The 24th Mount Pleasant Marching Band Invitational took place Saturday, with 12 schools in competition and exhibitions from Mt Pleasant Middle and High school marching bands.
In class 1A/2A, Tipton takes 1st place. Despite taking best drum major, color guard, and drum line in the class, Central Lee takes second with Wapello in third. Class 3A saw Mount Vernon in 1st with a score of 743, which would put them as the runner up for the entire competition. Center Point-Urbana was just 8 points behind, with Oskaloosa, Fort Madison, Washington, and Keokuk rounding out class 3A. The highest score of the evening went to Council Bluffs Lee Central with 779 points. They also took all caption awards in class 4A. Muscatine takes runner up in that class with Ottumwa in third. The Lennis Moore Fan Appreciation award went to Mount Vernon high school!