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Yorkville High School marching band wins 1st place at University of Illinois tournament for the first time · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Yorkville High School Marching band wins first place at University of Illinois
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  tournament for the first time. This article is being
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  read by an automated voice, brought to you by Everlet. For the
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  first time, the Yorkville
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  High School Marching Foxes won first place in Class 5A at the
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  University of Illinois marching band Championships on October 17. The Foxes also
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  took home best music and best visuals. They were the second highest
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  scoring team of all 42 bands in competitive across six classes. Yorkville
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  High School band director Justin Hennekamp said The placement was a historic
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  achievement because the tournament is one of The
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  state's largest marching band competitions. In eighteen years of competing in the
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  University of Illinois Championships, this is the first time the Foxes took
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  home first place he said. Hannikamp said it was tremendous to perform
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  so well at the culminating event of The
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  band’s competitive season. We are extremely proud of our students. The have
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  continued to push and make progress throughout the season and at every
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  show, Hennekamp said. The band has focused on the process of performing
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  and making excellence habitual, he said. Our students have taken this to
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  heart, band every practice and performance they have shown up and committed
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  to excellence, in cold and rainy days and in hot and sweaty
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  days too, Hannekamp said. The band’s music and visual performance have received
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  high marks throughout the season. The band also received first place in
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  Class 4A in the Red and Black Fall Classic at Northern Illinois
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  University, followed by a fourth place finish in Class III A
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  at the Downers Grove South Marching Mustang Music Bowl. The band received
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  first place in Class 3A in the Naperville Central High School Marching
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  Classic before heading to the University of Illinois tournament. Henikamp credited a
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  part of the band's success to the development of two winter programs,
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  Winter Guard and Winter Percussion. We have some incredible coaches who dedicated
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  their time to starting these winter programs and are excited to see
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  how they continue to develop and grow, Hennekamp said. A lot of
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  the credit also goes to the Yorkville music boosters, he said.
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  We have been extremely fortunate to have a fantastic booster organization and
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  team of parent volunteers to help keep our large group of 175
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  students fed, properly uniformed, and cared for throughout they season, Hennekamp said.
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  The boosters help load and drive the trailers and trucks, chaperone the
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  buses to competitions, and maintain the equipment for every home football game
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  and competition. Our school district and administration are also extremely supportive of
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  the program and help align spaces and resources to help the group
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  when possible, Henikamp said. The band performed to a raucous crowd on
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  October 23 as Yorkville High School defeated Palatine High School 41-14 in
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  the ISA Class 7A playoffs. Hennicamp said that as the band's competitive
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  season ends, they are already looking to next semester. In the spring,
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  the band is travelling and performing in Disney World in Florida. He
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  said the staff is already working on the twenty twenty seven Marching
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  Foxes production for next season.