SPFHS Music & Band Photos

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Marching Band caps off 2012 competition season

To recap: The SPFHS Raiders Marching Band performed this fall in USBands Group 6-A competitions at Edison, Piscataway, South Plainfield and East Brunswick high schools. It also took part in Roxbury High School's Marching Band Classic. The band won First Place at the Yamaha Cup competition, with caption awards for Best Music, Best Effect and Best Guard. And finally, the Raiders placed second at the USBands Nationals competition, took the caption award for Best Effect - and won the "Esprit de Corps" award presented by the U.S. Marine Corps.

Above is a gallery of photos from Nationals. We'd like to keep adding to it, so if you have pictures from the event, please share!

Scroll down to see previous posts on Nationals, including videos of the warm-ups outside MetLife Stadium and of the band taking the field.

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Patch published an article on the marching band's season and its Nationals performance. It features interviews with this year's drum majors. Read it here.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Warm-Ups: Behind-the-scenes at MetLife Stadium

If you've been to Raiders Marching Band performances you've seen our students put on a great show. But you may not have seen the preparation they go through in the hour or so before each competition.

Here's a "backstage look" at the band and guard getting loose, getting ready and getting psyched for their final competition of the year, the USBands Nationals at MetLife Stadium on Nov. 11, 2012.

The band put on a great show and received a terrific score of 95.8 for second place in Group 6A, plus the caption award for Best Effect.

If you have photos or video from that night, we'd love to add them to our collection. Click here to learn how to contribute.

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Raiders take field at USBands Nationals - MetLife Stadium

On Nov. 11, the SPFHS Marching Band took the field at MetLife Stadium for a second time this fall, this time for the USBands Nationals competition. It was a great way to cap off the season and the band performed brilliantly - in spite of a nearly two-week disruption of its practice schedule by Hurricane Sandy.

We're gathering photos and videos of this event, and welcome your contributions. Here are two clips, taken by pit crew members Dan and Ken, of the band emerging from the stadium tunnels onto the field.

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

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Marchers & Parents at Class of 2013 Senior Recognition Day

From 2012-11-10-SeniorRecognition

Senior Recognition ceremonies were held before the final football game of the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 10. Members of the Class of 2013 in the marching band, color guard, cheerleader squad and football team were honored, along with their families.

Here's a collection of snapshots of the marching band and color guard honorees, taken by Dan (who apologizes for not getting good poses of the first two groups). Click here or on the slideshow below to go to the album.

(Contact Dan if you'd like a digital copy of your photo.)

Ready to perform halftime show. From 2012-11-10-SeniorRecognition

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Raiders Band performs at Senior Recognition Day - Video

Found on YouTube: The SPFHS Raiders Marching Band peform at halftime of the last regular-season football game on Nov. 10, 2012. It was Senior Recognition Day, honoring the Class of 2013.

This video shows a good overview of the drill, especially in Part Two.