DATE: Friday, June 14, 1996 EVENT: Pioneerland Band Festival, Benson, Minnesota JUDGING BY: Encore Judging Association | Total | Place | | | | CLASS A - - - - - - - -|- - - -|- - - -| New York Mills | 60.9 | 1 | Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sun. | 58.3 | 2 | Yellow Medicine East | 54.6 | 3 | Morris Area | 41.9 | 4 | CLASS AA - - - - - - - -|- - - -|- - - -| Litchfield | 75.2 | 1 | Montevideo | 53.0 | 2 | Sartell | 52.8 | 3 | CLASS AAA - - - - - - -|- - - -|- - - -| Mankato Area 77 Lancers | 75.6 | Grand | Osseo | 74.0 | 1 | Anoka | 73.4 | 2 | Monticello | 65.2 | 3 | Fergus Falls | 59.4 | 4 | Cambridge-Isanti | 52.0 | 5 | EXHIBITION - - - - - - -|- - - -|- - - -| Benson GRAND CHAMPION: Mankato Area 77 Lancers OUTSTANDING COLOR GUARD: Litchfield OUTSTANDING PERCUSSION: Mankato Area 77 Lancers SPIRIT AWARD: Anoka PEOPLE'S CHOICE: Mankato Area 77 Lancers Thanks to Sandy Thompson for this information.