ACC's - Here we come!

Look out Allentown, PA. The TJ Band is heading your way. The band competed in the USSBA (US Scholastic Band Association) National Championships help in Annapolis at the Naval Academy last weekend in Group IV competition, finishing 5th out of the 20 bands entered in our group. GO TJ! On Sunday we will be traveling to Allentown, PA to compete in the TOB (Tournament of Bands) Atlantic Coast Championship competition. TOB and USSBA being two different marching band circuits each with their own judging criteria. We are heading into the TOB competition seeded in 7th place out of 30 competing bands and we hoping for a finish of at least 6th or better. 6th place being the highest that the TJ band has ever finished in TOB competition. That occurred last year in 2007. Sam and I will be riding the parent "party bus" as it has been named, which will require us to be at school at 5:15 am to be ready for a 5:45 am departure! Yikes! I'm excited! It's always a long day but always a lot of fun for the parents and the band kids alike. This is the "Super Bowl" of marching band.