The Falcon Marching Band steps on to the field at Spring-Ford High School to provide football game half-time entertainment Oct. 9 (2009).
EPHRATA PA – Members of the Pottsgrove High School Marching Band will spend Halloween Day (Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009) on the fields at Ephrata (PA) High School, 43 miles west of Sanatoga village center, intent on raising the “spirits” of visitors there and hoping to bring home another trophy.
- View a gallery of 15 photos from the band’s recent half-time show at Spring-Ford High School, in The Post’s Flickr account.
Pottsgrove drummers get into the swing of things.
The band will be among five competitors in the Independence class of Ephrata’s Showcase of Bands contest that begins at 1 p.m. at the high school, 803 Oak Blvd, Ephrata PA. Fighting the Falcons for top honors will be units from Bermudian Springs High, York Springs PA; Columbia High, Columbia PA; Lebanon Catholic, Lebanon PA; and Halifax High, Halifax PA.
The event is sanctioned by the Cavalcade of Bands Association Inc.
Pottsgrove marchers were busy last weekend, too. They placed second, with a score of 86.85, among five Independence units that competed Oct. 24 (2009; Saturday) at a Cavalcade event at Upper Perkiomen High School in Pennsburg PA. Winning first in the division was Pittston High, with a score of 90.80. Taking overall honors there was Warwick High of Lititz PA, with a score of 91.75.
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