By Mike Hutchens, UC Schools Communications Director
Union City, Tenn.–Coming off back-to-back impressive performances, the Union City High School Marching Band will compete for the final time this fall Saturday in the Mid-South Marching Invitational at Austin Peay State University.
The “Purple People” earned multiple accolades in contests at Gibson County High School and Paragould (Ark.) the past two weekends after competing at APSU earlier in the competition season. An event at Huntingdon was canceled due to the weather, and the annual UCHS Invitational was also called off.
Among the band’s many superlatives the past couple of weekends were:
Gibson County
1st Place Band, Guard, and Percussion in class in preliminary competition
4th Place Band in preliminary competition among 17 bands
2nd place Guard in finals competition
4th place band in finals
Paragould
Superior Rating in Band, Guard, and Percussion
1st Place Band, Guard, and Percussion in Class
4th Place Visual Performance out of 25 bands
6th Place Band out of 25 bands in competition
“We’ve had great performances the last two weeks,” director Jason Deem acknowledged. “We’ve improved tremendously in all aspects and in every area, and that’s a tribute to the extra work everyone has put in.
“Our kids and our leadership have been committed to making sure we were at our best at the most important time. I’m proud of them and am looking forward to our competition Saturday.”
The preliminary competition will begin at 2:45 p.m. in Clarksville.