From left, Fulton, Mo., high school band members David Railton, Kendra Woodall and Stephen Jackson prepare for a photo after their performance at the Heart of America Marching Festival at Kansas University.

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Free State High School band members wheel their instruments into Memorial Stadium for the marching band festival. Twenty-four high school bands performed at Saturday's event.

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Lawrence High School color guard members Danielle Marsico, left, and Loan Chau try to stay warm Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

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Evan Spieker, a junior at Shawnee Mission North high school, tunes his electric bass guitar before performing with the band at the 14th Annual Heart of America Marching Festival.

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Tyson Dunworth, a 2005 graduate from Topeka West High School, right, carries a Buddha sculpture past band members to rub for good luck Saturday at the 14th Annual Heart of America Marching Festival at Kansas University's Memorial Stadium.

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Band members and buses fill the Memorial Stadium parking lot Saturday at the 14th Annual Heart of America Marching Festival.

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Cheering for the Lawrence Free State band are, from left, Cindy Folks, Tina Bruns, Judi Long, Scott Swedlund, his daughter Nixi, 8, and John Hull.

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Lawrence High School color guard members practice at the 14th Annual Heart of America Marching Festival at Kansas University's Memorial Stadium.

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Members of the Lawrence Free State High School band perform Saturday at the 14th Annual Heart of America Marching Festival.

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Color guard members in the Fulton, Mo., high school marching band get ready for a group photograph.

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Lawrence High School band member Aisha Breckenridge, left, rubs the hands of Jane Turner to get warm Saturday.

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Members of the Lawrence High School marching band perform Saturday at the 14th Annual Heart of America Marching Festival at Kansas University's Memorial Stadium.

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Leavenworth High School band members prepare to march into Memorial Stadium to perform Saturday.

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Members of the Free State High School band get an informal band photo taken Saturday.

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Debbie Wolgast, Topeka, takes a photograph of her daughters Krista, left, and Stephanie, both color guard members of the Topeka West high school band.

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Deja Jackson, a junior at Topeka West High School, waits to perform Saturday.

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A rain starts to fall on the crowd and the Lawrence High School marching band Saturday.

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