Liam HalawithMaroon Echoes Editor The annual Mount Pleasant Marching Band Invitational was canceled on Saturday due to rain and the threat of thunderstorms. The rain occurred most of the morning with thunderstorms predicted during the time the event was set to take place.
“We looked at the weather and we just realized it wasn’t going to be possible,” says Mr. DePriest, Mount Pleasant High School Band Director. It was a hard decision, but the right one. With the fields already soaked, the Iowa Wesleyan Football game tearing up the turf that afternoon, and the impact on MP and Wesleyan University homecoming events this week were all important factors in the decision. The outer fields where visiting band buses and heavy equipment park were already too soft so the music department had no choice but to postpone. This also means that the band doesn’t get to perform their full show at home before their first competition at Linn-Mar next weekend. Mr. DePreist stated that they’re prepared but, “We’re going in cold next weekend.” One of the biggest consequences of canceling the invitational is the loss of fundraising for the music department through ticket and food sales. The invitational is one of only two fundraising events held every year, and the loss will create a massive hole in their income for the year. According to Mr. DePreist, “The event could have easily made $10,000...in revenue for the music boosters”. Most of this revenue comes from the concessions stand setup and staffed by the MP Music Boosters. To make up for this lost income, the MP Marching Band is asking that you come and have dinner with them October 22nd, before All Bands Night begins. They hope that this will help raise some of the lost funds.
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