The Russell County High School Mighty Laker Marching Band
finished in second at the Kentucky Music Educators Association Class 3A West
Region Quarterfinals with a score of 89.8 on Saturday at George Rogers Clark
High School.
At the conclusion of the night’s performances, it was
announced that Russell County received a distinguished rating, and was chosen
as one of the eight bands to continue in semi-finals competition.
Semifinals will be held at five separate sites from 10:00 am
to 3:30 pm next Saturday. Russell County will be one of 16 Class AAA bands at
Warren Central High School, and will take the field at 2:15 pm. From each of the sites, four finalists bands
will be chosen from each classification. Finals will begin at 6:00 pm at
Houchens Industries – L.T. Smith Stadium on the Western Kentucky University
campus next Saturday night.
Under director Curtis Ervin, this year’s show is entitled
“The Better Machine.”