Greenwave Marching Band at UNR Event

The Churchill County High School "Greenwave Marching Band" competed this weekend at the University of Nevada in the 40th annual Sierra Band Crusade presented by Absolute Music, a competition for high school marching bands in Nevada and beyond.  Directed by Tom Fleming, Drum Major Curtis Nesbitt led the band in a medly of Beatles favorites. The CCHS Color Guard was led by Kristina Lee. The Sierra Band Crusade, according to the UNR website, "provides audiences with an outstanding opportunity to be wowed by outstanding high school bands from the region, and gives friends, family and communities an opportunity to support their students in a high-profile stadium. High school bands benefit from an opportunity to visit the University of Nevada's beautiful campus, to perform in the recently renovated Mackay Stadium (with its high-vantage press box) for an audience of several thousand, and to receive adjudication from nationally recognized judges." In their last performance of the year, the CCHS band competed in the Class AA divison against Carson, Elko, North Valleys, Galena, Spanish Springs, and Douglas High Schools, coming in 7th place.

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