Phil Ray presented the program at the Thursday, Oct. 7 meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club. He was introduced by program chairman John Anthony. Brian Upton presided at the meeting, Jackie Soptic gave the prayer and Michael Ormsby was the sergeant at arms.
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Joe MacDonald, center, was presented with a Paul Harris Fellow during the Oct. 7 meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club. Also pictured are Phil Hoffman, left, who sponsored MacDonald’s designation, and club president Brian Upton, right.
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Ray presented information regarding the Missouri Day Marching Band Festival, which will be held on Oct. 16 in conjunction with the Missouri Day Festival. There are 29 bands entered in this year’s festival, with 23 participating in the parade on Saturday morning. Bands will also be competing in field show, drum line and auxiliary competition. The band coming from the farthest away is Pleasant Hope, which is in southwest Missouri near Bolivar. One third of the bands are listed as 1A schools (small schools), while one-third are in the 2A classification. The remaining bands are in classes 3A to 5A. Because of the number of band festivals being held, including the nine that are also taking place on the 16th, Ray said bands are recruited throughout the year to participate. There are nine individuals serving as judges for this year’s marching festival, three of whom are from Missouri while the remainder will be coming in from out of state. They include high school and college/university band instructors as well as retired instructors. The parade will start at 8:30 a.m., with the field show competition being held at CF Russell Stadium. Auxiliary and drumline competition will be held at the high school. A schedule of the marching festival events is on the website, www.missouridaymarching.com, and is accessible to the public.
During the business meeting, an update was given regarding preparations for the Missouri Day Festival Parade, which is organized by the club. Other updates were given on the club meeting sign project and the Rotary shelterhouse project. Joe MacDonald was recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow and was presented with a certificate and pin by President Brian Upton. MacDonald’s designation was sponsored by Phil Hoffman.
The board also met following the meeting and voted to make a donation to the Dream Factory as well as pay for metal to be used to make repairs to the Rotary shelterhouse at Moberly Park. Club members will also install the metal as a service project.
The club will meet at noon on Thursday, Oct. 15 at the BTC Bank community room.