{"id":4996,"date":"2018-12-21T12:26:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T17:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=4996"},"modified":"2018-12-31T08:02:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:02:58","slug":"ponte-vedra-band-makes-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/ponte-vedra\/ponte-vedra-band-makes-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Ponte Vedra Band makes history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By Dawn Roberts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mail@floridanewsline.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ponte Vedra High School Ocean of Sound marching band made history on Nov. 17 with its best finish ever at the FMBC State Championship competition in Tampa. Dazzling the crowd with its 2018 show, \u201cThe Mistress of All Evil,\u201d the Ocean of Sound was the only band in Northeast Florida to make it to state finals this year, ultimately placing fifth in class 4A.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Preliminaries on Saturday morning featured performances by 89 Florida bands, with only 15 bands (five from each class) progressing to finals at Tropicana Field later that day. This year was just Ponte Vedra\u2019s third year competing at state, having placed ninth \u00a0in 2017 and 12<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in 2016. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis year was a dream come true for this hard-working bunch of kids, and I\u2019m pretty certain I blacked out for a moment when they announced we had made it to finals,\u201d Band Director Jermaine Reynolds said. \u201cI\u2019m so incredibly proud of how much this program has grown in such a short period of time. Our show this year featured some of the toughest music in the competition and we really pushed the kids both physically and as musicians. I promised them it would pay off, and it did.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">State competition is the toughest of the year, and the judges are marking against a very high standard. Taking critiques from each regional competition during the season, the band pushed to perfect the show leading up to FMBC State Championships. The band defended their Grand Champion status at the Golden Eagle Classic and placed second at both the Echoes of Excellence and the First Coast Marching Invitational regional competitions earlier in the season, while honing the complicated music and visuals in preparation for state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior and band captain, Hope Headrick, said, \u201cI was absolutely euphoric at state and so proud of everyone. I can\u2019t believe that it was just my freshman year when there were less than 70 of us and we were marching in jeans. We\u2019ve come a long way and I know all 27 seniors will miss this band family next year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ocean of Sound is comprised of 107 musicians and 13 color guard. In his third year as PVHS Band Director, Reynolds acknowledged that the band\u2019s success is not only the result of a lot of hard work by his students, but also the contributions of the parents, his amazing staff, the Band Boosters and the program\u2019s generous sponsors. The band\u2019s new marching season will begin in July 2019. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo courtesy <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robert Leverock<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ocean of Sound placed fifth in class 4A at the FMBC State Championship.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dawn Roberts mail@floridanewsline.com The Ponte Vedra High School Ocean of Sound marching band made history on Nov. 17 with its best finish ever at the FMBC State Championship competition in Tampa. 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