The Mt. Pleasant High School marching band advanced to the Michigan Competing Band Association state finals with a second-place finish Saturday in the Durand Invitational.
The finals are scheduled for Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit. The Oiler Band enters the competition ranked seventh in the state in Flight III; the category is determined by school size.
It's the second year in a row the Oiler band has gone to the finals.
More details -- and yes, it IS that competitive -- on my personal blog.
Full disclosure: I have a musician and a member of the color guard in the band. I used to have a life. Now I'm a band parent.