Burroughs band takes top honors

Gary Moskowitz

BURBANK -- The John Burroughs High School Marching Band took top

honors at a Sept. 29 field show competition in Thousand Oaks, hosted by

the Western Band Assn.

The Burroughs High band -- which has 87 students -- won a sweepstakes

award, which places it first overall in several divisions.

The band also placed first in its division and received individual

first-place awards for music, visual, color guard and drum line.

The Burroughs High band competed against four divisions from Southern

California, comprised of at least 20 schools each.

The band performs at all of Burroughs' home football games and will

attend the Western Band Assn. finals in November.