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Fleming Island High hosts 20-band Golden Eagle Classic Saturday

Posted 10/12/23

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Fresh from its victory a week earlier at the Panther Roar …

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Fleming Island High hosts 20-band Golden Eagle Classic Saturday


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FLEMING ISLAND – Twenty junior and senior highs will compete Saturday at the Golden Eagle Classic at Fleming Island High as part of the Florida Marching Band Championships regional competitions.

Middleburg (10:02 a.m. performance) and Keystone Heights (10:53 a.m.) will be among seven Class1A teams, while Clay (12:38 p.m.) and Ridgeview (1:29 p.m.) are two of four 2A squads. Orange Park (2:24 p.m.) will compete against four other 3A teams, while Oakleaf (3:58 p.m.) and Fleming Island (4:15 p.m.) will play in the four-team Class 4A competition.

Tickets are $15 and are available on the Fleming Island High School Band Facebook page.

Fleming Island won the Panther Roar Marching Invitational regional at Ridgeview High a week earlier. The Golden Eagles garnered a 77.75 score for music, general effort and visuals. The band also posted top scores in percussion (80) and color guard (82.5).

Oakleaf finished second at Ridgeview.

The state championships will be in St. Petersburg on Nov. 11.