Lakewood High School to Host 30th Annual Band Festival on September 24th

On Saturday, September 24th, the Lakewood High School Ranger Marching Band will host the 30th Annual Lakewood High School Marching Band Invitational Festival. Visiting marching bands performing at this year’s festival including the Garfield Heights High School Bulldog Marching Band, the Wickliffe High School Swing Marching Band, the Valley Forge High School Patriot Marching Band, plus the 2016 Lakewood Ranger Marching Band, the College of Wooster Scot Marching Band, and the College of Wooster Pipe Band and Scottish dancers.

The Lakewood High School Marching Band Invitational Festival is organized to feature the talent and performances of great high school and college marching bands, bringing hundreds of talented musicians, their families and fans, and marching band enthusiasts of all ages to Lakewood for an evening of pageantry and musical entertainment.

The evening will begin at 6:00pm with the traditional “pass and review” introduction of each band as it enters the stadium. Individual field shows of each band will follow, culminating with the performance of the 2016 Lakewood Ranger Marching Band. Gates open at 5:30pm and tickets can be purchased at the gate at the following prices: Adults-$7, Senior Citizens-$5, Students-$3, Preschoolers-free. Concessions will be available.

The Lakewood High School Marching Band Invitational Festival is organized not only to showcase the students’ talents but also as direct fundraising for the Lakewood High School Ranger Marching Band’s seasonal expenses and out-of-town performances. The Lakewood Ranger Marching Band will be traveling to Canada on October 8th, 2016 and will be a guest band in the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade in Ontario, Canada on Monday, October 10th. Since 1969, the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest has become “the largest Bavarian festival in North America with the greatest Thanksgiving Day Parade in Canada” (www.oktoberfest.ca/). The Lakewood Ranger Marching Band is embarking on an extraordinary fundraising effort in order to reduce the cost of the trip to Canada for all one hundred and thirty band members. Proceeds from the band’s largest fundraiser, the Band Festival Preview held at Lakewood Park on August 19th leading up to the Lakewood High School Marching Band Festival, will help to fund the Ranger Marching Band’s trip to Canada.

For more information on Lakewood Ranger Marching Band news and upcoming performances, visit www.lakewoodrmb.wixsite.com/lrmb and follow the band on Facebook and Twitter.

About the Lakewood Ranger Marching Band

The Lakewood Ranger Marching Band is an all-volunteer extra-curricular activity at Lakewood High School made up of 130 Lakewood High School musicians and auxiliaries (Flags & Rangerettes). The LRMB performs at every Lakewood High School football game, the City of Lakewood’s annual 4th of July parade, Lakewood City Schools’ Homecoming Spirit Parade, the City of Lakewood’s annual Veteran’s Day ceremony, the Light Up Lakewood Parade in Downtown Lakewood, and numerous band festivals and invitational events. The Lakewood Ranger Marching Band has a decades-long history of performing with “Pride, Discipline, Commitment and Respect”.