Youth In Music: Marching Band Events

07/01/2025

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06/30/2025

Congratulations to all the performers today at Vikingland Festival and Lake City Parades.

2025 RESULTS! Excellent music and entertaining shows delighted the thousands of fans who gathered under warm summer skies to cheer for the marching bands in the 41st Annual Vikingland Band Festival. Waconia H.S. rose to the top with a score of 87.3 for its show titled "In Bloom," earning the Class 4A Champion title and claiming its seventh Grand Champion title, its first overall win since 2022. Cotter H.S. from Winona claimed the People's Choice award for a third consecutive year, with its program "Once, We Were Dreamers." Litchfield H.S. placed second overall with 87.0 and earned the Class 3A Champion title. Rounding out the top 5 bands were 728 Cadets, Bemidji, and Champlin Park. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg earned the Class Champion title for 1A, and Milaca earned the Class Champion title for 2A. Congrats to all the bands for tremendous performances! (Link to full results in comments)

05/21/2025

If you have ever watched "Severance," and you watched the season finale, you noticed the marching band! The marching band was made up from members of Jackson State, a prolific HBCU band, Bushwackers DCI All Age and Bluecoats. What a fun connection for band people to see our activity highlighted in such a big way on the national screens!

Several marching performers affiliated with Bushwackers had the opportunity to perform as part of a staged marching ensemble that was featured in the second-season finale of the hit Apple TV+ program, Severance.

05/20/2025

The Vikings first "bye week" is the weekend of YIM.

04/24/2025

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04/23/2025

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04/12/2025

River City Rhythm at WGI Independent Open Finals at WGI Championships!

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