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Dover band to host Marching Into Summer Festival

The fundraiser will celebrate the Dover Marching Tornadoes and feature a free concert by the Dover Steel Band and Dover Jazz Band

People seated in folding chairs and standing on a basketball court in a park with trees in the background.
The fundraiser will celebrate the Dover Marching Tornadoes and feature a free concert by the Dover Steel Band and Dover Jazz Band.

The Dover High School Band will host the fourth annual Marching Into Summer Festival from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Dover Middle School, 2131 N Wooster Ave N, Dover.

The fundraiser will celebrate the Dover Marching Tornadoes and feature a free concert by the Dover Steel Band and Dover Jazz Band.

Activities will include yard games, a raffle auction, food trucks, a chance to meet the majorettes, a dunk tank featuring band directors, Cow Pie Bingo and more.

Cow Pie Bingo tickets are $20 each and will be sold in advance. Each ticket buys a 3-by-3-foot plot on the grid and a chance to win $1,000. At noon the day of the festival, a cow will be led onto a field with a grid. The owner of the plot where the cow pie lands will win $1,000.

To purchase a ticket, contact any Marching Tornadoes band member or visit the Dover Marching Tornadoes Facebook page.