Twelve high school marching bands from Minnesota and South Dakota, including the Eden Prairie Eagle Marching Band, gathered at Eden Prairie High School Sept. 11 to compete in the 29th annual Prairie Colors Marching Band Festival. Eden Prairie’s 80+ member band is comprised of 9th through 12th graders and includes a drumline, brass and woodwind sections, color guard and frontline. Bands from Champlin Park, Anoka, Andover, Minnetonka, Rochester Lourdes, Hastings, Waseca, Brandon Valley, Grand Rapids, Marshall, and Eastview joined Eden Prairie. Proceeds of the event support the Eden Prairie High School Marching Band. Photos by Jim Bayer
Members of the Brandon Valley, S.D. marching band percussion section play xylophones at the Prairie Colors Marching Band Festival. 
The Grand Rapids, Minn. marching band paraded in front of the grandstand after performing at the Prairie Colors Marching Band Festival Sept. 11 in Eden Prairie. 
Members of the Grand Rapids, Minn. marching band frontline left the field after performing in the Prairie Colors Marching Band Festival Sept. 11 in Eden Prairie. 
Members of the Grand Rapids, Minn. marching band frontline tossed their flags in the air while performing at the Prairie Colors Marching Band Festival Sept. 11 in Eden Prairie. 
The Grand Rapids marching band performed in front of a large crowd Sept. 11 at the Prairie Colors Marching Band Festival at Eden Prairie High School.