UCHS Color Guard Takes 1st Place In Competition

 
 
 
By Mike Hutchens, UC Schools Communications Director
 
Union City, Tenn.–The Union City High School marching band brought home some hardware from its first contest of the season.
 
UC’s color guard took first place both in its division and overall in the competition at South Gibson County High School in Medina on Saturday evening.
 
The Golden Tornadoes had a second-place showing in the drum major category and were third in the percussion.
 
Overall – competing in Class 5A – Union City placed fourth among 15 bands, according to director Jason Deem.
 
“I thought it was great for our first competition,” he said. “I was proud of the kids and we’re certainly going to get better.
 
“It was a good starting place for us as we build toward our biggest contests at the end of the (marching) season.”
 
Union City will compete at the Festival of Champions at Roy Stewart Stadium on the campus of Murray (Ky.) State University this Saturday. Preliminaries are set to begin at 12:30 p.m.
 
Contests at Huntingdon (Oct. 5), St. Louis (Bands of America Super Regional, Oct. 18-19) and Austin Peay State University in Clarksville (Mid-South Marching Contest, Oct. 26) will follow before the band wraps up its marching season in Murfreesboro (Nov. 2) at the Contest of Champions.