The Jag

By Jadynne Brady

Editor-in-Chief 

Grab your trumpets, clarinets, and cymbals! Blue Springs South is getting a new marching band field. 

Located on the east side of South’s campus, the field will be similar to the football field, however, with some additions unique for marching bands. It will also include a discus and shot-put field.  

“It’s just a new practice field for the band to use. It’s field turf and it has a large tower on it so we can see down through the formations, things like that,” says Ken Hansen, marching band director. 

The lot that is being turned into the field was originally the freshman and junior varsity football practice field that is no longer in use.  

The field will allow the marching band to practice while other sports teams use the football field. The track team will also use the field for discus and shotput.  

“The reason that we needed our own field is because a lot of times in the summer, there’s multiple things trying to practice at the same time,” Hansen says, “and so if football and band are in at the same time, football being at the soccer [field] in at the same time, then we’re the ones without a place for us to go.” 

The field will be paid for with 2024’s No Tax Increase Bond Issue.  

“It was just the last part of the bond issue that went through. They started all the other projects and figured out that they’re going to be under budget and that they had room for it. So, then we were able to able to make it happen,” says Hansen.  

The lot was supposed to be finished by this week, however, due to snow and ice, construction has been behind. 

“The goal was that it was supposed to be ready for track season so that they could throw discus out there. But I know that with the snow and ice and cold weather, they’re behind. But I would expect it to be done soon,” says Hansen.