Students in the Joliet Central High School Combined Concert Band travelled to Washington, D.C. and Virginia over Spring Break to participate in the Dixie Classic Festival in Richmond, Virginia. The festival included bands from Virginia, Georgia, Connecticut, Wisconsin and Illinois. Joliet Central received a Superior Rating for their performance. They also received the Honor Award for having the highest scores of all the bands in the festival; the Judges Awards for Outstanding Brass Section; and the Outstanding Woodwind Section. They were also awarded possession of the Festival Banner, an exceptional honor.
“The trip was absolutely perfect. The students who went on the trip represented Joliet Central in an exemplary manner and we received compliments about them at every location. Their performance in the Dixie Classic Festival was outstanding,” said JCHS Band Director Mike Fiske.
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Other highlights of the trip included a tour of the Capitol Building, including gallery passes to view both the House and Senate in session. The band toured Arlington National Cemetery where they viewed the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns. They also enjoyed a dinner cruise on the Potomac River and a concert performance by “Pershing’s Own” United States Army Band at Fort Meyer
