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A trip halfway across the country brought the Lincoln-Way Marching Knights top honors at a tournament in California.
The band, which appeared in the Holiday Bowl Field Show Competition in San Diego on Dec. 27, won a first-place award for largest schools and was named overall grand champion.
Alison Wynne and Dale Weller were named outstanding drum majors, and the Lincoln-Way Color Guard came in first place.
The school’s two other musical groups also won honors in San Diego. The Wind Symphony and the Jazz Band won first-place trophies.
Lincoln-Way sophomore Chris Bear, a jazz-band percussionist, was named outstanding soloist.
The Marching Knights performed in the Holiday Bowl Parade Dec. 29 and at Disneyland on Wednesday.