ENID, OK - Tri-State Music Festival is looking forward to hosting its annual marching contest.
Numerous bands will travel to Enid to participate in the contest on October 7 at 6:00 p.m. at Enid High School’s D. Bruce Selby stadium. Tickets are available to purchase at the north and south gate entrances for $5.
Participating bands TBA.
Bands will compete for a ranking as well as comments from judges. An award ceremony will be held at the end of the evening to celebrate the rankings.
Tri-State has been hosting a fall marching contest since 2011. The spring marching contest was moved to the fall to coincide with the marching band season.
Tri-State History
About eight or ten bands got together for the first Phillips Band Day in 1932. Band Day had drawn bands from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas for the first event so it was unanimously decided to call the new event Tri-State.
In 1933 Enid had its first real Tri-State Band Festival. What began as a one day affair, as first planned, turned into a four day affair.
In 1934, Tri-State drew 6,000 band members to Enid. The town was bulging with kids. It was thought this was about the largest crowd that could be drawn, but this was outdone in the years to follow.
