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Uniforms add crisp new note to Marching Blue Devils season
After 13 years, SHS band gets new duds
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Members of the Statesboro Blue Devils Marching Band perform at halftime of the Devils' game with Liberty County on Oct. 12. The band wore brand new uniforms for the first time during the game.
If members of the Blue Devils Marching Band have an extra spring in their step, it could be the music of Paul Simon — or the $38,000 worth of new uniforms.After 13 years of use, Statesboro High School’s previous band uniforms were nearly as old as the incoming freshmen. The Band Boosters had been raising money for years toward a planned upgrade.The 125 new uniforms arrived in late September, most in sizes for the current 100 or so band members. When the band hosted the East Georgia Marching Band Festival and Championships on Oct. 6, the musicians strutted in their new threads for the first time.Since then, the uniforms have seen action at football halftime shows, the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair Parade and another band competition, the Sound of Silver Invitational.“The uniforms are great.
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