FZN Panther Pride Band to host the River City Showcase!

The Fort Zumwalt North Panther Pride Band is proud to present the 7th Annual FZN River City Showcase! This event promises to be one of the true highlights of the marching season and is ideal for bands that will be competing at the Bands of America Super Regional in St. Louis the next week. Bands will be classified by MSHSAA football classifications. During the prelim round bands will be mixed, with the performance order determined by a lottery for all bands entered by April 1, 2018. All other bands entered after April 1 will be placed in the competition based on order of entry. The top 12 high scoring bands will advance to finals competition. Bands will compete for caption awards (Outstanding Music, Visual, General Effect) and placement awards. Featuring an All-Star adjudication team from the rosters of Bands of America, Drum Corps International, and Winter Guard International, this festival will also hold a judges critique at the end of the competition for interested band directors.

This year the judging panel consists of the following individuals...
MUSIC:Frank Oddis - Morehead, KY-Professor Emeritus and Coordinator of Percussion Program, Morehead State University; Adjudicator for DCI, PAS, BOA
Beth Fabrizio - Fairport, NY-Director of Bands, Hilton Central (NY) HS; Adjudicator for BOA, DCI, USBands; Past Brass Caption Head - Carolina Crown; Active Artist/Clinician for D'Addario
Kenny Capshaw - El Paso, TX-Assistant Director of Bands, University of Texas-El Paso; Retired Director of Bands, Coronado (TX) HS; Member, Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame; Member, American Bandmasters Association; 2018 Texas Bandmaster of the Year
VISUAL:James Smith - Chattanooga, TN-Program Coordinator, Ooltewah (TN) HS; Visual Design Staff, Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps; Former Consultant, Lassiter (GA) HS, Glassmen Drum Corps, Spirit of Atlanta Drum Corps, Pride of Cincinnati Winter Guard
Wes Pendergrass - Bentonville, AR-Founder, Shoeless Designs; Coordinator, Consultant, and Drill Writer for numerous BOA Regional and Super Regional Champions and Finalists
Shirl Chumley - Parker, CO-Adjudicator for WGI, DCI; Involved in activity for more than 40 years, judging experience at all levels across the country

With 22 bands competing and the FZN Panther Pride Band performing in exhibition, the Showcase will welcome over 2800 students to the FZN campus. By the time the Panther Pride Band performs at 3:45 to close the prelims performances, Robert Fisher stadium could be holding over 7000 spectators for this event.
Here's the schedule for the day...
PRELIMS9:30 Warrenton9:45 Francis Howell Central10:00 Granite City10:15 Wright City10:30 Rushville-Industry10:45 Parkway West11:00 Mascoutah11:15 Helias11:30 Quincy11:45 BREAK12:00 BREAK12:15 Rock Bridge12:30 Fort Zumwalt South12:45 Francis Howell North1:00 Fort Zumwalt West1:15 Oakville1:30 Washington1:45 Lafayette2:00 BREAK2:15 Truman2:30 Belleville East2:45 Jefferson City3:00 Timberland3:15 Fort Zumwalt East3:30 Lindbergh3:45 Fort Zumwalt North (Ex.)4:00

PRELIM AWARDS
FINALS6:30 Band #16:45 Band #27:00 Band #37:15 Band #47:30 Band #57:45 Band #68:00

BREAK8:15 Band #78:30 Band #88:45 Band #99:00 Band #109:15 Band #119:30 Band #12

9:45

FINALS AWARDS