More than 500 marching band students from across Southeast Georgia descended upon Southeast Bulloch High School last weekend to perform in the school’s first ever “Band Blast.” For the Blast, the seven entered bands were not judged against each other competitively, but were critiqued individually by the judges. When organizing the festival, SEB band director Matt Olsen hoped each school’s band director would be able to polish up their band’s show in order to be ready for the real competitions that start this Saturday.