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The flutes play while the color guard performs in the background.
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A sax player is focused on the competition.
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The Pride of Riverside Marching Band performed with a picturesque sky complementing the surroundings.
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Representatives from the band with their winning trophy and the acknowledgement Riverside will be performing in the state band championships for the first time.
The Pride of Riverside Marching Band qualified for the state championships. It is the first time in the school’s history a Riverside High School marching band advanced to the state finals.
Quintus F. Wrighten, who became the band director at Riverside this summer, designed a cinematic program around the sunken Egyptian city of Heracleion.
Seven of the bands competing in the Upper State 4A Championships advanced at the competition at Boiling Springs High School.
Bands advancing and their scores:
Fort Mill, 93.00
Northwestern, 86.60
York Comprehensive, 85.55
Spartanburg, 83.05
Laurens, 82.35
Riverside, 80.35
Bands receiving a score of excellence but did not qualify were:
Wade Hampton
Woodmont
Greenwood
Easley
Lugoff-Elgin
• Allen McNeer contributed to this report