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Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM

Redwater, DeKalb bands advance as local bands compete in regional marching contest

Local bands competed in the annual University Interscholastic League (UIL) Region 4 marching Assessment with high hopes of advancing. Two schools advanced to the next round.

Regional competitions were held at the Sam Parker Field in Mount Pleasant on October 14 for class 2A and October 21 for class 3A.The DeKalb High School Mighty Bear Band and Redwater High School Dragon Band both earned an overall first division.

Their first divisions mean Redwater will advance to the UILArea C open competition on Saturday in Whitehouse. If they earn first division in area, the Dragon Band will compete at the Open Class state competition on November 12 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

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Jerry Rochelle
Kelley Crisp

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