{"id":45115,"date":"2025-11-13T13:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/45115\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T13:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:23:06","slug":"fletcher-high-marching-band-only-dcps-band-representing-district-at-state-level-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/45115\/","title":{"rendered":"Fletcher High marching band only DCPS band representing district at state level this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. \u2013 The Fletcher High School Marching Band is making Duval County proud as they compete at state this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to a volunteer with FHS Band Boosters, the 80-student band, has been undefeated in regional competition for the last two consecutive years and placed third at state last year. Plus, the band has been rated overall \u201cSuperior\u201d by the Florida Bandmasters Association for at least 21 years in a row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Fletcher\u00a0is also the only DCPS band that competes in the national\u00a0Bands of America circuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The program operates almost entirely through community support, which is why is asking for the community\u2019s support to keep rocking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">To help cover the program\u2019s costs, the marching band will hold its annual silent action fundraiser in early December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The silent action will be held Friday, December 5, at 7:30 p.m. at Southern Swells Brewing in Jacksonville Beach. All money raised helps the band keep rising through concerts and competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. \u2013 The Fletcher High School Marching Band is making Duval County proud as they compete&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[113,18897,116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-45115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-education","9":"tag-fletcher-high-school","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","12":"tag-jacksonville-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}