State Competition

State competition has come and gone and to say the least, it was an eventful trip. The band did a great job. They performed better than they have all year. Everyone seemed to have a great time. Getting home was very interesting. One of our buses broke down and we put two full buses of kids and parents on to one bus. It was interesting and quite funny at times. We were all very tired, but it was a great end to a sometimes rocky year. Congrats to the bands for their markings and to Field Commander Haley Edwards for her superior scores. You guys ROCK!!!

Trenton Competition

I have posted some pictures from the competition on Saturday, October 20th at Trenton, Tennessee. It was a beautiful day and the band faired well. They are working hard and everyone is getting prepared and pumped for this coming weekend at Cordova, Tennessee.

First Competition

The Crockett County Marching Cavaliers had their first competition Saturday, September 15 at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Though a trophy did not come back to Crockett County with us, the band did a great job. They have been working hard and it will pay off for them. We will be competing Saturday, September 22 at Liberty Magnet School. The next weekend, the 29th, we will be hosting the First Annual Crockett County Marching Invitational. Please come and support our band each time they take the field.

(Additional pics added below)

UPDATE: We will not be competing at Liberty on September 22 due to illnesses among our band group.

See you on the 29th!!!

Our Band

The Quidam may have stepped out of a surrealist painting or been conjured up out of Zoe's imagination. He is anonymous-he is everyone, and, at the same time, he is no one.




Crockett County Marching Cavaliers
Directors: Keith Baumgardner & Leah Foust

Our field show this year is Cirque du Soleil's Quidam (pronounced "key-DAHM").

The show is imagined by a young girl, named Zoe, a sad and forlorn girl who is alienated and ignored by her parents. She dreams up the whimsical world of Quidam in an attempt to escape her sadness.

The title refers to the feature character, best described as a giant Headless Horseman, carrying an umbrella and a bowler hat. Quidam is said to be the embodiment of both everyone and no one at the same time; a nameless passer-by, a solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person rushing past; one who cries out, sings and dreams within us all. It could be anyone, anybody, someone coming, going, living in our anonymous society.

According to Cirque's literature: Quidam highlights our frailties and our anguish in the face of the new millennium that lies before us. It also underlines differences, conveying positive feelings and resentment and confronting our dreams with our nightmares.