ENID, OK - It's time for the 93rd Tri-State Music Festival from April 28 to May 2!
Solos and ensembles will compete at locations throughout Enid.
Monday-Tuesday: Piano Festival
Tuesday: Orchestra & Guitar events
Wednesday: Beginner Band Contest, Beginner Choir Contest, Elementary Honor Band Concert, 6 pm
Thursday-Friday: High School & Middle School vocal & instruments
Friday: Grand Concert, 7 pm, Enid High School
Marching is now performed in the fall during the Field Marching Contest.
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.
