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400+ member VHS band wins Sudler Shield award

The Vandegrift High School Band has been chosen as the 2019 Sudler Shield Award Winner! The Sudler Shield is an international award recognizing “High School and International Marching Bands of World Class Excellence” and is administered by the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

By NATALIE BRINK, CLAIRE LAWRENCE

Vandegrift Voice

The John Philip Sousa Foundation awarded the Vandegrift band and Vision Dance Company the 2019 Sudler Shield. The award recognizes high school marching bands that meet the foundation’s international standards of excellence.

“It was a shock,” snare captain Israel Ramirez said. “It’s really difficult what the directors asked of us, and people who have four years of experience doing what we did, people who had two months of experience all worked toward the same goal. The fact that we could get rewarded was really important to me.”

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