Since the Southern Regional High School Golden Rams marching band first won a Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championship title in 2003, the road toward high-level consistency has been solidly paved. For the past 20 years, the Golden Rams have been one of the better bands of whichever group they’ve been in.

Such was the case again on Sunday, Nov. 5, when Southern competed in the open class of Group 2 at the annual ACC competition in Hershey, Pa.