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ike mo t e ery other year. the olumbia High itiz n' ield in Gaine ille, Fl. for the an-
chool Band b gan it year two week before the nual Florida Bandma ter A o iation marching
re t of the tud nt b dy. Beginning ugu t 9th and fe ti a!. t thi fe tival, th band made a uperior
continuing through ugu t 20th, the band' of 1 - rating in ea h of the categoric judged. AI o, on
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er help d to tea h the in oming fre hman th 1 ov 13th, the band attended the "Ancient City"
fundam ntal of mar hing, maneuvering, and the marching competition m t Augu tine, Fl. Thi
militar -like c mmand u ed to make a uc e ful a our fir t year attend.ne thi fe tival, and we
program. nd r the field dire tion of enior Drum were rated with either a up rior or Di tin-
ajor' Morgan Ellis (Head Drum Major), Tina gui h d up rior rating in each of the categone
ail, and Kri Gintz, a well a Band Captain judged. fter making the final competition at
nthony Rodriguez and Flag aptain Cry tal t Auou tine the Band a ranked 5th pla e
rry, th band pra ticed to p rfe tion thi O\ erall.
year' go p I ho " 11 God' hildren G t nother big event for the Band wa our cam-
Rhythm'', with mu ical election 'Let Break paign for ne uniform . Becau. e of the inc rea e
Bread Togeth r" hme Down", in the numb r of tud nt . and the Ia k of uni-
hariot ," and "Ho\\ Great Thou rt". form . the Band t: tabli hed a temp rary uni-
n to r 2 1999. the band traveled to ~ rm. on i ting of a purple p lo hirt and black
dre pant .
Becau of the genero It) of local bu me e
and individual upporter throughout the com-
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munity the ''Pride of Columbia Count " \\ill be
0\VO ••••• marchmg with brand new uniform ne t
e· on v e w uld like to e tend our in ere ap-
d !r Ad m dan fi r th band dunn th
preciation to the upp rter for th1 cau e
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