Tonight, the West High School Band shouts, Hooray of Hollywood! A musical tribute to our shows that have traveled from stage to screen. So let’s take the yellow brick road under rain, rainbows and stars, because There’s No Business Like Show Business!
Drum Major Nathan Stewart... On With the Show!
Tonight, the West High School Band swings with Stan Kenton’s Artistry in Rhythm, then echoes Benny Goodman’s famous rendition of the The Johnson Rag/Sing, Sing ,Sing medley , and finally the band carries us to Duke Ellington’s Harlem Nocturne in the Sultan of Swing’s Caravan!
Leading tonight’s big band excursion are featured soloist Mary Hall on saxophone and Drum Majors Ashley Stroud and Jonathan Wiesehuegel.
And now, here’s ALL THAT JAZZ!
It was the mid 1960’s and three out of every four Motown releases made the charts. The stars were polished by Motown's "Motown U pros" who taught them how to dress, stand, wear makeup, and do the motions with style, poise and grace.The history of Motown is a string of lists -- lists of hits, lists of stars, and lists of triumphs and tragedies.
Tonight Drum Majors Sarah Galligan and Deanna Moreland will serve as your DJ’s as they spin hits from Motown Legends Aretha Franklin, The Temptations and The Jackson Five.
Live tonight on the drums is Drum Captain Lee Lambert, Lead Instrumentalist is Band Captain Christina Inman, screaming on the trumpet is Seth Walker and leading the backups are Head Majorette Nikki Norman and Flag Captains Amy Woods and Emily Enloe.
Are the DJ’s ready?
Let the good times roll!
Tonight the West High School Band takes you to the Broadway stage as the band plays highlights from West Side Story. Feature selections include: Tonight, The Jet Song, America, Maria and Cool.
Drum Majors Sarah Galligan and Deanna Moreland is the band ready....
Ladies and Gentlemen the West High School Band!
“Big Band Salute”
It was 1942 and the United States was at war in the Pacific and Europe. Supporting the many servicemen and women was a dedicated working crew of men and women that supplied munitions, built tanks, airplanes, and trucks and kept the country running. The talk in the factories, the banks, the stores and the street was war.
It was in the dance halls where people let go. It was the music and the dancing that helped them forget about war.
Tonight the West High School Band brings some of those tunes back as we salute the Big Bands of the 40’s. The band features Satin Doll by Duke Ellington, Let’s Dance as played by Benny Goodman and Count Basie’s April in Paris.
Tonight’s soloists include:
Trumpet- Tong Hao and Stuart Deaderick
Trombone- Deanna Moreland and Austin Bowling
Clarinet- Patrick Harrison and...
Daniel Bell on Drum Set.
Drum Majors Rebecca Eshbaugh and Ashlie Evans is the band ready....
"Latin Jazz"
Tonight’s halftime show will transport you south of the border with a little taste of Latin. Melodies heard tonight will include: El Cumbanchero, Perfidia and Ran Kan Kan. Tonight’s featured trumpet soloists are: Jonathan Cooper, Tong Hao, Stuart Deaderick and the featured twirler is: Abbie Feliciano.
The West High Marching Band is under the field direction of Drum Majors Kristina Schliesman and Rebecca Esbaugh.
Ladies and Gentlemen the West High School Band
"The Sound of Music"
The resurgence in popularity of the 1965 movie The Sound of Music has occurred due to the pending release of a newly remastered Video and a DVD by 20th Century Fox and the “Sing-a-Long” version of The Sound of Music which opened last week in New York City after a successful stay in London.
You don’t have to go to New York City to join the sing-a-long. Join Drum Majors Tennion Reed and Kristina Schliesman as they lead the West Band with such favorites as: The Hills are Alive..., Do-Re-Mi, My Favorite Things, The Lonely Goatherd, Climb Every Mountain and Edelweiss.
Join us on Friday nights and sing-a-long on your favorite tunes.
“Beatles: Songs of the Times!”
The most important and influential band in the history of rock ‘n roll, the Beatles, changed popular music forever...opening new possibilities of musical expression that countless other musicians and songwriters have emulated. The fresh, engaging songs and extraordinary personal charisma of the Beatles attracted an enormous and enthusiastic fan following. Those scenes of pandemonium and wild fan adulation became known as Beatlemania. When the Beatles came to the United States for their first tour in 1964, their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show drew a record audience of more than 73.5 million, at that time the largest ever to view an entertainment program.
Tonight the West High Marching Band will transport you to Liverpool, England for a special tour of several famous Beatles melodies beginning with Magical Mystery Tour, A Hard Day’s Night, Hey Jude, Eleanor Rigby, and Yesterday.
The West Band is under the field direction of Drum Majors, Todney Thomas and Tennion Reed. The Band Captain is Jessica Brown, Drumline Captain is Mary Katherine Naugher, Flag Co-Captains are Terese Green and Brittney Fletcher and Majorette Captain is Ashley Mingie. Tonight’s soloists include Chris Gheen and
James Evans on trumpet and Robert Ingram on Trombone.
Ladies and Gentlemen the West High School...