WEEHAWKEN – The award-winning Weehawken High School Marching Band will host its 6th annual Marching Band Festival on Sunday, Nov. 2. Approximately 10 high school bands from all around New Jersey will perform, finishing with a performance by the Weehawken High School Marching Band. The festival will take place at Weehawken’s Louis A. Ferullo Stadium at 1 p.m., located on Park Avenue. Tickets are available for a donation of $5 each (children age 5 and younger are free). Food and drinks will be available for purchase at the event.
The students and staff have been working extremely hard this year. Beginning with band camp in August and continuing with multiple rehearsals each week throughout the entire season, the students balance the demanding co-curricular activity with their academic studies. In addition to supporting the football team each week, the group competes in band competitions almost every weekend. So far, they have placed well at every competition this season. The band will be competing in the USBands 2014 National Championship competition on Saturday, Nov. 15 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.
Last season, Weehawken won the New Jersey State and National Championships in their division and look forward to a successful 2014 competition season.
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