Kaltim Marching Festival 2011

In the end of this year we had the opportunity to witness the Kaltim Marching Festival (KMF) at the invitation of the organizing committee. This of course was a valuable opportunity to see how the course of the event and see the appearance of bands from East Kalimantan.

 

This annual event was a medium to show the skill and performance of bands from East Kalimantan in particular and from Kalimantan in general.  Event that held on 26 and 27 November 2011 and took place in Segiri stadium was not only attended by participants from East Kalimantan but also attended by participant from other province which was from South Kalimantan. There is a possibility that in the next event the participants may come from outside of Kalimantan.

 

 

 

Display contest, color guard contest, and drum battle were the kinds of show that performed in the event. All of them got remarkable attentions from the audience. But among the shows, the drum battle was the mainstay of the organizer and eagerly awaited by the audience. 

 We have some notes and impressions about what we witnessed and felt during the event. First, East Kalimantan is a region with huge potential for the development of a marching band. Its adequate human resources and natural wealth which is of course correlated with the welfare of its people were crucial factors. Second, the era of information and communication technology brings many advantages for them in updating and exchanging information of marching band outside Kalimantan. So what we saw in KMF (in terms of performance) was relatively not much different from what we always saw at the events in Java. Even the fact that we all know is that the marching band from Kalimantan colored and dominated events such as GPMB in Jakarta. Third, in East Kalimantan there was a group of people with high dedication in developing marching band. These people were able to work synergistically, effectively and efficiently to optimize and cultivate existing resources so that the KMF could be held almost without problems. Their unity and cohesiveness became the capital for the continuation of KMF event and for the preservation of idealism in organizing a marching band event.

Bravo Marching Band Indonesia!