Sky View
Marching Band is under the direction of Randall Beach with Student Drum Majors,
Christian Berger, Jaden Beck, and Karissa Peck.
Additional Instructional staff include Marching and Music staff members,
Launa Nelson, Jesse Johnson, and Elayna Pedersen; Percussion Staff members,
Curtis Pedersen and Marcie Cluff; and Colorguard Staff members, McKenzie
Sorensen, Katy Anderson, and Morgan Jenkins.
Sky View
High School Marching Band students have been practicing this year’s show since
June. There are 124 students in the
band, from grades 9-12, which includes 27 members of the Color Guard.
The Sky View
Marching Band 2013 show is titled “Rhythm of the Rain Forest” and has 6
movements:
“The Awakening”
“Forest Life”
“Tribal Call”
“The Calm”
“The Storm”
and “The Blooming”
Sky View
competes against other 5A division schools in what is called open class.
During
competitions the band is judged on their musical and marching performance. Trophies are awarded for 1st, 2nd
and 3rd place in each division based on scores given by 4 judges.
. In addition to awards for overall
placement, 4 separate Caption Awards are given for the most points scored in
the areas of General Effect, Musicality, Percussion, and Color Guard.
The Sky View
Band competitive season culminates in the Utah State Championships, also called
Red Rocks Competition, and the Bands of America Regional Championships. These 2 final competitions are held back to
back in St. George, Utah at Dixie Stake College of Utah.
At BOA Regionals, Sky View will compete against the top bands in all divisions from 8
states in the Western Region. Close to 40 bands will perform their shows during
the morning and afternoon preliminaries each of them vying for one of the 10
spots in Finals Competition that evening.
Sky View has consistently earned a spot in the finals at BOA Regionals,
most recently placing 7th overall in 2012.
The
continued excellence in competition against other these other incredibly
talented bands proves that Sky View Marching Band is one of the Western
Region’s premier marching programs. This
is due in large part to the dedication of these hard working and talented
students.
The 2013
competition dates are as follows:
Monday Sept
16 - Family Night Exhibition W/ Mtn. Crest @ SV Stadium. This will be in full uniform and each full
show will be performed twice. The
performance begins at 7:30.
Tuesday Sept
17 - Weber Review Judged Exhibition @ Weber State University.
Saturday
Sept 21 - Bridgerland Band Invitational @ Utah State University.
Saturday
Sept 28 - NEBO Tournament of Bands
@Payson High School.
Tuesday Oct
8 - Rocky Mtn. Band Competition @ BYU.
Tuesday Oct
15 - Davis Cup Competition @ Davis High
School.
Thursday Oct
24 - Performing full show during halftime of the final SV football game @ SV Stadium.
Saturday Oct 26 - Mt. Timpanogos Competition @ Pleasant Grove
High School.
Friday Nov.
1 - RED ROCKS - UTAH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
@ Dixie College
Saturday
Nov. 2 - BANDS OF AMERICA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP @ Dixie College.
The members
of the Sky View Marching Band are very grateful for the support and
encouragement from their wonderful families, the community, band sponsors,
staff, and the Sky View Administration.
More
information about the Sky View Marching Band, as well as videos of the 2013
performance, can be found at www.skyviewband.org.
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