One day, two performances, and the rush of excitement. Music drifts into the stands as fans get ready to take their seats. The anticipated Drumline/Winterguard competition will be on March 14.

However, this year’s competition has a new host: North. Because it’s the school’s first time hosting, both teams have high expectations.
“I’m most definitely excited about this upcoming competition,” sophomore Ashley Rehm said. “We’ve never hosted one here before so I think we all want to make it good.”
Guard Coach Duane Williams is also looking forward to the performance because they plan on mixing things up style-wise.
“The style of our show is basically contemporary dance mixed with classical jazz,” Williams said. “It’s very different in the fact that it’s very fast tempo. We really haven’t done anything like it before.”
Both teams have been practicing hard to work on perfecting minor errors that might keep them from having a spotless performance.
“We practice almost every night of the week,” sophomore Beth Cruse said. “We really want to fix just basic errors, nothing too big or bad but the little things like timing.”
While the teams won’t be performing together, there is a joint effort to be the best in show. Drumline will perform in the morning, while Winterguard performs at night. Throughout the day, teams from around the district will be competing. The competition will be festival style meaning there will be no placing only scoring. Despite the competition, spirits are high that North will prove to be the best out of them all.
“Hopefully it should be best performance since they’re performing on our own turf,” Williams said.