Panther marching band takes home six awards from Kahoka

The Mt. Pleasant High School Panther Marching Band brought home six awards Saturday night as they did very well at the Clark County Parade of Champions in Kahoka, Missouri.

Mt. Pleasant took first place honors in Class 4A, winning caption awards for Best Color Guard, Best Percussion and Best Drum Majors. The drum majors leading the Panther Marching Band are senior Paige Stater and junior Erin Andreasen. Overall Caption Awards for all school sizes were awarded to Mt. Pleasant for Best Color Guard and Best Drum Majors. Quincy won the other overall caption awards.

Mt. Pleasant will be participating in the Iowa High School Music Association's State Marching Festival hosted in this region by Muscatine High School on Saturday, Oct. 19. They are slated to perform at 2:05 p.m.