Oct. 20, 2005
Media Advisory
To: News Directors and News Editors
From: Veronika Avery, Assistant Director of Media Relations, 342-5444, vavery@ulm.edu

District High School Marching Festival Will Occur on ULM Campus

On Tuesday evening, October 25, ULM will host the District I High School Marching Festival in Malone Stadium. Eight outstanding high school marching bands will perform in this festival, with special exhibition performances by the Ruston High School Percussion Ensemble and ULM's Sound of Today. The bands and performance times are detailed below.

Many High School, 5 p.m.
Jena HS, 5:20 p.m.
Neville HS, 5:40 p.m.
Bastrop HS, 6:00 p.m.
Caldwell Parish HS, 6:20 p.m.
Ruston HS, 6:40 p.m.
Ouachita Parish HS, 7 p.m.
West Monroe HS, 7:20 p.m.
Ruston HS Percussion. Ensemble exhibition performance, 7:40 p.m.
Sound of Today exhibition performance, 7:50 p.m.

There will be a $3 per person admission charge for this festival, though ULM faculty, staff, students, and their families get in free by showing ID cards. The $3 admission charge will go toward adjudicator fees and expenses and the awards and trophies that bands will receive at this event.

For more information, contact Derle Long at 318-342-1594 or long@ulm.edu.