Tiger Marching Band competes in Lions Club Parade
The Osmond High School (OHS) Marching Band competed in the Norfolk Lions Club parade on Saturday, Sept. 25. Although the band did not place in the parade this year, OHS band director Christalin Ginn had this to say about the band’s performance:
“The Osmond Tiger Marching Band did an outstanding job on Saturday at the Norfolk Lions Club Parade. Unfortunately, the judges didn’t agree. Our band scored a 26/30 for music from Gary Reeves, a judge from Vermillion, SD. He gave comments on the attacks and releases in the ensemble and about the arrangement of “25 or 6 to 4” that we chose to march to. We plan to work on attacks and releases for our next parade.
“We received a 27/30 for our marching score from judge Josh Calkin, who had nothing but good comments. He did notice a few students out of step and commented on horizontal alignment. He really enjoyed our added element of swapping lines in the middle of our show and commented that we ‘executed it very well.’
“We also received a 37/40 on our overall music and marching general effect score from Randy Neuharth. He also commented on our attacks and releases, but really enjoyed the visual effect of our diamond move, as we call it.
“We do not know how the other bands did as far as scores go, but we did not place in our class. This was disappointing, as we felt we did our absolute best and the crowd really responded to how we looked and sounded. Upon further reflection, we have concluded that, even though we didn’t win, we won over the crowd and that is what matters to us.
“We love to hear the people yell and shout out ‘Way to go Osmond!’ ‘Nice turn!’ ‘Looking good as always, Osmond band!’
“These comments truly make marching worth it, no matter what the score was. I personally can tell you my heart leapt with pride every time the audience clapped, shouted, or yelled out for us on Saturday. It was a really great day to be a marching Tiger!
“We go into this next week with a few things to work and focus on. Harvest of Harmony is a bigger and more competitive parade, so we will need to work even harder than before if we want to earn a trophy.
“We plan on leaving Osmond Saturday morning at 4:30 a.m. to head toward Grand Island. We are scheduled to step off at 9 a.m. We are float number 72 of 194 and band number 33 of 94.
“We will also have Riley Wagner representing in the parade as Miss Osmond and in the Harvest of Harmony pageant the day before, where she will have an interview with judges to be considered for Miss Harvest of Harmony 2021.”
