WCHS Marching Tigers' Pride Places Fourth At State Finals
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The Warsaw Community High School Tigers' Pride Marching Band placed fourth in the Indiana State School Music Association Scholastic State Finals Saturday. Twenty bands in the Scholastic A class qualified for state finals, which were held at Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis. Only the top five bands were announced during the awards ceremony. Placing fifth was last year’s state champion in Scholastic A, Chesterton High School. Warren Central High School was third, and Zionsville High School took second. LaPorte High School was named the state finals champion in Scholastic A, which is the classification for larger schools. This is the second consecutive year the WCHS band has qualified for Scholastic State Finals, but its first placing in the top five. The band, under the direction of Mickey Ratliff and Emily Mikel, earned fourth at state with their 2014 program “Saturn Returns.” The show's theme is based on the astrological concept of Saturn’s return – the life changes that an individual experiences during the 30 years that it takes for Saturn to complete its orbit.
