Members of the horn section of the Fitch Falcons Marching Band practice Monday, the fifth day of band camp, at Fitch High School in Groton. The band, which opens the 2016-2017 performance season with a home football game on Sept. 9, finished third at the USBands national championship competition last fall. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Bror Okerblom, brass and marching instructor for the Falcons Marching Band, leads practice Monday, the fifth day of band camp, at Fitch High School in Groton. The band, which opens the 2016-2017 performance season with a home football game on Sept. 9, finished third at the USBands national championship competition last fall. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Cyndell Pickett, front, 15, of New London, a junior at New London High School and a member of the New London High School Color Guard, receives one-on one instruction from band director Christina Nadeau, behind her, on flag twirling techniques, Monday during band camp at New London High School. (Tim Martin/The Day)
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Emily Antonowicz, 17, a senior trumpet/mellophone player with the Fitch Falcons Marching Band, joins bandmates Monday as Bror Okerblom, not pictured, brass and marching instructor for the Falcons Marching Band, leads dynamic warm-up exercises on the fifth day of band camp at Fitch High School in Groton. The band, which opens the 2016-2017 performance season with a home football game on Sept. 9, finished third at the USBands national championship competition last fall. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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