Fossil Ridge High School’s marching band won another major competition last weekend, taking the overall title in a Bands for America regional championship in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Fossil Ridge topped another local school, Loveland High School, for the overall title after each won their respective divisions based on school enrollment. Fossil Ridge was the Class AAA champion, while Loveland won the Class AA title. Eastlake Texas took the Class AAAA title and finished third overall and Thatcher, Arizona, was the Class A champion in a competition that included top high school marching bands from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
Fossil Ridge was the overall winner and Class AAA winner for outstanding music performance, outstanding visual performance and outstanding general effect.
Loveland took top honors at the Class AA level in each of those categories, beating out Pecos, Texas, for the overall AA title.
The Fossil Ridge marching band, directed by Aaron Herman and assistant Hannah Peterson, has won two straight Colorado state titles and six of the past 12 state championships. The band has 130 members this year, Herman said.
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