The 32nd West Kanto Marching Con and Elementary School Band Festival opened at ALSOK Gunma Arena in Maebashi. A total of 27 groups representing Gunma, Yamanashi and Saitama took part, with 6 West Kanto representatives advancing to the national competition.
The floor divisions of the 32nd West Kanto Marching Con and the West Kanto Elementary School Band Festival were held at ALSOK Gunma Arena in Maebashi, with 27 groups representing the 3 prefectures taking part.
In the junior-high-school A division of the Marching Con, Kurihashi Junior Marching Band Scarlet (Saitama) and Takasaki Municipal Tsukazawa (Gunma) were selected as West Kanto representatives. In the junior-high-school B division, Kasukabe Municipal Kasukabe (Saitama), Niiza Municipal Fourth (Saitama) and Koshu Municipal Enzan (Yamanashi) won awards, while Kusatsu Municipal Kusatsu (Gunma) was among the groups receiving bronze awards.
In the high-school and above A division, Eimei (Saitama), Tokyo University of Agriculture Daini (Gunma) and Ina Gakuen Sogo (Saitama) were selected as West Kanto representatives. Urawa Municipal, Kofu Nishi and Jutoku were among the silver- and bronze-award recipients. In the high-school and above B division, Tokyo University of Agriculture Daini (Gunma) and Fudooka (Saitama), among others, received gold awards. In the elementary-school division, Hasunuma Fantasy Band (Saitama) and Saitama Municipal Uesato Elementary School Marching Kids were selected as West Kanto representatives.
The 6 West Kanto representatives will compete in the national competition to be held at Osaka-Jo Hall on 21 and 22 November.