Two years ago, the White Oak High School band changed up the way it marched for contest, senior Kylie Pepper said. The band did not qualify for the state competition.
So, it went “back to its roots,” she said, and stuck with military-style marching for the University Interscholastic League area marching contest Saturday in Carthage.
It paid off. The White Oak High School band is the only military band that qualified for the state contest, senior drum major Katelyn Jester said.
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