OCHS Marching Band Finds Strength In Numbers
The marching band has more than 200 students this year and could grow to 300 in the next five years.
The Oak Creek High School Marching Band is growing. And it isn't likely to stop anytime soon. Band Directors Amy Fuchs and Guy Gregg told the Oak Creek-Franklin School Board on Monday that 216 students are in band this year, a number so high they added a freshman-only band. They may have to make more changes in the future: the directors project that band participation will grow to 300 by the 2015-16 school year and 390 by 2018-19. "It's just really growing like crazy," Fuchs said. The School Board honored the marching band Monday for finishing third in the state marching band competition and winning Best Musical Presentation Caption for the first time ever. The group missed out on second place by just 0.3 points. "That was extremely …
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