The third annual Osseo Marching Band Festival takes place on Saturday, June 27. Hosted by the Osseo Band Boosters, the festival is a family-friendly event featuring a parade-style marching band competition between high school marching bands from Minnesota and Wisconsin, including our system’s own Osseo, Park Center and Maple Grove High Schools. See the performance schedule.
- Support the future of this festival by stopping by for a Breakfast Buffet Fundraiser beginning at 7 a.m. at Osseo Junior High School. For only $8 per person, enjoy waffles made to order, breakfast sausages, eggs, cereal and other breakfast fare (kids under 5 eat free).
- The festival and marching band competition kicks off at noon in downtown Osseo. Click here for a detailed map of the parade route.
- Cheer for your favorite marching bands at the awards ceremony, held at 3 p.m. in the Osseo Senior High School outdoor stadium where first, second and third place awards will be given in three classes (A, AA, AAA).
For more information about the Osseo Marching Band Festival, including a, visit www.osseobandfestival.org
Officiating as Grand Marshall for this year’s Osseo Marching Band Festival is long-time ISD 279 music instructor Paul Schierenbeck. Paul began his music career in 1970 as a student teacher at Osseo Senior High. After graduating from St. Cloud State in 1971, he joined the Osseo Music Department where he taught band to students at the elementary, junior high, and high school levels. From 1975 to 2001, Mr. Schierenbeck lead concert bands, pep bands, jazz ensembles, and marching bands at Osseo Senior High. He was also the National Honor Society advisor.
Paul’s well-deserved status as 2009 Grand Marshall puts him in good company: Grand Marshal for 2007 and 2008 were Jason Davis from KSTP Television and Stacie Matthews from KS95 Radio, respectively. “I feel very honored to be the Grand Marshal for the 2009 Osseo Marching Band Festival, Paul said. “It is a very humbling experience for a recently-retired band director to join a local television personality and a local radio personality as past Grand Marshals of this event.”
In addition to teaching music, Paul has been an adjudicator for the Minnesota State High School League for the past 27 years, a clarinet coach for the Minnesota All-State Band, Metro Representative for Elementary Band in the Minnesota Band Directors Association, and Director of the Brooklyn Community Band. He is currently working as a student teacher supervisor for the University of Northern Iowa.
