Wheeling High School Bands

The Marching Band field show this year is titled Holidays - The Music of Ron Nelson featuring Rocky Point and Sonoran Desert. The show includes solos by Nicole Tselikis, Judy Lee, Nicolas Rodriguez, Billy Kort, and Samantha Nielsen. 

Conductor Leonard Slatkin may have described Ron Nelson best: "Nelson is the quintessential American composer. He has the ability to move between conservative and newer styles with ease. The fact that he's a little hard to categorize is what makes him interesting."

In addition to home football games on 9/11, 9/17, 9/25, and 10/16. The band will be at the following compitetions:

• 9/12 Lake Park
• 9/26 CMBF
• 10/3 Prospect
• 10/10 Lincoln Way
• 10/11 Marengo

UPDATE: Last performance will be this Friday at the Homecoming game. This will be a special show to match the school's "blackout" theme for the game. Don't miss this!!!

Awards

Lake Park - Best Percussion (AA), Best Music (AA), Best GE (AA), First in Class (AA), Finals Performance and 7^th Place at Finals. Additional pictures are available at Jolesh.com.

CMBF (exhibition) - Highest score (AA). See the CMBF article for more information

Prospect - Best Music (AA), Best GE (AA), First in Class (AA). No pictures on our site due to rain. The Daily Herald covered the festival with photos and an article. Mr.Video also has videos available

Lincoln-Way East - Best Music (AA), Best GE (AA), Best Visual (AA), First in Class (AA) I will be posting pictures shortly. Additional pictures are available at TSS Photography

Marengo - Best Woodwinds (AAA), Best Brass (AAA), Best Percussion (AAA), First in Class for Field (AAA), First in Class for Parade (AAA), 2009 Grand Champion! I will be posting pictures shortly.

It was a beautiful night of music and marching. The field was muddy but the school ground keepers kept it usable. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all that performed and attended. Check out the link at the top of the page for more CMBF information including results, pictures, and videos. There is also an article and a picture gallery at the Daily Herald newspaper.

See you next year when the 43^rd CMBF will be held on September 25^th, 2010.