THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, October 11, 1995            TAG: 9510100107
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON    PAGE: 08   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   42 lines

BATTLE OF THE BANDS MARCHING BANDS STRUT THEIR STUFF DURING COMPETITION AT KEMPSVILLE.

The Norfolk State University Marching Spartans put on a dazzling display Saturday night as the featured performers in the Kempsville Classic band competition. The NSU band had most of the Center for Effective Learning stadium crowd on its feet during the performance.

The band competition featured five high schools in addition to the host Marching Chiefs. New Brunswick (Ohio) High, a division five school, won the Grand Champion award for the evening, while Monacan edged Churchland among division one schools, and Ocean Lakes beat back Bayside in the division two category.

Kempsville High followed with an exhibition performance of its own before the NSU troupe took the field. The Spartans electrified the crowd, who had weathered intermittent rain and a later start for the event, which was moved back several hours to accommodate the university band. ILLUSTRATION: Photos by L. TODD SPENCER

Churchland drum major Chip Channel leads the band during the

competition.

The Monacan Marching Band returns from performing at the Kempsville

Classic Band Competition. Rain delayed the competition for about an

hour.

Melinda Jones and Jennifer Luvland with the Bayside High School

Marching Band enjoy their performance at the Kempsville Classic Band

Competition.

Marc Laine does some last-minute work with the Ocean Lakes marching

band before their performance in the rain-delayed competition.

by CNB