Norwich Marching Band finishes fourth at Carrier Dome
NORWICH – The Norwich Purple Tornado Field Band wrapped up its fall season at the Syracuse Carrier Dome Sunday, finishing a respectable fourth in its division at the field band competition.
“The kids did an outstanding job with the program,” said the band’s director, Lansing Dimon.
Norwich finished behind New Hartford, Medina and East Syracuse-Minoa to secure the fourth spot with a total score of 86.55.
Dimon was not disappointed with the performance. “We told them before going on the field – the most important things ... aren’t necessarily the scores or placement but how they felt about their performance and making sure that they met their full potential,” said Dimon.
Dimon knew that the size of the band, 54 including the colorguard, would be a challenge for them at the Dome. “It’s so much bigger than a typical athletic field,” he explained, that it is harder for a smaller band to make as big of an impact as some of the others in their division.
“We did manage to score and place higher than other bands in our division, all of whom have at least 10-50 more students than in our band.”
“The staff, students, and everyone involved felt that we peaked at just the right time, and it was definitely reflected in the performance on Sunday,” said Dimon.
Just because “Tales from the Pond” has been performed for the last time, doesn’t mean that the marching band is going to have a lot of free time on its hands. “We have the Veterans Day parade and Santa parade in the next few weeks,” explained Dimon.
And the band’s director is already looking ahead. “Our goal now is to integrate any new students who are interested in next year into those events so we can continue to grow as a program,” said Dimon.
“The kids did an outstanding job with the program,” said the band’s director, Lansing Dimon.
Norwich finished behind New Hartford, Medina and East Syracuse-Minoa to secure the fourth spot with a total score of 86.55.
Dimon was not disappointed with the performance. “We told them before going on the field – the most important things ... aren’t necessarily the scores or placement but how they felt about their performance and making sure that they met their full potential,” said Dimon.
Dimon knew that the size of the band, 54 including the colorguard, would be a challenge for them at the Dome. “It’s so much bigger than a typical athletic field,” he explained, that it is harder for a smaller band to make as big of an impact as some of the others in their division.
“We did manage to score and place higher than other bands in our division, all of whom have at least 10-50 more students than in our band.”
“The staff, students, and everyone involved felt that we peaked at just the right time, and it was definitely reflected in the performance on Sunday,” said Dimon.
Just because “Tales from the Pond” has been performed for the last time, doesn’t mean that the marching band is going to have a lot of free time on its hands. “We have the Veterans Day parade and Santa parade in the next few weeks,” explained Dimon.
And the band’s director is already looking ahead. “Our goal now is to integrate any new students who are interested in next year into those events so we can continue to grow as a program,” said Dimon.
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