LTHS Marching Band Named Class 6A State Champions

LOCKPORT, IL — The Lockport Township High School marching band placed first in Class 6A at the 2019 Illinois State Marching Band Championships Oct. 19 at Illinois State University. The school said the marching band also place second in the finals and won caption awards for General Effect and Crowd Appeal. This is the ensemble’s third state class championship, having won previously in 2013 and 2015.

Throughout the past months, the school said students could be seen on campus putting in long hours of practice— 2 and a half hours for three days a week and eight hours almost every Saturday.

For senior Tori Cluff, “being head drum major has been an extremely rewarding experience throughout the season. Hearing Lockport called for 6A State Champs was unreal and we all knew at that moment that our hard work finally paid off.”

The LTHS competitive marching band, made up of 175 members, is led by Brian Covey with the assistance of Associate Director of Bands Aaron Kennedy. The school said the show this year was "Tribe" and included music from Nick Phoenix and Thomas Bergersen.

The band's final competition of the season will be the Bands of America Indianapolis Super Regional Competition Oct. 25 and 26.