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Posted 3:37pm 10/5/2018
Sheldon, Iowa — High school marching bands from sixteen northwest Iowa schools will be in Sheldon Saturday morning to take part in the 2018 Iowa State Marching Band Festival at Orab Field.
Cliff St. Clair, the Director of the Sheldon Marching Orabs, and host of the event, says the first band will take the field at 8:00 Saturday morning.
St. Clair says the Marching Orabs are scheduled to take the field as the last of the Class 2A bands.
Normally the Marching Orabs board a school bus immediately following the State Marching Band Festival, and go to Orange City to compete in the MOC-Floyd Valley Dutch Field Competition. They won’t be doing that this year, since the Dutch Field Competition doesn’t fall on the same weekend as the State Festival in Sheldon. St. Clair explains.
He says the Dutch Field Competition will be held next Saturday, October 13th, and the Marching Orabs will be taking part.
Again, the State Marching Band Festival begins at 8:00 Saturday morning at Orab Field, with the Marching Orabs taking to the field at 10:45. As always, the festival is open to the public.
For a look at the complete schedule for Saturday’s State Marching Band Festival, CLICK HERE.
