Sunday, October 25, 2015

Marching Band at East Brunswick competition, 10/24/2015

Warm-up by night: Oct. 24, 2015

The amount of preparation the members of the Raiders Marching Band put in, all season and before every show, is remarkable. There are the hot summer days of band camp, the long hours of after-school rehearsals - and then there are show days.

For example, Saturday Oct. 24 saw the band rehearse at midday; play stand cheers at the Homecoming Day football game and perform its show at half-time; then after a short break, board buses and ride to East Brunswick High School; spend over an hour in warm-ups and rehearsal; and finally take the field in USBands competition.


Pit crew volunteer Dan Murphy took photos "behind the scenes" as the percussion section warmed up in the parking lot and the rest of the band and the color guard practiced on soccer fields. He also took some sideline-view photos as the band put on a great performance of its 2015 show, "Chance Love: Tales Beneath a Persian Moon." Have a look! 



We also have an extensive album of photos by Dev Anjaria of the East Brunswick performance. Click here or on the image below to view.

Anjaria Photography: East Brunswick Competition - October 24 &emdash; DSC_2307


Click here to see our photo collection. Click here for videos. To submit photos or videos, click here to e-mail Dan.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Photos added from Yamaha Cup, J.P. Stevens

We've added more photos from the Sept. 26 Yamaha Cup competition at MetLife Stadium, as well as pictures from the Oct. 4 show at J.P. Stevens.

Scroll down to see those entries.

Keep checking back for more updates.

DID YOU KNOW: We now have 106 albums of photos of SPFHS music performances going back to 2007! Find links to all of them here.

And contact Dan if you have pictures you'd like to share.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Marching Band competes at Hillsborough, Oct. 10, 2015



The SPFHS Marching Band and Color Guard took part in another USBands competition on Oct. 10, at Hillsborough High School. It was the first show of the season to feature props -- including platforms representing a "magic carpet," seen above.

Here's an album of photos
taken by pit crew member Dan Murphy, starting with pit warm-ups and continuing with a sideline view of the show.



And here's another gallery of photos by band parent Dev Anjaria.

Anjaria Photography: Hillsborough Competition - October 10 &emdash; DSC_1933


Click here to see our photo collection. Click here for videos. To submit photos or videos, click here to e-mail Dan.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Marching Band performs in competition at J.P. Stevens



The SPFHS Marching Band performed in a U.S. Bands competition at J.P. Stevens HS in Edison on Sunday, Oct. 4. It was the band's second competition of the weekend. Band parent Jennifer Cherubini shared these photos from show. Click here to visit her album, which also has pictures from the earlier Yamaha Cup competition at MetLife Stadium.



We also have a large album of photos by Dev Anjaria from the J.P. Stevens show. Click here or on the image below to go to that gallery.

Anjaria Photography: JP Stevens Competition - October 4 &emdash; DSC_1573


Click here to see our photo collection. Click here for videos. To submit photos or videos, click here to e-mail Dan.

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Marching Band competes at South Plainfield (Video)

The SPFHS Marching Band took part in two USBands competitions this weekend, at South Plainfield HS and at J.P. Stevens HS in Edison. Ken Litwin forwarded this video from the stands at South Plainfield.




Click here to see our photo collection. Click here for videos. To submit photos or videos, click here to e-mail Dan.