Another I rating for Creston band at state
They met their goal.
Creston Panther Marching Band received a I rating at the Iowa High School Music Association State Band Festival Saturday in Treynor. This marks 26 consecutive I ratings at state for the CHS band program.
“I am so incredibly proud of this group,” said Mike Peters, band director at Creston High School. “It was by far the best performance of the year. The kids peaked at the perfect time. They marched and played cleaner and with more energy than they had all season.”
Creston’s band received 86.1 points Saturday.
“This is the most points Creston has received at state for at least the last 30 years (as far back as my records show),” Peters said.
This year’s Creston band has 85 members, including 40 “rookies” in the band (freshman and new members). Peters said he was proud of the hard work his entire band put forth this summer and fall leading up to state.
Peters said the band will now shift its focus to all-state auditions, concert and jazz band and winterguard.
Creston/Prescott schools merger?
Creston School Board is hosting a public information meeting 5:30 p.m. tonight and will discuss a consolidation of Creston and Prescott schools. The meeting does include a public forum. A full agenda was posted in Friday’s Creston News Advertiser.
Uptown railroad crossing closures this week
The railroad crossings at Elm Street and New York Avenue in uptown Creston will be periodically closed this week.
Kevin Kruse, Creston’s public works director, said paint crews are expected to arrive Tuesday to make the traveling public visually aware of the newly constructed medians in uptown. Kruse added a water main is also scheduled to be replaced near the South Elm and Union street intersection Tuesday and will hold up traffic for at least one week.
The medians constructed in uptown Creston are part of a traffic safety improvement project being completed by the city so they can apply with Federal Railroad Administration to be a Quiet Zone community.
A Quiet Zone is a system — where strict safety standards are met — so that train conductors don’t have to sound their whistle upon entering a city or traveling over a railroad crossing.