Hot music helps warm up 2012 Band-A-Rama crowd

Marching  bands from the four UCS high schools presented their festival shows at the annual Band-A-Rama Sunday night at Runkel Field.

The annual event raises funds for the Louis Gonda Scholarship, which provides support for student music camps and lessons.

The show is also a preview for the Michigan School Band and Orchestra
Association regional competition, which will be held Tuesday at Stevenson High
School.

The shows performed by the bands were:

• Under the Big Top by the Utica Chieftain marching band.
• Dream and Nightmares by the Henry Ford II Falcon marching band
• The Music of Sir Paul McCartney by the Eisenhower Eagle marching band, and
• Welcome to the Jungle by the Stevenson Titan marching band