The Effingham Marching Hearts Invitational is an afternoon competition set to begin at 1:00pm, allowing bands to also attend the Newton Marching Eagles Band Classis which is a morning competition. Newton is 30 miles east of Effingham.

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Adults - $5
Children - $3
Seniors - $3

Participating Bands & Performance Times:

Class 1A
12:30 Bement
12:45 Okaw Valley
1:00 Atwood-Hammond
1:15 Arthur

Class 2A
1:30 Wesclin
1:45 Shelbyville
2:00 Sullivan

2:15 Break

2:30 Hoopeston
2:45 Carterville
3:00 Georgetown-Ridge Farm
3:15 Oblong (1A)*
3:30 Casey-Westfield (1A)*
3:45 Lawrenceville
4:00 Pinckneyville

4:15 Class 1A and 2A Awards

Class 3A
4:45 Vandalia
5:00 Robinson
5:15 Murphysboro
5:30 Newton
5:45 Monticello
6:00 East Richland

6:15 Break

Class 4A
6:30 Limestone
6:45 Charleston
7:00 Centralia
7:15 Highland
7:30 Mattoon

7:45 Break

Class 5A
8:00 Belleville West
8:15 Niles West
8:30 Pekin
8:45 Belleville East
9:00 Edwardsville
9:15 Effingham (exhibition)

9:30 Awards


* Marching out of order to allow time to travel from the Newton contest.

Music
Allan Horney, Eastern Illinois University
David Snyder, Illinois State University

Marching
David Boggs, McKendree University
Andrew Tucker, Southern Illinois University - Cardondale

General Effect
Keith Baker, Edwardsville, IL
Bob Stiehl, University of Illinois

Auxiliary
Dan Swallow, Normal, IL

Percussion
Ben Hall, Eastern Illinois University

Drum Major
Drum Major - Kimberly Breen

Effingham High School Band

Brad Wallace - Director of Bands wallaceb@effingham.k12.il.us

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