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The Cinco de Mayo Ferndale Festival will feature a mariachi band, taco trucks, margaritas, dancers and luchadors. Photo by Donna Dalziel
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Ferndale Winter Guard wins 3rd state title since 2018 BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — For the third time since 2018, the Ferndale Winter Guard has taken home another state championship. The winter guard, composed of 28 students from Ferndale Middle School and Ferndale High School, won the Michigan Color Guard Circuit 2023 Scholastic AA Championship on April 1. The winter guard previously won state titles in 2018 and 2019.
Winter guard, which is the winter version of the district’s color guard, features a group of performers who spin flags, rifles and sabers and dance to a soundtrack. Performances usually go on for several minutes for a panel of judges, and the winter guard competes against other winter guards at a similar level to them. The team began working together in November and, following months of practice and rehearsals, started entering competitions in February. The show the team performed in the finals
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — A first-of-its-kind event in Ferndale will be held to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. The Cinco de Mayo Ferndale Festival will be held across two days at the beginning of next month. It will take place 5-10 p.m. Friday, May 5, and noon-11 p.m. Saturday, May 6, on East Nine Mile Road between Woodward Avenue and Bermuda Street. See CINCO DE MAYO on page 5A
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The Ferndale winter guard team won the Michigan Color Guard Circuit 2023 Scholastic AA Championship April 1. It was the team’s third title since 2018.
First Cinco de Mayo event to be held in Ferndale