2004 PHOTO GALLERY
20TH ANNUAL VIKINGLAND BAND FESTIVAL
JUNE 27, 2004, ALEXANDRIA, MINNESOTA
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 WACONIA Grand Champion |
 WACONIA Grand Champion |
 WACONIA Grand Champion |
 MANKATO AREA 77 LANCERS Runner-up by only 2-tenths of a point |
 PARK CENTER Third overall by only 6-tenths of a point |
 FULL HOUSE A big crowd for the "unofficial state championship" |
 LEADING THE PARADE Veterans march in the Honor Guard |
 ALEX ALUMNI Represented graduating classes from 1961 to 2004 |
 ALEX ALUMNI Warmup is fun, even in a light rain |
 TV BROADCAST KCCO has taped the parade all 20 years |
 KEN NELSON OF BERTHA-HEWITT The only director to be in all 20 Vikingland Band Festival parades |
 FORMER DIRECTORS John Anderson (Alexandria), Ray Gove (Long Prairie) and Keith Johnson (Litchfield) |
 TV BROADCAST Maple Grove exits judging and prepares to enter the TV zone |
 ARRIVALS The convoy from Hudson, Wisconsin pulls in |
 "30 SECONDS!" Everybody's favorite parade starter, Brad Dumm, encourages bands before stepoff |
 LIGHT RAIN Judges protect their score sheets during a brief rain |
 SCHOOL SPIRIT Mascots run laps before the awards ceremony |
 AWARDS Thousands of dollars in cash prizes and trophies |
 CEREMONY Full of decorum even after move inside due to rain |
 SMILES Celebrating the win on a very competitive day |