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      Jupiter Community High School



      Hosts The 19th Annual Jupiter Festival Of Bands



        The Jupiter Festival of Bands                      The 2023 Jupiter Festival of
      will be a premiere event providing                 Bands is a celebration of music
      top competition, with leading                      education at its finest, showcasing
      judges on site to review the state’s               excellence, teamwork, and
      top band performances.                             student leadership of Florida’s
        Young musicians will bring                       outstanding marching bands.
      live music back to the Jupiter                     These young performers and
      Community High School Stadium in Jupiter on Saturday, Oct.   their achievements advocate for the importance of music
      28 as high school marching bands from throughout the state   education in schools locally and nationwide.
      of Florida compete in the 2023 Jupiter Festival of Bands, a     Heather Franklin, director of band operations, said
      Florida Marching Band Championships Regional Competition.   Festival of Bands has really progressed the last few
      The Jupiter Community High School Band is honored to host   years. “We strive to make this event not only a top-
      the 2023 Festival of Bands for its 19th year, sponsored by   tier competition, but fun too. We want the bands and
      Florida Power and Light. The 2023 Jupiter Festival of Bands   community to come back every year. This year we have
      is South Florida’s premier marching band competition and   really stepped up the competition and hope the community
      an entertaining, family-friendly event featuring live music,   will come to see the hard work, dedication, and artistry
      choreography and competition.                      these kids put into marching – and leave as new fans of
        Bands of all sizes, from class 1A of less than 49 members   the marching arts.”
      to class 5A of 126-plus members, will be competing for best in     Everyone in the community is encouraged to come
      class awards and “Fan Favorite” awards. It is estimated over   visit the 2023 Jupiter Festival of Bands. Gates open Oct.
      5,000 will be in attendance to cheer on the marching bands from   28 at 12 p.m. Tickets are now available for purchase at
      across the state.                                  www.jupiterfestivalofbands.org website.
                                                           The event will end with an exhibition by the Spirit
                                                         of Jupiter High School Marching Band, with an awards
                                                         ceremony to follow. For an updated schedule of events,
                                                         visit www.jupiterfestivalofbands.org.
                                                           Hosted by the Jupiter High School Band parents and
                                                         students, the 2023 Jupiter Festival of Bands will feature
                                                         10-plus high school marching bands, evaluated by a panel   arts with our community so they can see these amazing
                                                         of highly recognized marching band expert judges. We   performances provided by hard work and discipline,” said
                                                         would like to thank our judging panel for their time to   Wasalaski.
                                                         evaluate the different performance levels. Our judges this     This event would not be possible without our local
                                                         year include: Dr. Aaron Witek, John Mapes, Alejandro   sponsors including Florida Power and Light, Jupiter
                                                         Talvarez, Sean McElroy, Key Poulon, Jamie Holley,   Festival of Band’s main field event sponsor.
                                                         Daniel Gutierrez, and Enrique Perez.              About Spirit Of Jupiter
        Ryan Ross, Jupiter High School Band and festival director,     Jennifer Wasalaski, a senior Jupiter High School Band     The Spirit of Jupiter marching band is part of the wider
      said he is looking forward to hosting this year’s competition.   parent, said she is excited for this year’s event. “My   Jupiter High School music program. In 2021 the Spirit
      “We have been able to source top talent from across the United   son has worked hard individually and as part of a team   of Jupiter was crowned the state champions in the Class
      States to come and preview the leading Florida marching bands.   to provide the best music experience possible. Hosting   3A at the Florida Marching Band Championship. Visit
      This is an event not to be missed,” said Ross.     Festival of Bands allows these students to share the   Jupiterbands.com to learn more about the band.
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