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Woodbridge Viking Invitational is Successful; Band Thanks Sponsors, Community, Participants
Woodbridge Viking Invitational (WVI) marching band competition was Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. Read the article to find out which bands took first place.
Last weekend's Woodbridge Viking Invitational (WVI) marching band competition was a success, featuring 15 bands from throughout Central and Northern Virginia.
As host, Woodbridge Senior High School performed its show, "Music for a Darkened Theatre," as an exhibition. The featured exhibition marching band was the Marching Captains of Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va. Several members of the Marching Captains -- whose show featured music from the Harry Potter movies -- are alumni of Woodbridge Senior High School.
There were five categories, or classes, in which the marching bands competed.
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- Taking first place in the Class A category was Courtland High School in Spotsylvania County, Va.
- Taking first place in the Class AA category was Loudoun County High School in Loudoun County, Va.
- Taking first place in the Class AAA category was Patriot High School in Prince William County, Va.
- Taking first place in the Class AAAA category was Powhatan High School in Powhatan County, Va.
- And taking first place in the Class AAAAA category was Battlefield High School in Prince William County, Va.
The members of the Woodbridge Senior High School Band Boosters, Inc. wish to thank all of the participants in the WVI, all of the students and and adult volunteers who worked at the WVI, and the spectators. "We especially wish to thank Jason Koch, WSHS director of student activities, for all of his help and support with this," said Nancy Ro, WSHS Band Boosters, Inc., president.
A special word of thanks goes to those businesses that generously supported the WVI:
