Mt. Zion Marching Music Games: Mt. Zion, IL - October 11, 2025

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Grand Champion: Monticello

Links: 4A-5A, 1A-3A

Field 1A:

56.400 Blue Ridge (Music, GE)
56.200 Okaw Valley (Visual, Color Guard)
54.800 Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond (Percussion)

Field 2A:

76.400 Salem (Music, Visual, GE, Percussion, Color Guard)
71.000 Maroa-Forsyth
62.400 Arcola
61.600 Sullivan
59.000 MacArthur

Field 3A:

81.600 Centralia (Music, Visual, GE, Percussion, Color Guard)
69.200 Richland County
68.600 Taylorville
59.600 Auburn

Field 4A:

80.000 Tolono Unity (Music, Visual, Percussion)
79.400 Williamsville
75.800 Bremen (GE, Color Guard)

Field 5A:

90.400 Monticello (Music, Visual, GE, Percussion, Color Guard)
73.400 Columbia

Contact Information:

Patrick Ward
Festival Website

Weather:

Details:

The Mt. Zion Marching Music Games 2025 will be on Saturday, October 11, 2025. Highlights of the contest include excellent judges and feedback, a field show competition beginning in the late afternoon on our beautiful turf football field, conveniently located warm-up fields, and competition based on band size. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies in each class will be awarded, as well as best in class trophies in each class. MMG Grand Champion will be awarded regardless of class. In addition to our Field Show competition, we are hosting a Percussion Competition where your percussion students can perform and receive additional feedback. Your percussion can play all or parts of your show, cadences, etc. You will receive valuable comments both in person and on tape. The Percussion Competition will take place in our beautiful state-of-the-art auditorium just beside the football field. Registration for the field show competition is $200 and $75 for the Percussion Competition. Please use this form to pre-register and save your group a spot! I will be in contact with you in the fall to gather more information. If you have questions, you can email Patrick Ward, Director of Instrumental Music, at wardp@mtzschools.org

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYPx9hOxymksubCwl3-lyf_9ooBjRK6HQxgVd_y7j-Fe9reA/viewform

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Festival Address: 305 S. Henderson, Mt. Zion, IL 62549

Performance Schedule:

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Field
Class 3A
3:00 PM: Richland County
3:15 PM: Taylorville
3:30 PM: Auburn
3:45 PM: Centralia

Class 1A
4:00 PM: Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond
4:15 PM: Okaw Valley
4:30 PM: Blue Ridge

Class 2A
4:45 PM: Maroa-Forsyth
5:00 PM: Arcola
5:15 PM: MacArthur
5:30 PM: Sullivan
5:45 PM: Salem

6:00 PM: Break

Class 4A
6:30 PM: Williamsville
6:45 PM: Bremen
7:00 PM: Tolono Unity

Class 5A
7:15 PM: Monticello
7:30 PM: Columbia

Exb
7:45 PM: Mt. Zion

8:00 PM: Awards

Last Updated On: 10-07-2025