The East Surry High School Cardinal Flight Marching Band competed Saturday at the Fuquay-Varina Festival of the Bands and brought home a number of awards. The festival is one of the state's longest-running marching band competitions, hosted by Fuquay-Varina High School.
Among the honors for East Surry were first place for Music Performance and first place for Percussion. The band also earned second place in Visual Performance, second place in Color Guard and second place in the overall performance ranking.
The band added a third-place finish for overall effect. Members returned home with their trophies after competing against bands from across North Carolina, including programs from Cary, Enloe, Millbrook, Panther Creek and Middle Creek.
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