2008-2009

OMEA State Marching Band Finals 2008

Lakota East – SUPERIOR!

Congratulations to the Lakota East Marching Thunderhawks for their best performance of the season and the outstanding achievement of straight Superior Ratings this season!

Performance & Competition Schedule: 2008

Superior Rating – 12 years in a row!

Hilliard Band Invitational - September 13, 2008

Hilliard Darby High School

4200 Leppert Road, Hilliard, OH 43026

Rating: Superior!

Overall Best General Effect - Lakota East!

2nd Place Class AA – Lakota East!

Northwestern Contest - September 27, 2008

Northwestern High School

5650 Troy Road, Springfield, OH 45502

Rating: Superior!

Grand Champion – Lakota East!

Overall Best General Effect - Lakota East!

Best Music – Lakota East!

1st Place Class AA – Lakota East!

Miami Trace Marching Band Invitational - October 4, 2008
Miami Trace High School

3722 St. Rt. 41 NW, Washington C.H., Ohio 43160

Rating: Superior!

Grand Champion – Lakota East!

Overall Best General Effect - Lakota East!

Overall Best Visual Effect - Lakota East!

Best Percussion – Lakota East!

Best Auxiliary – Lakota East!

Best Music – Lakota East!

1st Place Class AA – Lakota East!

Versailles Contest - October 18, 2008Versailles High School 459 S. Center St., Versailles, OH 45380

Rating: Superior!

2nd Place Class AA – Lakota East!

OMEA Marching Band Finals, Dublin, Ohio – October 25, 2008

Rating: Lakota East – SUPERIOR!

Congratulations to the Lakota East Marching Thunderhawks for the best performance of the season and an outstanding achievement of Straight Superior Ratings!!! You proudly continued The Tradition!

ALOHA ’08!!

The Lakota East Marching Thunderhawk’s traveled to Hawaii to perform at Pearl Harbor & march in the 2008 Waikiki Holiday Parade! The band proudly traveled with Pearl Harbor Survivor, Mr. Joe Whitt, and his wife Judy.

View photos & videos of the journey!

Lakota East Marching Thunderhawks performed at the Pearl Harbor Memorial in Hawaii on Tuesday, November 25, 2008. The band was proudly accompanied to and from Hawaii by Pearl Harbor Survivor, Mr. Joe Whitt and his wife Judy.

11/11/08 Enquirer Video of Mr. Whitt speaking to MB students

The Thunderhawks also marched in the 10th annual Waikiki Holiday Parade on the island of Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii on November 28th, 2008.

Now in its tenth year, the Waikiki Holiday Parade commemorates Pearl Harbor Survivors at the anniversary of the attacks.

Thousands of spectators, residents and visitors gather annually on the Friday after Thanksgiving to watch this non-competitive parade, which hosts local bands, marching bands from the mainland, Pearl Harbor Survivors, service bands, military units, local officials, dignitaries and entertainers. The scenic parade route travels approximately 1.5 miles through Waikiki along the oceanfront of beautiful, torch-lit Kalakaua Avenue.

The Thunderhawks are honored and proud to be part of this historical tribute.