Owensville Marching Magic Preview

Owensville Marching Magic Preview
Anna Nicks
9-24-13  1:00 pm

OWENSVILLE, MO-The Owensville High School (OHS) Marching Magic’s show this year has taken a turn from the originally planned theme.  Originally, the band was to perform a Lord of the Rings themed show, but then, after a series of unfortunate events, the show theme was dramatically changed.  The new show is composed of Bon Jovi songs including the hits “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “Wanted Dead or Alive,” and “You Give Love a Bad Name.”

            The band will be taking part in three competitions this year.  On October 5^th, they are going to the River City Showcase in O’Fallon, Missouri.  On October 12^th, they are competing at the Bi State Marching Festival in Potosi, Missouri.  Their final competition will be on October 19^th, the Route 66 Competition in Rolla, Missouri.

            The band has already performed at two home football games, on August 30^th and on September 13^th.  They will be performing at halftimes for all upcoming home football games.  Mr. Jordan Palmer, the schools’ director of bands, says that what was seen on Friday by spectators was “not what the finished product is going to be.”  That it was “in the early stages.”  He also says, however, that the band will do “okay” at competitions as long as everyone was willing to put in work.

            When it comes to the color guard, Joleen Goodman, section leader of the guard, says that if “[the guard] puts in a lot of work and keeps working hard, we can do pretty good.”   On the Friday show she said, “That’s not usually what we look like, or what we sound like.”

            Michal Sovar, the drum major for Owensville’s Marching Magic agrees with Mr. Palmer and Goodman about the outlook for the competitions.  She says that the band will do “okay” and that “come competition in three weeks, [the show] will be first place worthy.”  When it comes to last Friday’s halftime performance, she said “Erase that from your minds.  Because that is not our band. …It is definitely going to get better.”

            The general consensus among band members seems to be that it will get better.  There is a lot of work to do, but if everyone puts in time and effort, this year’s show should be a success.