Marching Band Senior Recognition and halftime show

Class of 2018 members of the SPFHS Marching Band & Color Guard were honored in Senior Recognition Day ceremonies at the high school's football stadium on Sept. 23.

Music Boosters member Jami Pawelec photographed the senior band members and their families as they were introduced on the field. Click here to see the full album.

The band performed its show, "Elements: Water, Earth, Fire and Air" at halftime of the home football game. Click here for photos of the performance.

The band then went on to a competition at Piscataway High School (See separate post).

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Marching Band in competitions at Edison and Piscataway

The 2017 competition season got under way for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Marching Band & Guard with a USBands "clinic and preview" show on Sept. 9 at Edison High School. We have an album of photos taken from the sidelines (click here).

The following weekend, the Raiders hosted a USBands competition involving ten other schools, and performed in exhibition to close the show (See previous post).

The next stop on the competition circuit was Sept. 23, under the lights at Piscataway High School. Click here for a set of photos taken from the stands, giving a different view of the show.



The Piscataway competition came at the end of a long day for the band, which also included a half-time performance and Senior Recognition ceremonies at the SPFHS home football game that day (See separate post).

Thanks to Jami Pawelec for the photos!

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SPFHS hosts 2017 Marching Band Home Show

With the new marching band season under way, SPFHS held its annual Home Show competition on Saturday, Sept. 16. Bands from Weehawken, Cranford, East Brunswick, Fair Lawn, Chatham, Bridgewater-Raritan, Immaculata, Edison, J.P. Stevens and Westfield competed, and the Raiders band closed the event by performing its show, "Elements: Water, Earth, Fire and Air."



This year's event drew a large crowd and was ably served by a big group of SPF Music Boosters volunteers.


We have an album of photos taken by Dan from high in the stands, including some of the competing bands as well as the "home team."



See the full album here.

Tap Into Scotch Plains-Fanwood has a write-up on the event with some excellent photos.

As always, we would welcome photo submissions from parents and friends of the band to add to our collection. Contact us at spfmb.photos@gmail.com.

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

Moonglowers Jazz Festival at SPFHS (Photos)

Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School hosted its 20th annual Moonglowers Jazz Festival on April 21, featuring performances by the school's Jazz Lab, SPF Jazz and Moonglowers plus eight ensembles from seven other schools.

Click here to see our album of photos from the finale performance by the Moonglowers. It came on the eve of the New Jersey Association of Jazz Education's state finals, in which the Moonglowers took second place among groups from Division II schools.



Do you have photos from this or other SPF music events that you'd like to share? Please contact us!

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Recognizing the Class of 2017

Senior Recognition Day was held early in the Fall 2016 season at the SPFHS football stadium. Thanks to band parent Dev Anjaria, we have an album of photos of senior members of the Raiders Marching Band.


CLICK HERE to see the full album.

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Marching Band concludes a great season

The SPFHS Raiders Marching Band & Color Guard finished up the 2016 season by taking part in the USBands Nationals competition at MetLife Stadium on Nov. 12.



We have an album of photos by band parent Jami Pawelec, starting with practice in the parking lot and finishing with the awards presentation at the end of the night. We'll be adding more photos from this event soon, so check back!

Meanwhile, thanks again to Jami Pawelec, we have two new albums from earlier events this season:

• At the University of Delaware on Oct. 15
• At East Brunswick HS on Oct. 29

Scroll down on this blog to see earlier entries, or click here to go to a full directory of our photo albums, which now cover 10 school years!

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