Family Night

News Blurb: "The SV and MC Marching bands will be performing their 2013 shows at the Marching Band Family Night — Monday at 7:30 PM. The Sky View show is titled “Rhythm of the Rain Forest.” The Mountain Crest show is titled “Immortals.” The community is invited to attend this event to help friends and families of these talented and hardworking students kick off their competitive seasons.Both high school marching bands will be performing these shows in “open class” competitions against other 5A division schools throughout the state. There is no cost for Family Night and the performances will be held at the Sky View Bobcat Stadium."

A rain storm shortened the final practice/dress rehearsal for SV before Family Night and so there were some last minute adjustments to backdrop placement and equipment assignments.  It took a little while for the set up of the show, but a giant crowd of friends and family patiently waited in perfect weather to see the unveiling of the complete SV and MC Marching Band Shows.

M.r Beach remarked that the Family Night crowd was a bigger number of people than they will perform for at some of the season's competitions.  We were really pleased that so many folks came out to see the shows and support the students from both schoold in their efforts to creating fantastic and entertaining shows.

As is tradition, the SV band has a family member of each band student join them on the field to march with them as they perform a small portion of the show.  This is a fun way for the family to get a taste of how difficult it is to do what the band member is doing on the field.  It is also a bit of comedy for the rest of the spectators to watch the near misses family members make with instruments, flags, and band direction changes.  

This year the senior members of SV were recognized on the field and their family member placed their "senior pins," this year a silver star, upon their uniform.  

Both bands performed their show twice so as to practice getting on and off the field and also so that each band could get a chance to watch the others' performance.  It pleases me that the marching band community can be competitive and supportive at the same time.  There seems to be a special comradery between MC and SV marching bands.  SV competes all over the state against MC and both bands celebrate the other's victories and applaud and compliment the things that each does well.  They are our sister band and we wish them the best of luck in this upcoming season.

The MC band performed their show "Immortal" in their parade uniforms and black sunglasses.  SV students later learned that they would be unveiling, as a surprise, their true 2013 uniforms at BBI, an event hosted by Mountain Crest at USU later in the week. They will compete in full length black cloaks, and red vampire guard costumes with coffin boxes as props.

It was a great start for the performance season and the level of student excitement about finally being ready for audiences and judges after all the practicing was kicked up to a new level.  Here we go!!