Show band festival successful the april 17 band festival held in monticello was a very colorful and entertaining event for the community as well as for the high school bands from grand county high school and san juan high school combined with high school band to create a pleasant and memorable day for monticello the morning was given over to a massed band rehearsal followed by the presentation of choral groups after lunch soloists land and small ensemble gr groups added their delightful numbers to the days program the magic of colorful uniforms and band music drew an enormous crowd ito main street to line the sidewalks and spill over into the street to enjoy the procession of the bands the parade was lid led by grade school band with its pretty high stepping majorette the marching and maneuvering of the four bands was a beautiful sight to the watchers who thrilled at seeing their young folks on parade giving their best efforts for themselves and their schools the evening concert was a grand climax to the days festivities and drew a capacity crowd to the high school auditorium where each band presented three individual numbers w which h ich was followed by three num numbers b ers from the massed bands u under nd er the baton of bruce andee anderson rs on director of the band the great audience thrilled as the combined bands brought this musical feast to a close with its rendition of the star spangled banner monticello high school is happy that the san juan high and grand county high school could join them in in their new high school for this pleasant day |