Lemont High School Marching Band to Be Featured on CBS2 Morning Show

Lemont High School’s award-winning marching band already has enjoyed its best competition season in years this fall, with two excellent finishes in as many weeks. However, its most wide-reaching performance soon will be seen by viewers throughout the Chicagoland area. Under the direction of Dave Nommensen and Matt Doherty, the marching band will featured on the CBS 2 Chicago Morning News on Tuesday, September 30.

Anchored by Kris Gutierrez and Erin Kennedy, the CBS 2 Chicago Morning News airs daily from 4:30-7 a.m. Lemont’s marching band is expected to be featured live from campus every half hour, beginning at 5:15 a.m. The segments not only will include live performances, but also brief interviews with selected members of the marching band.

The band started off the season by reaching the final round of a competition for the first time since 2007, doing so at the Lake Park Lancer Joust on September 13. A week later, the band took home top honors in Class AA at the Chicagoland Marching Festival in Wheeling on September 20. At that competition, the band also was awarded trophies for “Best Percussion Section” and “Best General Effect.”

Lemont is an eight-time Class 3A State Champion at the State of Illinois Marching Band Competition, which is held each fall on the campus of Illinois State University.

For more information, contact Director of School & Community Relations Tony Hamilton (tonyh@lemont.k12.il.us) at (630) 243-3280.