Keepin'it Loose Mt. Pleasant Drumline wanning up at the Play March Silverdome.

Marching band goes undefeated

"It was a phenomenal season." - Bret Wallin

The Mt Pleasant High School At the State Championships in Marching Band had an the Pontiac Silverdome, the extremely successful season marching band took first in with many awards and Michigan in Flight 3 accomplishments to support competition. This was the best that claim. They took first year the marching has ever had place at every competition in its history. When the band which they competed. They set took first not one student a new state record by going started yelling or jumping up undefeated. As usual, they and down. They stood at started the season with a two attention until they were called week training camp that began out of attention. The next week prior to the start of the 2000- the band was off to Grand 2001 school year. The training Nationals in Indianapolis at the camp was Monday through RCA Dome. There were about Friday which started at 8 90 bands from across the o'clock in the morning and country to compete for 1st went to 5 o'clock at night. place. The band took 36th out Practice was never canceled, of 90 bands. The students had a but cut short a few times. They great time at the hotel and practiced though rain and watching the other bands. This shine, hot days and cold days. season could not have taken The members of the marching place with out the help of the Pssst... It's Backwards band could handle just about instructors, parents, and Mr. Displaying true spirit and true intelligence during the state anything that was thrown at competition are junior Matt Joynt and sophomore Bill Sampson. Rocking off the Field them. Wiegandt. Takin'it to the Streets The Mt. Pleasant Marching band takes it to the hot streets in Mt. Pleasant Drumline playing their cadence as they are marching off the field after -Chris Oates full uniform during the Homecoming parade the afternoon a halftime home game. prior to the football game, which was to follow later that evening.

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