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The Dillon Marching Cats have made some great strides this past marching band season. Here is a recap of their award winning year.
On Saturday September 20th, the Marching Cats competed in the Pine Forest Odyssey of Sound Band Competition. They received the following awards.
1st place Marching
2nd place Drum Major
2nd place Music
3rd place General Effect
3rd place Flag
3rd place Dance Line
3rd place Percussion
On Saturday Septenber 27th the Marching Cats participated in the Phillip O. Berry “Spirit of the Cardinal” band competition in Charlotte, NC. They received the following awards in class AA.
1st place music
1st place marching
2nd place drum major
3rd place percussion
3rd place flag
3rd place dance
2nd general effect
3rd place overall class AA
Our students had the highest music score out of all the bands in the competition regardless of classification.
On Saturday October 11,  the Dillon Marching Cats participated in the Orangeburg Wilkinson High School’s “Garden City Classic” band competition. They earned the following awards.
1st place Drum Major
1st place Music
Superior rating
1st place in division
Grand Champion ( Highest score of any band regardless of size or class)
On Saturday October 18th, the Marching Cats competed in the South Carolina Band Director’s Association’s Class 2A Lower State Marching Band Championship. There were 18 bands in attendance and we needed to finish in the top 10 to move on to state finals.
The students had a great performance but fell short. We ended up in 11th place and missed the tenth spot and state finals by less than a point. Our score was a 64.225 and the band in tenth place scored a 64.375. The students were disappointed that they didn’t make finals but were very pleased that they put forth their best effort. This concludes our competition season. We thank you for your support of the Marching Cats and hope to see you at one of our Dillon Symphonic Band upcoming concerts.