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UIL Band Contest
Orangefield High School junior Craig Murphy empties the spit valve on his horn Thursday morning at Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School moments before he and the rest of the Orangefield marching band took the field during the Region X UIL Marching Band contest. Due to the loss of school time because of Hurricane Rita several bands competed on Oct 28 despite little time to practice since the area level contest was the next day. A few Southeast Texas marching bands competed in other regions while some did not compete this year at all. The rest of the Region X contest was rescheduled for Thursday and 12 bands, including two II-A, eight III-A, a IV-A and a V-A band competed. The bands are judged on their musical performance, music selection, and the performance of their marching moves.
